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The thing about Voice over IP (VoIP) is that once you’ve got it, you really don’t want to use GSM or a landline unless you have to. In offices with IP-based phone systems, VoIP has the added advantage of making people contactable anywhere -- a definite advantage in many circumstances. Handhelds with Wi-Fi and the ability to accommodate SIM cards are ideally placed to offer convenient support for both VoIP and GSM communications, and Cicero Networks has launched a ‘converged softphone’ that provides this via a single user interface. We tested CiceroPhone with an HP iPAQ h6340 -- there is also a Windows Mobile smartphone version, which we will be examining in due course.
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