For those of you in the mobile industry at any kind of senior level, you will know the name of my good friend and local San Diego telecom marketing guru, Jeff Belk. For many years Jeff has been a fixture at Qualcomm, and while he’s still there, he’s actually on the move with his family … Read more
Hats off to Rich Tehrani and the team at TMC for landing a big fish to talk to the developers at next months conference in Santa Clara. They got the big Kahuna Paul Amery from Skype who is honchoing the Skype Developer’s Program. With only a month to go before the big eBay shindig in … Read more
I had a sense of DejaVU and did some sleuthing with the help of a friend after receiving a note from RebTel which directed me to a post on their blog about the Nokia N95 modifications being made by Vodafone and Orange that was previously reported here on VoIPWatch a few weeks back. That’s when … Read more
Jim has become a rabid fan of the Nokia Internet Tablet called the N800, and so have I. Jim can’t wait for the Skype client to come out for it, something I hear from Skype’s PR agency is coming, but with no firm release date. Now in fairness, Nokia is my agency’s client, but before … Read more
Today was a great day. My company was recognized by Paul Gillin in an Ad Age article, then Olga Kharif at Business Week recognized my FON post as being meritorious. Paul recognized us for our work that we’re doing with GrandCentral and Nokia and how our innovative approach at blending bloggers into outreach is shaping … Read more
Since 2001 I’ve had WiFi in my home office and been a heavy user of public and private hotspot operator’s networks the world over. That’s why I was always surprised to see the cable MSO’s so invisible when it comes to WiFi in public places. With cable strands running beneath the ground, and access already … Read more
Second Update: It appears the company marketing the X-PDA software for Pocket PC’s is Global IP Communications, a company that is based in Pennsylvania. On their “About” page they state “we’re now Preferred Development Partner of CounterPath Solutions with customers all over the world, developing ground-breaking software for the VoIP industry and our hardware is … Read more
When I was in London a very well connected telecom executive I know shared a tale of woe about the lack of support he’s finding with problems associated to Skype and his account. It seems his Skype In numbers just “vanished.” While we were chatting he pointed me to a series of similar comments inside … Read more
I’ve become very much a fan of my Nokia N800 Internet Tablet over the past few weeks while I’ve been traveling. Using it for GoogleTalk, portable video communications, GizmoProject and as my audio player as well as back up email appliance, it has really become a steady part of my road warrior arsenal, filling the … Read more
Its great to see Stuart back at blogging. We all look forward to learning more about Equals and what its all about.
