February 14, 2005
WiFi i-Mate Skype Phones
i-Mate will begin distributing mobile phones that double as VoIP phones in Europe, the United States, and Asia by March. The phones will be packaged with Skype's VoIP software. According to silicon.com:
The i-Mate phones are based on a Microsoft operating system and contain radios capable of using both cell and Wi-Fi networks. When you're in a Wi-Fi hotspot, the internet phone software lets you dial other Skype users for free, or pay per minute for calling traditional phones.
Analysts have long suggested that the net/cell phone tandem could prove a potent weapon that net phone, mobile and broadband providers could use to steal customers from the nation's major local phone companies.
Read more: Phone your i-Mate on net-enabled mobile
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