Client Voxygen took the raps off something I’ve known about for quite some time at eComm yesterday. It’s a Voice 2.0/next generation “click to call” application that has the all the trappings of a winner according to pal Alec Saunders. What makes the app so special is how the application gathers up data from the … Read more
Phil Wolff has a great post on how voice becomes more than cheap calling via Skype. Larry Lisser writes up why voice is back in vogue. Alec Saunders gets under the hood and shows just what AT&T may be up to in the battle around free conference calling and more. The Wall Street Journal reports … Read more
I do love GoGo’s inflight service, even if they are blocking VoIP. On my “up the state” commute, three times this week, I’ve actually used it only once first due to a lack of the in seat power ( it was a defective outlet) on my Virgin America flight on Thursday, and my error in … Read more
Last Friday for many was a “SNOW” day. It was the day that Apple launched their updated (and from my testing) better Operating System. It’s smaller, faster and does many things better. In my testing of major Voice applications I found a few things out rather quickly: Good News Department: Skype 3.8 works fine Gizmo5‘s … Read more
It looks like VoIP is really starting to go mainstream and while Apple plays footsie with the regulators, Google is coming out full bore embracing VoIP on the Android. A quick read of the official Google blog says so. But other than SiPDroid and a Gizmo client attempt, nothing really is there yet that does … Read more
New York legislators are going to get a good old country whippen, if they’re not carful. Talk about bait and switch. Wow. Every month New Yawkers shell out .70 cents on their cell phone bill (and that’s going up to $1.20 soon) per mobile number to support 911 services, so you would think the money … Read more
A quick note about the Novatel MiFi devices, both the CDMA version that works on Verizon and the GSM/HSPA version that works here in the USA on AT&T and on any GSM operator’s network around the globe. 1. Verizon’s network smokes the current edition of AT&T Mobile Broadband in the Bay Area for real time … Read more
I’ve been trying to come up with a name for the cool, pocket size WiFi hotspot creators that are rapidly coming to market, starting with the Novatel Wirless MiFis (of which I now have both CDMA and GSM version-unlocked to boot). Then it hit me..the term is POCKETSPOT. I claim first use of the term, … Read more
If you subscribe to the Wall Street Journal, either hard copy or online, today’s edition has Walt Mossberg’s review of the new Apple iPhone and OS 3.0. Apple always provides Walt an advance version of the phone, and his review tends to help set the stage for many things. Of what he didn’t like on … Read more
Wired has a story about wireless Internet access, calling the questions as to why we have so little of it. It’s timely, especially in light of the nations (and likely the worlds) looming data network access crush wirelessly until fatter pipe access becomes more ubiquitous. Let’s start with some history. The mobile operators didn’t really … Read more
