Dual Mode Access and Benefit with the iPhone

Okay, we all know about the main functions of the iPhone that are now poised to turn it into the next big thing within the cell phone industry. By fusing the greatest traits of a cell phone, Ipod, and web browser-enabled PDA in one handy package, the Ipod has generated huge waves since it's initial public release in June 2007.

One of the most important sideline applications that could be run with an iPhone is dual mode internet telephony. Under old circumstances, a standard telephony kit is simply using an web connection, especially Wifi, to make a call rather than using a normal telephone line. Web telephony systems frequently don't make use of the regular telephone unit either, instead relying on a headset and a program that simulates a phone's numeric pad to dial.

Telephony providers are treated as a separate entity from using normal phone services for making phone calls, but they also offer more features like video teleconferencing, live chatrooms and such that make telephony use much more appealing to some people than regular phone lines.

Now that we know WHAT telephony providers are, how does this tie in to the iPhone? Simple. Imagine being able to access telephony numbers, lines and services via your cellular telephone. This is 1 of the additional functions that the iPhone need to offer.

Given that, it is only a matter of time before video teleconferencing in boardrooms becomes a thing of the past, as the iPhone will enable people to take benefit of it's dual mode telephony access no matter where they might be on the globe. The impact of the iPhone may be much more far reaching than most individuals suspect.