By Christopher J. Kardish, Principal Research Analyst, Nemertes Research Inc.
July 13, 2006

New phones seem to come out every day, but this week, D-Link (TAI: 2332, www.dlink.com) delivered a WiFi phone that speaks worlds about the convergence of wireless, VOIP and cell-phone form factors, a trend Nemertes Research has identified in numerous reports.

The phone features a familiar, lightweight, flip-phone design with a 100-number memory, caller id with name, call waiting, call forwarding, and a text-messaging system. A three-hour talk time/70-hour stand-by time shows the progress made in managing power consumption – a problem with portable WiFi devices.

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