It sounds like not actually using the SIM card for wireless service, but rather as a way to bill/charge for VoIP when out in the world, presumably using someone elses (paid or free) wireless connection. Possibly a way for mobile carriers to break into the "SkypeOut" market. It presumably would come with (likely Windows-only) software for doing VoIP and handling billing/authentication through the SIM card ID. Ryan Jonathan Greene wrote: > Sounds cool! I doubt though that the USB is of the right kind for our > tablets ... wonder how long that would take one of the community to > hack around. :) > > On Dec 6, 2007 12:22 PM, Acadia Secure Networks > <acadiasecurenets at aol.com> wrote: > >> All, >> >> here is an interesting announcement from Nokia-Siemens this week: >> >> http://www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com/global/Press/Press+releases/news-archive/Nokia_Siemens_Networks_launches_pocket-sized_VoIP.htm >> >> >> I am surprised however that it is going to take until 3Q 2008 to get the >> product out. I have to assume that the long pole in this tent is the >> effort to get one or more mobile service providers to implement the >> necessary functionality in their networks to work with this device, >> which appears to be SIM card on a usb key. >> >> I should hope it will "play" well with the Nokia Internet Tablets. >> -- >> >> Best Regards, >> >> >> >> John Holmblad >> >> >> >> Acadia Secure Networks, LLC >> >> * * >> >> >> <mailto:jholmblad at verizon.net> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> maemo-users mailing list >> maemo-users at maemo.org >> https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users >> >> > > > > -- Ryan Pavlik AbiWord Win32 Platform Maintainer, Art Lead: www.abisource.com AbiWord Community Outreach Project: www.cleardefinition.com/oss/abi/blog/ "Optimism is the father that leads to achievement." -- Helen Keller "The folder structure in a modern Linux distribution such as Ubuntu was largely inspired by the original UNIX foundations that were created by men with large beards and sensible jumpers." -- Jono Bacon, The Ubuntu Guide
