SimFi Card

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Some mobile phones can do Wi-
Fi tethering, others need to
connect to the PC Suite for
Internet sharing and some just
can't do it, period. But what if the
SIM card in the phone could do it
all by itself? Sagem Orga and
Telefonica have come up with
such a SIM card, dubbed SIMFi.
SIMFi is compatible with existing
phones but acts as a Wi-Fi router
that any device can connect to.
The Wi-Fi gadgetry is integrated
into the card itself, but we guess
you'd still need a phone with
good 3G connectivity to source
the data connection in the first
place.
More information should be
revealed at the MWC next week
and hopefully some nagging
questions about SIMFi will be
answered, like how good a Wi-Fi
radio have they managed to fit
into the SIM card form-factor and
what kind of strain that will put
on the phone's battery.
Anyway, this has the potential to
become highly popular for
customers with solid data plans.
Get a SIMFi card with a data plan
and you can use it both for your
phone and laptop/netbook with
no hassle - no moving the card
back and forth between the
phone and modem or worry
about PC Suites or tethering
hacks.
HTC HD2 owners are probably
smiling right now, their phone
came with a Wi-Fi Router app
preinstalled. But SIMFi will work
on feature phones too, which is
a pretty big advantage.

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