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Roamer

Tom's Hardware Best Of Mobile World Congress 2014 Awards
By , Marcus Yam
Roamer

As part of our preparations for MWC, we were going to acquire some foreign SIM cards. That is, until we learned about a solution called Roamer from a UK-based startup. Roamer ensures that you don't miss any calls to your home number while abroad by acting as an extra layer on top of any foreign SIM. Being able to take calls to one's home number is especially important for business travelers.

Roamer has made the process exceedingly simple through its app, which is currently available on both iOS and Android. The app acts as an interface for sending GSM codes to your carrier, forwarding your number to a local one so that you don't incur any international calling charges. Behind the scenes, Roamer actually routes your calls through a more complex series of forwarding so that it can arrive transparently to your foreign mobile. It also works for outgoing calls, and your caller ID remains the same, so people on the other end of the line won't even be able to tell that you're out of the country.

It's a clever system that made our visit in Barcelona a better one, and that's why we’re giving Roamer our Best Of MWC 2014 award.

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    jasonelmore , February 28, 2014 3:47 AM
    I wonder what kind of battery life that XOMA phone gets with 2 LCD screens sandwiched together.
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    shahrooz , February 28, 2014 3:54 AM
    Dude
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    I wonder what kind of battery life that XOMA phone gets with 2 LCD screens sandwiched together.
    E-ink displays don't consume battery while displaying static images. They are far more efficient than lcd. As the producer said you can use this for some days off you get used to using eink display more than the other one
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    somebodyspecial , March 3, 2014 4:24 PM
    I'll start clicking again when you go back to articles instead of pic crap.
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    adibo , April 16, 2014 10:37 AM
    The samsung gear fit is more a bracelet than a watch unlike the Galaxy Gear, plus it is more elegant, beautiful accessories for galaxy s5, I wonder if it work with galaxy s4 and galaxy s3