There is definitely a market at the right price for a simple telephone that includes enough of a processor to run Internet phone software and little else, but InfoGear Technology Corp of Redwood City, California has gone rather further. According to PC Week, the iPhone Internet Telephone will provide an ordinary telephone coupled with a proprietary graphical World Wide Web interface and functions such as electronic mail, online directories, electronic commerce and telecommunications services. The initial version, to be manufactured by Cidco Inc under a non- exclusive agreement, will include a 14.4Kbps modem, keyboard and small 16-shade monochrome screen, and sell for under $500. Future models will go to 28.8Kbps and ISDN and include a color screen, and InfoGear reckons there is also a market for cellular and other wireless models, and a PABX- compatible version. InfoGear says it is in discussions with three phone companies to bundle the phones with telecommunications services such as Internet access, Caller ID and voice mail.
