The office in your pocket

BT has launched launched Office Anywhere, a new service that gives users the functions of a Windows PC, but in a smartphone small enough to fit in the pocket.

What's different about BT's Office Anywhere smartphone, the HTC's S620, is that it comes with VoIP. This enables users to make substantial savings on calls including capped calls made from from BT Openzone Wi-Fi hotspots in the UK and Ireland, from home and office networks, or from around the globe wherever users have access to a compatible wireless network. The smartphone has has a QWERTY keyboard to make inputting text easy and a large 2.4-inch screen colour display. It is quad-band with wi-fi and Bluetooth and has a 1.3 megapixel camera for taking photos and video clips.

BT Office Anywhere helps users make the most efficient use of their time and respond more quickly regardless of location - the handset emulates the Windows PC experience with PDF, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint viewers making it easy to view web pages, documents, spreadsheets, presentations and other files.

Bill Murphy, managing director of BT Business, said: "BT Office Anywhere is a breakthrough solution for small and medium sized businesses - it gives them the freedom to carry on doing what they do best, getting to and staying in the thick of the action, without losing touch or missing out on new opportunities."