GIPS CTO Roar Hagen has an informative and educational post about the difference in wideband audio that gets put inside softphones which appeared on their new blog that launched just a week ago. It’s rewarding to see clients take to the blogosphere the way the team at GIPS is taking to it and how their … Read more
With a hat tip to pal Jonathan Greene, he drew my attention to the concept of Beta Culture. I’m not so biased when things are free against Beta, as the trade off for getting to try the new and shinny products and software requires some quid-pro-quo, with the quo being “pain, blues and agony” at … Read more
Client Nokia is going to start their own cell phone service in Japan as an MVNO, largely to position and market their higher end phones reports Reuters. Japan is known for being one of the most advanced mobile societies. I remember a Japanese businessman showing me how he uses his phone to gain access to … Read more
Jeff Pulver is without question one of the visionary type people who sees things far differently, and usually earlier than many. He was one of the first people to jump on the VoIP bandwagon before it was a big deal and was always the guy tinkering with technology long before others would even dream of … Read more
I was whipping through my TweetDeck Tweets last night when I came across a random note about a new app from Google’s Code, a place where Google developers hang out and put out all kinds of things. What caught my eye was something that seems so simple one has to wonder why it took this … Read more
Touting both GSM and WiMax for Mobile, HTC has launched a new phone in Russia that will provide up to ten megs of connectivity, plus be able to view 23 TV channels tat will be sent over the WiMax network. Not unexpected, VoIP will be part of the dual mode phone when on WiMax.
Apple and AT&T are working on a plan to tether the iPhone to your computer. All that means is the already stretched and overloaded AT&T 3G network will feel the strain, but at the same time be the route to doubling or even tripling capacity. I've tethered my Nokia E71 and N95 using Joikuspot on … Read more
Doug Mohney did a heck of a job this year in picking the Fierce 15 for 2008. After reading through the individual summaries of the different companies I can readily see how he (and his team) at Fierce did a lot of sorting and sifting to come to the conclusions they made in picking the … Read more
Two cloud oriented companies, Salesforce.com and Ribbit are linking up to bring next generation services around voice to a talkative crowd. The salespersons of the globe.
This is a huge move that will likely pay dividends in 2009, as Lenovo and AT&T, along with Ericsson are joining together to cut the cost of embedded 3G cards in laptops. I expect that this deal will likely be replicated by the likes of Samsung, Asus and Acer as well as see AT&T begin … Read more
