The Government has offered Australia's three mobile operators, and vividwireless, renewal of their existing spectrum allocated on 15 year licences in the late 90s and early 2000s at set prices, while the Government expects to rake in $3 billion.
"It is all about performance; whether it's the ability to perform in extreme conditions, or the performance under its skin," said CEO Jim Morrison.
"For adventurers looking for a phone to match their lifestyle, it’s the perfect answer."
The lifetime warranty is an attractive touch, even though it is subject to the phone receiving an annual service. That's unusual for a phone, but reliability under harsh conditions relies at least partly on the case remaining sealed, so it's not an unreasonable requirement.
On the software side, the 810-F runs Windows Mobile 6.1.
Owners can take advantage of Secure i-Q, an i-mate service that provides for the remote locking or wiping of a lost or stolen phone from a PC.
We can't help wondering if the 810-F isn't the mobile phone equivalent of the mullet ('business in front, party behind'). After all, Morrison did observe that "We designed the 810-F to meet the needs of those people who work in the office during the day, but want to go surfing after work. Or, a contractor working in the tough environment of a building site who also goes fishing on the weekend."
The 810-F is one of many new phones being announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week.
David Bass
| ComOps, a leading Australian provider of business software products and services, has won a competitive tender to deploy its Salvus safety, r…
How to Make Business Discovery Work for Your Business
Business Discovery takes its cues from consumer apps. Like Google, it encourages us- ers to hunt for and explore data without worrying about or even noticing the underly- ing technology. Their entire experience is working within an intuitive interface to get real-time, self-service results with only minimal training. ...more
Try an easy-to-use set of web-enabled
tools for business-class productivity services. Office 365 provides
anywhere-access to email, important documents, contacts, and calendars
on almost any device.
Latest Headlines from IT INDUSTRY
