Skype 3 Phone Details Leaking Out

The Times of London has a story today about the new Skype enabled phone that the carrier named 3 will be rolling out reportedly this week. Basically, there will be a Skype button that brings up your Skype buddies who are online and you can call them. Ok. But you can’t use Skype Out. Strike … Read more

AIM Call Out

Tom Keating reports on AIM Call Out which looks and acts very much like Jajah to me. Some well placed sources lead me to believe it may be a private label version.

Apple Leopard and SIP–Not Happening

SIP and Leopard are like oil and water as of the general release version of the new Apple OS dubbed Leopard. After years of peaceful coexistence with the VoIP world the new OS and SIP based applications that I’m using on my Mac Book Pro Core 2 Duo just aren’t working. No EyeBeam No GizmoProject … Read more

Om With Randy Stephenson of AT&T

Pal Om spent some time (all of 15 minutes was his allotment) with AT&T Prexy Randall Stephenson last week at Web 2.0. His recap of the interview is full of promises by the giant telco’s new leader. What is obvious to me is the new AT&T is not your daddy’s AT&T anymore. Stephenson is talking … Read more

Maybe I Should Move

Verizon’s FIOS just started offering 20 megs symmetrical. That means 20 megs upload and 20 megs download. Ok…its time for the cable guys to get off their horse, look at DOCSIS and say “we have fiber. Let’s go to the home.” If they do, speeds can go higher than what Verizon is offering because Verizon … Read more

VON Adds Unconference

Hats off to Jeff, Carl Ford and Jason of VON and Pulver Media for the scheduling of the first UnConference at a VON event. Over three events ago I suggested they needed a more unstructured format around VON. To their credit they sat down and figured out how to do just that.