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Paragon Wireless, a maker of dual-mode voice products, says it is ready to launch a SIP (Session Initiation Protocol)-based Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) phone that also supports quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900) and GPRS. The handset can handle the seamless hand-off between GSM cellular and Wi-Fi networks.

The candy-bar style smartphone, called hipi-2200, will be licensed to OEMs and ODMs, and probably will debut in Europe first. It follows a dual-mode flip phone called hipi released by Paragon earlier this year.

hipi-2200 is a SIP enabled dual-mode Windows Mobile 5.0 handset, according Paragon, and, as a Microsoft-based handset, it'll support Web browsing, music play and recording of voice or video, as well as other typical smartphone functions. Paragon also says the 1100 mAh lithium-ion battery life for the hipi-2200 is 4 hours of talk and 100 hours in standby, even with both Wi-Fi and GSM radios turned on.

Additional features include a Texas Instruments OMAP 730 Processor (of undisclosed clock speed), a 1.9- inch 176 x 220 pixel resolution display, 2 megapixel camera, and a TransFlash memory slot, which is the same format no known as microSD.

The smartphone measures 4.2 x 1.8 x 0.7 inches (107 x 45 x 16 millimeters).

"The hipi-2200 changes the way enterprises - and individuals - communicate with each other. Organizations can immediately measure their ROI, while workers can access all the information they need from one handset," according Paragon VP Ilkka Pouttu. "The hipi-2200 joins our product line as a result of our commitment to dual-mode product development, our experience in the handset market, and our continuous improvement to dual-mode technologies such as FMC (fixed-mobile convergence) features, security, power management, roaming, and over-the-air management of handsets."