The Latest in Smartphone Innovations - WiMax, 4G, and Voice Over Wireless LAN

The smartphone industry is a cut-throat industry thatenterprise users together for a whole lot cheaper. Just
never seems to sleep. Every time we turn aroundlike VoIP or Voice-Over Internet Protocol brought
there's another feature or cutting-edge technology thatreal-time, live telecommunications to market for a
makes all existing smartphones a thing of the past andfraction of the price of a phone call (or a cell phone bill)
has consumers thinking about their next smartphone- sometimes so inexpensive as to cost nothing at all -
before their current smartphone is even broken in.Motorola is bringing a similar technology to the mobile
Today we're already starting to see what tomorrow'smarket.
smartphones (or next year's really) will be able to doCalled "Total Enterprise Access and Mobility
that this year's cannot.VoWLAN", this product will integrate multiple servers
HTC introduces WiMax and 4Gon top of a business's existing telecommunications
HTC, frequently the first to roll-out ever-newer andinfrastructure, scalable for as many as 4,500 users.
more advanced features, is already pushing its WiMaxThe product suite will also include LAN-capable (really
capable, HTC Max 4G.LAN-exclusive) Windows Mobile smartphone for the
Yes, you read that right. 4G! Currently only supportedpurchasing company's staff, making it possible for
in Russia (on its Yota network), US smartphone usersemployees to eschew their desktop phones
can consider this a teaser for the super-speedscompletely in favor of a full smartphone solution.
awaiting them in their near future.These smartphones that Motorola includes as part of
The HTC Max 4G is basically an HTC Touch HD withthis package will include Push-to-Talk services and will
WiMax and 4G. WiMax is WiFi's successor (oftenallow users to have as many as 4 simultaneously
termed "WiFi on steroids"), a broadband standard withactive voice sessions.
a range of as much as 80 km and a bandwidth asIn addition, the package includes:o a Network Services
high as 75 bps. And if WiMax is a better Wi-Fi, thenManager - for PBX integration and push-to-talk
4G is a better 3G.capabilitieso and a Wireless Services Manager - for
Such connectivity and speeds will finally allowcentralized management and provisioning
smartphone users to watch video-on-demand and liveThese are just a few of the exciting innovations the
television broadcasts. In fact, according to Russia'ssmartphone using community can look forward to in
Scartel, the HTC Max 4G will be capable of displayingthe coming year. Whether an enterprise user, a
as many as 9 channels at the same time.personal user, or both, smartphone users will find their
Motorola introduces Voice Over Wireless LANhandheld devices only becoming more indispensable
Meanwhile, Motorola has been working on bringingthan ever.