People ask me often, how do I do what I do. Travel as much as anyone on the planet (last year less than 50 days in my own beds in two houses-but they were under repair too and sort of still are.) It all started with the dual city life my wife and I keep. … Read more
Over the past few weeks I’ve been in a few places (to say the least.) Miami Beach and calling anywhere was easy. My mobile phones with unlimited plans on T-Mobile and AT&T made that easy for stateside calling, and for international there was Truphone Anywhere or on my laptop, Skype. But the real challenge was … Read more
Skype didn't hear back from Apple soon enough about receiving approval of their WiFi based iPhone app is my guess so they went with what some would consider a bigger gun. Nokia. Today at Mobile World Congress Skype announced that the next pre-load of Skype will be with Nokia on the Q3 release of the … Read more
Here’s my shortlist of companies I’m going to be watching at Mobile World Congress (including a few clients of course): HTC-this is their coming out party. Their relationships with Microsoft and T-Mobile make them a big factor. Google Android-now that they have the live beta dubbed the G1, expect to see lots more of what’s … Read more
A lot of speculation will be made here at Mobile World Congress about Skype and the iPhone and them becoming a mobile phone player. Many will jump to the conclusion that SKype is going to be a global mobile operator of sorts. I think that while it’s potentially possible, Skype won’t go in that direction … Read more
For companies like Truphone, Fring and the rest of the Mobile VoIP crowd, Maggie Reardon’s CNET story from yesterday about Mobile phone WiFi usage on the rise has to be like sweet charity. Coming just a few days ahead of the GSMA’s Mobile World Congress this kind of news bodes well for the handset manufacturers … Read more
Skype keeps up their efforts on the hot topic of openness with a letter to the editor about the Broadband Stimulus package being proposed in the USA by our new President Obama. It’s well thought out, and something that is indeed needed. Candidly, the threat of carriers not letting certain apps on their networks, making … Read more
This is what happens when you tick off Michael Robertson. If anyone is better at being a disruptor of the disruption, I’ve yet to find one better than the “Golden Boy” of San Diego technology. A few months ago, I provided Robertson a forum to share his perspective on the openness or lack of openness … Read more
