retroremakes
February 12th, 2010, 17:50
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2010/02/wifi_sim.jpgFirst, the Eye-Fi (http://gizmodo.com/tag/eye-fi)added Wi-Fi to any camera with an SD card. Now, the Sagem Orga (http://gizmodo.com/tag/sagemorga/) SIMFi does something similar. It's a SIM card that adds Wi-Fi capabilities to cellphones...Wi-Fi hotspot capabilities, that is.
Just like the Eye-Fi, the SIMFi runs its own integrated software, meaning there shouldn't be any special setup on your phone. You pretty much just plug it into a phone and you're good to connect a laptop, or any other Wi-Fi device, to the internet at 3G speeds.
But whether or not the SIMFi is coming to market under its own branding is unknown. For the time being, it may just be a proof of concept that's being shopped around to interested entities like AT&T or T-Mobile. You know, so someone can charge you an extra monthly fee for the thing. [Sagem Ogra (http://www.sagem-orga.com/index.php?myELEMENT=World%20premier:%20Sagem%20Org a%20and%20Telefonica%20turn%20the%20SIM%20card%20i nto%20a%20Wi-Fi%20hotspot&mySID=cbd11aad8770d04adc34f134a0bf442b&new_site_id=2) via SlashGear (http://www.slashgear.com/sagem-orga-simfi-embeds-wifi-onto-a-3g-sim-card-1273793/)]
http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?p=1 (http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?p=1) http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2226 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=FEZNVlVoD9c:5YlkQVTkW-I:H0mrP-F8Qgo) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=FEZNVlVoD9c:5YlkQVTkW-I:yIl2AUoC8zA) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=FEZNVlVoD9c:5YlkQVTkW-I:D7DqB2pKExk</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=FEZNVlVoD9c:5YlkQVTkW-I:D7DqB2pKExk) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=FEZNVlVoD9c:5YlkQVTkW-I:V_sGLiPBpWU</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=FEZNVlVoD9c:5YlkQVTkW-I:V_sGLiPBpWU)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~4/FEZNVlVoD9c
More... (http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/FEZNVlVoD9c/simfi-transforms-any-sim-phone-into-a-wi+fi-hotspot)
Just like the Eye-Fi, the SIMFi runs its own integrated software, meaning there shouldn't be any special setup on your phone. You pretty much just plug it into a phone and you're good to connect a laptop, or any other Wi-Fi device, to the internet at 3G speeds.
But whether or not the SIMFi is coming to market under its own branding is unknown. For the time being, it may just be a proof of concept that's being shopped around to interested entities like AT&T or T-Mobile. You know, so someone can charge you an extra monthly fee for the thing. [Sagem Ogra (http://www.sagem-orga.com/index.php?myELEMENT=World%20premier:%20Sagem%20Org a%20and%20Telefonica%20turn%20the%20SIM%20card%20i nto%20a%20Wi-Fi%20hotspot&mySID=cbd11aad8770d04adc34f134a0bf442b&new_site_id=2) via SlashGear (http://www.slashgear.com/sagem-orga-simfi-embeds-wifi-onto-a-3g-sim-card-1273793/)]
http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?p=1 (http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?p=1) http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2226 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=FEZNVlVoD9c:5YlkQVTkW-I:H0mrP-F8Qgo) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=FEZNVlVoD9c:5YlkQVTkW-I:yIl2AUoC8zA) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=FEZNVlVoD9c:5YlkQVTkW-I:D7DqB2pKExk</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=FEZNVlVoD9c:5YlkQVTkW-I:D7DqB2pKExk) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=FEZNVlVoD9c:5YlkQVTkW-I:V_sGLiPBpWU</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=FEZNVlVoD9c:5YlkQVTkW-I:V_sGLiPBpWU)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~4/FEZNVlVoD9c
More... (http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/FEZNVlVoD9c/simfi-transforms-any-sim-phone-into-a-wi+fi-hotspot)