Somehow last week I missed this really insightful roundup on the “minute stealers.” Those are the Voice 2.0 companies which want to take your long distance mobile calls and make them cheaper. Well pal Michael Arrington of TechCrunch, reviews them and comes to a conclusion that is not too far off from my views.
Engadget is reporting that the FCC has been submitted for approval a new Novatel Wireless USB EvDO modem. This is very similar to the Franklin USB modem that has been out for about six weeks or so.
Ted Wallingford, who is far more technical when it comes to applications and networking than I would ever care to be, has taken a microscopic look at the current video and voice combo applications available currently for the Mac. Now in the sake of transparency, SightSpeed is a client, and Ted did place my mug … Read more
A must read is the update on Voice 2.0 by Alec Saunders. Not only is it a must read, it is so right on. Alec has taken a look at where things have progressed. One highlight is how Alec draws attention to the AOL AIM PhoneLine Developer program that iotum is a charter member of. … Read more
MTV has issued a casting call on line for their hit show “Total Request Live” that now features SightSpeed. At VON in Boston Jeff Pulver talked a lot about disrupting the process of content distribution and how new uses of video will emerge. If you look at this approach for “auditioning” prospective talent, you can … Read more
Skype this past week indicated that there has been a delay in getting their Skype Mobile up and running. While they have been delayed other options have been popping up. For months PhoneGome has had the ability to bridge a call between the mobile phone and the VoIP world. Another entrant is iSkoot which made … Read more
In all the hoopla and hysteria over SightSpeed being on MTV, it seemed Om knew the place to be. New York City. He celebrated his birthday today (well, yesterday if you’re there). Happy Birthday, Mr. Om.
It looks like Google is gearing up to make some moves in VoIP. Today they announced their opening up GTalk to everyone.
Other respected bloggers, notably PhoneBoy and Ken Camp have taken an exception to what Grand Central does, hanging their objections on the idea of it being an additional phone number, not providing commentary on it’s merits and new features like call record and telemarketing spam filtering. Maybe because I’ve had Webley for years, which was … Read more
In a non-scientific test Luca and PhoneBoy set out to see which video conferencing software is better, iChat or SightSpeed. It seems seeing is the best test, and once again, client SightSpeed won.
