Vonage launches global's smallest cellphone

Vonage , the internet telephone agency, has released what is surely the world's smallest phone. The V-smartphone is the scale of a USB stick and is largely a portable smartphone landline.

The cellphone comes with the pre-set up Vonage communicate software, which makes the telephone equipped to be used once it is plugged right into a broadband-enabled computer (it is not yet Mac like minded). You don't even should restart your pc, that is available. there is no battery, the V-telephone fees up from the laptop's electricity supply.

The 250MB flash drive stores all person contacts and speak to data just like a trendy mobile telephone handset.

"Our new 'Plug and cross' portable smartphone has been designed to provide consumers a flexible, convenient, easy-to-use cellphone revel in regardless of wherein they are in the global," said Kerry Ritz, dealing with director of Vonage uk.

"one of the great capabilities of the V-cellphone is that customers aren't confined to a particular pc or place to make or acquire calls; they are able to now truely deliver their landline in their pocket," he said.

A uk landline quantity is provided through the cellphone and customers can test their voicemail from any laptop with broadband access and send voicemail attachments without delay to any e-mail account.

Retailing for £20, the V-telephone makes use of Vonage's flat-fee, complete-featured £eight-in line with-month calling plan. customers get free calls to any VoIP phone and coffee value worldwide and cell quotes. other capabilities like caller display, name waiting, call forwarding, voicemail, 3-manner calling, and calls to emergency offerings are also blanketed.

The device measures a minute seventy eight x 21.five x 15mm and weighs just 18g. It comes with a preferred 2.5mm stereo earpiece microphone, that's well matched with many mobile telephone headsets.