Andy Abramson With the mobile operators leaning on Apple to not let VoIP calls be received easily on the iPhone, one has to wonder really if it’s the operators or Apple. Dean Bubley of Disruptive Wireless got me thinking today about that as he mused about the pending Dell UMPC with an embedded 3G data chip on … Read more
Om has a post about the expected explosion of Mobile Broadband. In the USA one expert I know said for AT&T to double capacity of their network “it will take a 7 billion dollar coat of paint.” That’s a lot of iPhones.
Hat tip to Ken Camp who caught wind of the news (via TechCrunch) that Fring is laying off 20 percent of their workforce. Ken also shares some viewpoints about Fring and its lack of reliability/stability. GigaOm has a roundup post with Om’s usual on target insight as well.
I’ve made 3G calls with SIP on my Nokia N and E series phones using both Truphone and Gizmo, but on my iPhone I’m hobbled just like everyone else who uses on (that’s not Jailbroken). Sure Fring works with SIP but its also WIFi. Right now it’s time for Steve Jobs to explore more deeply … Read more
I want to love the idea of VoxOx but I have some degree of hesitation, so check out Tom Keating’s post first, then try it yourself. My biggest concern is do we need more apps that does a piece of the same thing or do we need more integration and deeper functionality for each service … Read more
Yesterday at the Three store inside Liverpool Street Station I got my first look at the new INQ-1 from Hutchison a.k.a. Three. It’s a very impressive phone, and one that is clearly designed for the social mobile generation. While they are not yet on sale, the price point is expected to hit retail next week … Read more
The more I use my iPhone as a “weekend” device, the more I am loving the capabilities that developers find they can muster from it. Take the folks at Griffin who have come up with two companion applications, italk, a voice recording program and italk sync which moves the files over WiFi to the Mac … Read more
Alec Saunders has given up all other IM’s for Skype. I’m close behind with a big ***** but. I’ll explain. For starters I have too many friends and business colleagues who are NOT ON SKYPE. Enter Palringo, a client, and an aggregator of IM networks that does more and easier messaging for me. Plus I … Read more
Apple prices computers and never really lowers them. For the most part the price of Apple computers have remained pretty static while the prices for Windows based PC’s keeps dropping. So when reading about Apple price drops and then the viewpoint of what may be next it’s easy to figure that Apple has a Netbook … Read more
