| The smartphone industry is a cut-throat industry that | | | | enterprise users together for a whole lot cheaper. Just |
| never seems to sleep. Every time we turn around | | | | like VoIP or Voice-Over Internet Protocol brought |
| there's another feature or cutting-edge technology that | | | | real-time, live telecommunications to market for a |
| makes all existing smartphones a thing of the past and | | | | fraction 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's | | | | market. |
| smartphones (or next year's really) will be able to do | | | | Called "Total Enterprise Access and Mobility |
| that this year's cannot. | | | | VoWLAN", this product will integrate multiple servers |
| HTC introduces WiMax and 4G | | | | on top of a business's existing telecommunications |
| HTC, frequently the first to roll-out ever-newer and | | | | infrastructure, scalable for as many as 4,500 users. |
| more advanced features, is already pushing its WiMax | | | | The 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 supported | | | | purchasing company's staff, making it possible for |
| in Russia (on its Yota network), US smartphone users | | | | employees to eschew their desktop phones |
| can consider this a teaser for the super-speeds | | | | completely 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 with | | | | this package will include Push-to-Talk services and will |
| WiMax and 4G. WiMax is WiFi's successor (often | | | | allow users to have as many as 4 simultaneously |
| termed "WiFi on steroids"), a broadband standard with | | | | active voice sessions. |
| a range of as much as 80 km and a bandwidth as | | | | In addition, the package includes:o a Network Services |
| high as 75 bps. And if WiMax is a better Wi-Fi, then | | | | Manager - 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 allow | | | | centralized management and provisioning |
| smartphone users to watch video-on-demand and live | | | | These are just a few of the exciting innovations the |
| television broadcasts. In fact, according to Russia's | | | | smartphone using community can look forward to in |
| Scartel, the HTC Max 4G will be capable of displaying | | | | the 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 LAN | | | | handheld devices only becoming more indispensable |
| Meanwhile, Motorola has been working on bringing | | | | than ever. |