All In One Phone: Elektrobit Satellite PDA Phone Concept

The Elektrobit Satellite/Terrestrial Reference PDA Phone features a QWERTY-keyboard PDA look that's just a touch thicker than a Blackberry 8800. The concept product runs Windows Mobile 6.1 professional and contains a packed feature set—including Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS, VoIP, a touchscreen, and a 3 megapixel camera.

The phone will run on HSDPA, quad-band GSM/EGPRS and satellite networks. Talk time is 1.3 hours on satellite, 3 hours on WCDMA and between 3.5 to 5 hours on GSM. The entire package is expected to be cost competitive with regular cell phones, Elektrobit promised.

The phone is designed to be compatible with the Terrestar satellite network, which hasn't launched yet. If everything goes as planned the phone could be available in 2009.

[Gizmodo]