{"id":312200,"date":"2010-02-12T11:39:50","date_gmt":"2010-02-12T16:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mobilecrunch.com\/?p=26210"},"modified":"2010-02-12T11:39:50","modified_gmt":"2010-02-12T16:39:50","slug":"sagem-orga-outs-simfi-a-sim-cardwifi-router-hybrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/312200","title":{"rendered":"Sagem Orga outs SIMFi, a SIM card\/WiFi router hybrid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mobilecrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/simfi-294x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"simfi\" width=\"294\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-26211\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sagem&#8217;s SIMFi is one of those ideas that you wish you had come up with yourself. The concept is pretty straightforward: they&#8217;ve created a SIM card with an embedded WiFi radio, so provided you have a suitable data plan, the card itself puts out a WiFi signal instead of relying on the phone. For anyone who&#8217;s ever needed internet access on a laptop, with no other tools besides the phone in their pocket, this is a potential godsend. Tethering a handset to a computer for internet access used to occur on a strictly phone-by-phone basis. Have a BlackBerry? Read a few tutorials and you&#8217;re pretty much set. Ditto for the iPhone, and most Android and Windows Mobile devices. But where does that leave you if all you&#8217;ve got in your pocket is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/2010\/02\/04\/cell-phone-has-built-in-cigarette-lighter-in-other-news-i-have-officially-seen-it-all\/\">phone with a cigarette lighter<\/a> built into it?<\/p>\n<p>Well, provided there&#8217;s a SIMFi in it, you&#8217;re ready to tether like the big boys, with the added bonus of being able to light a celebratory cigar with your phone. No word yet on availability or pricing, but we&#8217;ll be keeping our eyes peeled at Mobile World Congress for any developments.<\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sagem-orga.com\/index.php?myELEMENT=World%20premier:%20Sagem%20Orga%20and%20Telefonica%20turn%20the%20SIM%20card%20into%20a%20Wi-Fi%20hotspot&#038;mySID=cbd11aad8770d04adc34f134a0bf442b&#038;new_site_id=2\">Press Release<\/a>, via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slashgear.com\/sagem-orga-simfi-embeds-wifi-onto-a-3g-sim-card-1273793\/\">SlashGear<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/25XWfh86gd2REcEb3wwiVHFRvUI\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/25XWfh86gd2REcEb3wwiVHFRvUI\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/25XWfh86gd2REcEb3wwiVHFRvUI\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/25XWfh86gd2REcEb3wwiVHFRvUI\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?a=yos0UjQ4xe8:azZVVWXMlZM:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?i=yos0UjQ4xe8:azZVVWXMlZM:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?a=yos0UjQ4xe8:azZVVWXMlZM:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?i=yos0UjQ4xe8:azZVVWXMlZM:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?a=yos0UjQ4xe8:azZVVWXMlZM:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sagem&#8217;s SIMFi is one of those ideas that you wish you had come up with yourself. The concept is pretty straightforward: they&#8217;ve created a SIM card with an embedded WiFi radio, so provided you have a suitable data plan, the card itself puts out a WiFi signal instead of relying on the phone. 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