CAB PHONES
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NEW PRODUCTS • Several new developments in cellular radio are due to reach the market in the next few weeks, including a voice-controlled dialling system from British Telecom, the world's smallest cellular radio from Excel, and a Cellcom system which stores messages for subscribers.
The Telecom Topaz cellular radio being launched by British Telecom later this month fea
tures a computerised voice recognition system which allows users to store up to 99 numbers in the phone's memory. Users simply programme the system to recognise certain orders such as 'phone home' or 'phone office' — the phone automatically dials the correct number.
Telecom claims the system will allow 'hands-free' operation, so drivers can keep their eyes on the road and their hands on the wheel when taking or making calls. It costs around £2,750.
The Excell Pocketphone measures 178nun X 76rnrn x 25.5mm and weighs only 530 grammes. It is small enough to fit in a shirt pocket, can be used on either the Vodafone or Cellnet networks and costs around £1,990.
Finally, Cellcom has established a 24-hour message centre which will take messages for any of its subscribers. These can be stored for checking by the subscriber. Alternatively a paging system can be used to alert users when messages are received or the message can be relayed to the cellular radio user on the LCD screen of a radio pager.