Windows Phone Thoughts: ARC Wireless and National Cellular to Introduce a PDA Antenna

"ARC Wireless Solutions, Inc. and privately-held National Cellular will jointly introduce the first RF Coupler / Antenna solution for wireless PDAs and wireless PC cards. The target markets for this new product include users of products such as the RIM BlackBerry, Danger SideKick and Hiptop, HP iPAQ as well as Nokia, Samsung, LG and other web-enabled smart-phones or cell-phones, particularly those that do not have external antenna ports. The product also supports Cellular and Wi-Fi(R) wireless PC Cards. The product, called the Freedom AntennaPlus(TM), will be launched at the 2005 Consumer Electronics Show, which begins January 6, 2005. Using the RF Coupler, the antenna can be used with any wireless device or PC Card to provide improved wireless performance in both fixed wireless (home, office, hotel) as well as mobile wireless (vehicular) applications."

The Freedom AntennaPlus is a collaborative product based on ARC Wireless' Freedom Antenna and NCI's RF Coupler. It works by coupling with the integrated wireless antenna of your PDA to enhance the wireless performance. Having a frequency range of 800MHz to 3GHz, the Freedom AntennaPlus is compatible with analog, 2G, 3G cellular protocols and Bluetooth, 802.11b, 802.11g wireless protocols. I'm not quite sure how this connects yet but I like the idea anyway. Your thoughts?