Archives for the day Friday, January 11th, 2008

The swappable GSM radio


While wandering around the “International” wing of this year’s CES, we stumbled upon a number of questionable (and familiar) items. One line of products that stood out, however, was a company offering a modular solution for adding GSM capability to a wide variety of devices. Using what appears to be a proprietary type of connector, the SIM-ready card can imbue an assortment of gadgets (phone, e-book reader, GPS… teddy bear) with GSM functionality. It’s unclear whether this technology is being deployed overseas (or at all), and whether or not we’ll see it Stateside (doubtful), but it does take a novel approach to cell-ing up your gear.

Gallery: The swappable GSM radio

 

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