The downloading of music at Starbucks was tested last year in a few markets. That was with T-Mobile. Then the music stopped. Market expansion stopped. Now the rumor making the rounds is that iPhone customers can get online for free at AT&T Hotspots which will include Starbucks by year’s end. So let’s connect the dots. … Read more
Alec gets up to bat and swings a heavy club this morning as he lays out his perspective based on experience of working with AOL and their now apparently defunct AIM PhoneLine developer program. His event by event account isn’t a pretty picture and should be noticed. It should make for an interesting Sqawk Box … Read more
I woke up this morning and found VoIPWatch being cited in Business Week’s TechBeat by Olga Kharif. This made me think back to one of the reasons to start VoIPWatch, which was to always be a helpful source of information to the media and to provide a perspective that offers insight and viewpoint. Right after … Read more
For years there have been services which let you receive all your flight data via your cell phone, but none have been approved as boarding passes. Now Lufthansa, which experimented with in flight WiFi with Boeing, is making the paper go away on two routes in Germany. This is great for those of us who … Read more
Luca has a post about the potential of RIM being deployed in the iPhone. Since Blackberry Connect is already on the Nokia N and E series phones this is a logical platform move by them.
PhoneBoy covers Voice 2.0 client ifByPhone and explains why their services are so meaningful and how easy they are to use in multiple business applications. This comes at the same time that Ribbit announced their relationship with Salesforce.com.
After a few months of dormancy, and a series of tech issues pal Ted Wallingford blog is back up and running.
I’ve long been a fan of the infrastructure that Wayport provides that makes for a really good hotspot experience. WiFi Net News deep drill down is a nice look at why they’re successfully building out so many hotspots including those for AT&T at McDonalds.
Having spent a considerable amount of time in Europe the last year I can relate to Jeff Pulver’s comment about travel time and the need for in flight WiFi, especially here in the USA. That said, needing access to broadband on the go is key to this mobile/portable/nomadic lifestyle. I for one miss the Boeing … Read more
Skype 3.8 is out and it features reportedly better video. I’ll have to check that out when I’m not on my Mac using version 2.6 as 2.7 for the Mac remains buggy. A quick look at 3.8 today showed that Skype is working on making the Windows interface less cluttered and easier to get around. … Read more
