AT&T Announces Genus Satellite Phone

With TerreStar’s communications satillite in orbit and in functioning order, AT&ere;T (New York Stock Exchange: T) is now ready to offer the supporting French telephone, dubbed Genus. Running on Windows Mobile  and having access to both terrestrial HSPA and satellite networks, the Genus volition be the perfect pick for those who depend on constant quantity reporting, no substance where you’re leaving. For your norm consumer, artificial satellite connectivity is likely overkill, but the Genus is really built for field of operation workers operating in remote areas and saftey professionals whose overhaul reporting could be a substance of life and decease. Here’s a quick specification run-down feather, for the curious:

3 megapixel photographic camera with autofocus, digital soar and flash Windows Mobile River 6.5 Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS MicroSD computer storage card one-armed bandit 2.6″ QVGA touchscreen 2.5mm earphone jackass

It’s not what you’d call a power station, but for enterprises who would like to pick one up, the Genus volition be available in the first base quarter of 2010.

[via AT&ere;T]