Little-know Calypso Wireless is promoting the convergence of Cellular and WLAN using Calypso’s proprietary technology to automatically and seamlessly switch communication back and forth between cellular towers and Wi-Fi access points.
The Calypso handsets synchronize with the WiFi Access point (AP), and is authenticated on the AP, the ISPs Server, ASNAP server and Calypso’s Media Gateway server on the mobile carrier.
Calypso announced today it has been granted U.S. Patent # 6,680,923 titled “Communication system and method” which covers the seamless roaming of voice, video and data between Wide Area Network access points, such as cellular towers (GSM/GPRS/EDGE, CDMA, WCMDA etc.) and short-range Internet access points (such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc).
The technology enables mobile users to seamlessly switch back and forward between cellular and wireless IP networks, without losing connectivity.
Calypso’s sleek new C1250i video phone connects to the Internet using WiFi “for 30 frames per second phone-to-phone video-conferencing”, claims Calypso.
Fonix VoiceCentral 2.0 for Windows Mobile Pocket PC and Smartphone enables users to access Personal Management Information (PIN) tools simply by speaking. Voice synthesis “reads” text.
Meanwhile, Microsoft’s Portrait has been upgraded. The new 2.21 version supports the HP Photosmart Mobile Camera and Hitachi G1000 Pocket PC Phone Built-In Camera.
Microsoft’s Portrait is a beta release that supports .NET Messenger Service, Session Initiation Protocol and Internet Locator Service on PCs, Pocket PCs, Handheld PCs and Smartphones. It runs on local area networks, dialup networks and even wireless networks with bandwidths as low as 9.6 kilobits/second.
Microsoft’s Portrait delivers portrait-like video if users are in low bandwidths and displays full-color video if users are in broadband. In low bandwidths, portrait video possesses clearer shape, smoother motion, shorter latency and much cheaper computational cost than do conventional video technologies. Microsoft Portrait pursues providing presence notification, chat/voice/video functions anytime, anywhere, on any device.
Sprint’s Hitachi G1000 gets SDIO, so WiFi could be added to their camera-equipped, PocketPC phone.
With TI’s 3D-Enabled cell phone chips, inexpensive head-mounted displays and Wi-Fi, virtualized reality is getting cheaper than big screens…and more immersive.
