5th Aug 2011
Help your employees stay connected with enhanced network coverage at home.
Orange have added UMA technology to more of their phones to boost signal. With a compatible phone, you don’t need to invest in any extra equipment Orange is the only UK network to offer this technology Signal Boost is ideal for small businesses that want improved coverage in their home or office. It’s also great for larger businesses that want to improve their employees’ indoor home coverage
simple set-up
It’s the same as pairing your laptop with your Wi-Fi router.
easy access
UMA technology works with any Wi-Fi broadband connection. Making a phone call will only take up about 100Kb/s of your bandwidth.
seamless transitions
You don’t have to think about the switch between connections. It all happens seamlessly.
costs – there aren’t any
Signal Boost is included with the handset, so you don’t pay any more for it. It uses your normal broadband service and your normal talk plan applies.
The UMA Signal Boost compatible handsets are
HTC Wildfire S
- Quad-band GSM and dual-band 3G support
- 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, 384 Kbps HSUPA support
- 3.2″ 256K-color TFT capacitive touchscreen of HVGA (320 x 480 pixels) resolution
- 600MHz Snapdragon MSM7227 CPU, Adreno 200 GPU; 418MB of user-available RAM
- Android 2.3.3 (Gingerbread) with HTC Sense 2.1 UI
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b, g, n with hotspot functionality
- GPS with A-GPS connectivity; digital compass
- 5 MP autofocus camera, LED flash, geotagging and face-detection
- VGA video @ 24fps
- microUSB port (charging) and stereo Bluetooth v3.0
- microSD slot (up to 32GB, 2GB in box)
- Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
- Accelerometer, proximity sensor
- Gorilla Glass display
- Stereo FM radio with RDS
- Light and compact
- Turn-to-mute, lift-to-tone-down, flip for speakerphone
- Smart dialing
- XviD video support
- HTCSense.com integration
- HTC Portable Hotspot
- Ultra-fast boot times (if you don’t remove battery)
HTC Desire S
- Quad-band GSM and dual-band 3G support
- 14.4 Mbps HSDPA and 5.76 Mbps HSUPA
- 3.7″ 16M-color capacitive LCD touchscreen of WVGA resolution (480 x 800 pixels)
- Uses the best screen from HTC so far (along with the Incredible S)
- Android OS v2.3 Gingerbread with HTC Sense
- 1 GHz Scorpion CPU, Adreno 205 GPU, Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8255 chipset
- 768 MB RAM and 1.1 GB ROM
- 5 MP autofocus camera with LED flash and geotagging
- 720p video recording @ 30fps
- Wi-Fi b/g/n and DLNA
- GPS with A-GPS
- microSD slot up to 32GB (8GB card included)
- Accelerometer and proximity sensor
- Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
- Stereo FM radio with RDS
- microUSB port (charging) and stereo Bluetooth v2.1
- Smart dialing, voice dialing
- Front facing camera, video calls
- DivX/XviD video support
- Compact aluminum unibody
- Gorilla glass display
- HTC Locations app
- HTCSense.com integration
- HTC Portable Hotspot
- Ultra-fast boot times (if you don’t remove battery)
LG Optimus Me
| OS | Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo) |
| Messaging | SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM |
| Browser | HTML |
| Radio | Stereo FM radio with RDS |
| Games | Yes + downloadable |
| Colors | Black, silver, blue, red, pink |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS support |
| Java | Yes, via Java MIDP emulator |
Blackberry 8520
| OS | BlackBerry OS |
| CPU | 512MHz processor |
| Messaging | SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, IM |
| Browser | HTML |
| Radio | No |
| Games | Yes + downloadable |
| Colors | Black |
| GPS | No |
| Java | Yes |
| - MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player - MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player - Organizer - Voice memo/dial - Predictive text input |
Blackberry 9300
| OS | BlackBerry OS 5.0, upgradable |
| Messaging | SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM |
| Browser | HTML |
| Radio | No |
| Games | Yes + downloadable |
| Colors | Black, Red |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS support; BlackBerry Maps |
| Java | Yes |
Blackberry 9780
| OS | BlackBerry OS 6.0 |
| CPU | 624 MHz processor |
| Messaging | SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM |
| Browser | HTML |
| Radio | No |
| Games | Yes + downloadable |
| Colors | Black, White |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS support |
| Java | Yes, MIDP 2.0 |
Blackberry 9800
| OS | BlackBerry OS 6.0 |
| CPU | 624 MHz processor |
| Messaging | SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM |
| Browser | HTML |
| Radio | No |
| Games | Yes + downloadable |
| Colors | Black, White, Dark Orange |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS support |
| Java | Yes, MIDP 2.0 |
Nokia E5
- QWERTY messenger bar
- Quad-band GSM/EDGE
- Tri-band 3G with 10.2Mbps HSDPA and 2Mbps HSUPA
- Symbian S60 UI, 3rd edition FP2
- 600MHz processor, 256MB RAM; 250MB user-accessible storage
- 2.36″ 256K-color QVGA display
- 5 megapixel fixed-focus camera, LED flash
- VGA video recording at 15fps
- Wi-Fi b/g; DLNA and UPnP support
- GPS receiver; Ovi Maps 3.0 with free life-time voice guided navigation
- Stereo FM radio with RDS, Internet radio
- Bluetooth (with A2DP)
- Standard microUSB port (charging)
- microSD card slot (32GB supported, 2GB included)
- 3.5mm audio jack
- Good email and social networking support
- Office document editor; PDF viewer; ZIP file support
- Good audio quality
- Reasonable price
- Microsoft Office Messenger support
- Quick Business and Personal homescreen toggle
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