The New York Times’ Ken Belson has the scoop on T-Mobile @ Home. Long rumored, the service marks the first real entry in the USA of a Fixed Mobile Convergence Play by one of the leading mobile operators. In my view this is an important step and well timed, as T-Mobile gets out of the … Read more
Om has a lengthy post about video conferencing and the Cisco foray into their billion dollar baby, TelePresence. Many of the news accounts of the Cisco announcement are clearly “future maybes” and given the pricing I have to just help to clarify them. $79,000. $299,000. Okay, Cisco isn’t planning on selling every start up some … Read more
A story out of Australia regarding some statements by two Gartner analysts and Cisco’s John Chambers seems to point in the right direction for some 2.0 type companies, including some my agency represents. In reading the Computerworld article this morning I couldn’t help but feel overjoyed for the implied endorsement of client SightSpeed when the … Read more
It seems my trusty ASUS Travel Router has burned out. After working faithfully for the past year or so I awoke to find the lights not working and the lack of any signal. This means either work at a desk while on the road or find a substitute. I’m already working on the latter.
Pardon the chilly headline but I couldn’t resist the headline or the chance to have some fun with the news announcement from earlier in the week about Vonage adding a real pre Voice 1.0 service like weather reports. As a child of the 60’s about the only two numbers I could recall to dial were … Read more
I’m a huge fan of personal video communications, even if it means I have to shave everyday, not have a bad hair day and even get dressed. When I’m on the go I wish I could see what is up with my fiance who lives 500 miles away and since she is more mobile phone … Read more
It looks like Microsoft is gearing up to improve their video communications experience as part of Live Communications Server. This post by TechTaxi seems to say that they want to be the PolyCom of video communications. Their current offering for video pales in comparison by all accounts to client SightSpeed, so if you took one … Read more
Broadwing, long considered by experts to be one of the best fiber networks around, but suffering from geographic limitations, today was purchased by Level3. To me this was not a surprise, and I actually commented on this verbally to a few people since Level3 began their buying spree earlier this year. The purchase gives Level3 … Read more
According to Johanne Torres, AT&T will be reprising CallVantage in a new service. My instincts tell me there may be some FourPlay going on here.
Despite a long review about the Mylo at the end of the day David Pogue disses the new Sony Mylo.
