For a long time IBM has been off to the sidelines in many people’s minds, and Lotus, once the name for the Spreadsheet of choice many years ago, seemed to be king of the sore thumb of business apps. Some companies loved it, stuck with it, but for the most part Microsoft Office rules the … Read more
The New York Times is reporting on the stress the inauguration is going to be putting on our nations wireless networks. Let’s face it, the USA based wireless infrastructure has been lagging for years. We have what I would label as “good enough” not best in class, yet we as consumers pay top dollar for … Read more
I keep hearing and sensing that we’ll be seeing the INQ line of phones here in North America really soon. Just today, I spotted a review in the Sydney Morning Herald. Why would I like to see them here? Well for starters I’ve been using the INQ made SkypePhone and SkypePhone2 via 3 when I’m … Read more
Ted’s musing on tethering got me thinking, and reminded me to always carry my Nokia N95 which has an AT&T SIM when I’m in the USA or whatever SIM I’m using from T-Mobile in London or Yoigo in Spain. You see, I can tether today with that, and given the cheap data plan I have … Read more
Sidecut Reports spots a prototype from Cradlepoint that takes a WiMax signal and creates a WiFi hotspot. Neat. This would be an amazing VoIP base station for either the Nokia N or E Series phones or the iPhone with an app like Truphone.
Alec Saunders is bringing back Squawk Box this coming Friday and next Tuesday. I’m really keen on the one that day, as he’ll have eComm mind behind, Lee Dryburgh on the podcast to talk all about this years VoIP community event. I’d love to see TMC’s Rich Tehrani on another, as well as 4G Wireless … Read more
A story in XChange today rebukes the story yesterday about Verizon being all VoIP. This is an example of how messaging can get twisted. Even I read the account to be all VoIP in seven years. Clearly, that’s not the case.
One of the key groups in my agency is called Speakers & Listeners. It’s run by the co-founder of Under The Radar, Alison Murdock and has a star team of six that work with our clients to help them secure speaking slots at conferences as well as manage the process for clients when it comes … Read more
Rumors, rumors, rumors. The world runs on rumors. On one hand we read that Skype is looking for a new person to lead their developer efforts. On the other we get tips from friends in the Twittersphere that developers need to worry as Skype is launching (or has already launched) versions for many new platforms, … Read more
Rumors of a Skype client for the iPhone made the rounds at both MacWorld and CES last week and one has to figure where there’s smoke, there’s fire. With Skype Lite released for many mobile phones, and now a lightweight Android client that is mostly a clone of iSkoot, the iPhone remains the biggest market … Read more
