Andy Abramson SAM – Skype® Answering Machine —Insecure ? I called a colleague using skype, not knowing he was in another skype session. His Skype Answering Machine picked up and I left a message. First the parties on the call with him heard me. Secondly, I heard them. Both calls were clear as a bell to the … Read more
Motorola Ojo Personal Video Phone I had a chance to see this in action yesterday and was very impressed. It blows away the Packet 8 phone service. Motorola promises 30 frames per second and it sure looked and sounded like that. They are reportedly close to announcing a deal with a VoIP carrier too. The … Read more
Staples to Offer AT&T CallVantage Service. That means more places to get the service that I use most of the time to make calls. More importantly, I was on a conference call with a bunch of rock and roll music production people earlier in the week. Six were in a conference room using a Polycom … Read more
After getting their start in VoIP with CallVantage, D-Link now is making Terminal Adaptors for Lingo and GloPhone.
Skype experimenting with voicemail service a long awaited and reported feature seems to be just around the corner.
Light Reading has the announcement about the FWD Communicator becoming interoperable with Skype, something we said was coming for a while.
Engadget has a photo of the new AT&T Netgear router. It’s wireless and includes CallVantage. This will be a big boost for CallVantage. Netgear has some very solid products and outstanding customer support. I have one of their Travel Routers and love it even though I tend to use my SMC Travel Router more. Now … Read more
A new version of Skype, 1.1 is out. It has some minor fixes and some new features. If you use it, upgrade.
Talking VoIP With Jeff Pulver (washingtonpost.com) The always quoteable Mr. VON himself has some interesting thoughts that he shared with the Washington Post. Jeff and I spent a lot of time talking on Tuesday night. We tended to agree on many points, including that consolidation or death to many of the small players is obvious, … Read more
Targeting the International market which wants USA based phone numbers, hardware manufacturer Belkin has rolled out a SoftPhone based service, callEverywhere with price plans as low as $9.95 and an all you can talk for $19.95. No details on who the underlying carrier is that is supplying the service, but we are starting to see … Read more
