What do we think of UMA? Well, she was good in Pulp Fiction and the Kill Bill movies, but she's gone off the boil a bit since. Oh, hang on... No, UMA is nothing to do with Ms Thurman - instead, it's the acronym for Unlicensed Mobile Access technology, which is about combining mobile with Wi-Fi based landlines.
Nokia has just announced its latest UMA phone, the 6301. When you're out and about, it's a normal mobile phone, but when you get back home, it connects to your home Wi-Fi network to act as your landline too. Nokia is working with operators to sell the handset, with Orange already signed up - although we're not sure if that means Orange UK yet.
There's been a lot of talk about mobile phones killing off landlines in the past, but if UMA catches on, that supposed battle will become a moot point. We think one nice touch is that you'll automatically put the phone into a charging dock when getting home, so running out of battery life when out and about should become a thing of the past.
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