Observations From CES

It’s becoming clearer each day that YAGM and maybe E are the guys looking hard at innovating Voice communications while the Vonages, Packet8s and Broadvoices of the world all look to sell something the cable guys already have won the war with, selling PSTN replacement to millions of people who want a single bill. Let … Read more

Alec Saunders Panel Rocked Today

iotum’s Alec Saunders led a panel with execs from MSN, Earthlink and Yahoo. Rock star Jeff Bonforte stole the show with sharp answers and a quick wit, finding a way to poke fun at his former boss Michael Robertson in a polite way, explaining the virtues of what Yahoo really can offer versus upstart Gizmo … Read more

Level3 Should Wine Less And Worry More

My spies tell me that a ranking Level3 exec was wondering to a colleague today why I ripped them over Salmon Creek Wine back at the VON event at the Harvard Club during the Fall VON and why I never blogged about their gift of a bottle of Silver Oak, a highly popular Cabernet from … Read more

Vonage and Uniden Cordless VoIP

An all in one cordless phone, router and telephone adapter from Uniden has been added to Vonage offerings. If anything these ongoing releases of VoIP products shows that Vonage, and other VoIP players, are an attractive target for the  consumer electronics manufacturers in a bigger way each year. This market will only be getting bigger … Read more

Vonage and Uniden Cordless VoIP

An all in one cordless phone, router and telephone adapter from Uniden has been added to Vonage offerings. If anything these ongoing releases of VoIP products shows that Vonage, and other VoIP players, are an attractive target for the  consumer electronics manufacturers in a bigger way each year. This market will only be getting bigger … Read more

CES Comes To Life Tuesday, January 3 2006

My crystal ball tells me there will be a host of announcements from the usual suspects this week during CES in Las Vegas as VoIP goes even more mainstream this year. Of course Bill Gates will make some new Microsoft product announcements mostly geared around the home and VISTA. Linksys will expand beyond the regular … Read more

Why Smart Apps Are Needed

We’re in an age of always being on. By that I mean, always connected. While cell phones have on and off switches, I don’t know how often people turn off the phone versus just not answering it when it rings. We are also living in a time where tecnologies like Find Me/Follow me exist, but … Read more