Let.s face it, if you use GoogleVoice like I do, you have the benefit of a very reliable, easy to use, one number solution with voice mail, message transcription, with an elegant call back solution that offers convenience and capabilities not currently offered by any on the US local carriers or mobile operators in one … Read more
Long time pal Carl Ford has let me know that he’ll be moderating a call on a very hot topic on Calliflower–Net Neutrality: Can Open be Governed this Tuesday, October 6 at 1230 EST. Participants include: Todd Daubert of Kelley Drye, Hank Hultquist of AT&T and Rick Whitt of Google. Given all the noise and … 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
ShoreTel, one of the better and more forward thinking IP-PBX brands has become the first big brand to announce a relationship with Skype, and I don’t think this will be the last as Skype’s pursuit of the business market revs up: So here are some wild guesses 1) First I expect a small box manufacturer … Read more
I’m not surprised that we pay more in the USA, lots more, for mobile phone services, as CNET’s Maggie Reardon writes. We also pay more for broadband services..and we get lots less. Our bandwidth speeds are slower than other western countries and our wireless networks don’t really achieve what’s possible due largely to over saturation … Read more
Today US Air announced they will be adding the GoGo Inflight WiFi from Aircell. More in the sky work for all of us.
Earlier today I received an email from a reader contending that GUAVA was written with code that was purloined. Rather than let this issue fester, I went to Gizmo5 founder Michael Robertson to help set the record straight. Robertson, who has been a strong proponent of open source technology since his MP3 era was quick … Read more
Tom Keating picked up on the recent Nimbuzz Mac client announcement which I missed last week. I suspect that we’ll see a lot more in the area of softphones, especially on the Mac. To date most softphones have been designed for PCs and then ported. In the next few months we’ll likely see some native … 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
Rafe Blandford, of All About Symbian, is someone I’ve gotten to know as a result of the Nokia Blogger Relations efforts over the past few years. He’s someone whose perspective on what is happening on Nokia Symbian based devices combines the understanding of a user, with the insight of an analyst and the why it … Read more
