All Boarded Up

This is a bit off topic but I can see how a WiFi phone and this service could work in many scenarios. If retailers nearby Starbucks started to work with T-Mobile they could make all kinds of offers to the sippers who are surfing. If services that offered ordering by phone posted their offers this … Read more

WiFi & Cellular Gets Closer

Tell me what readers don’t already know. As a long time believer that the future is WiFi handoff by cellphones when the connection is better, I’m not at all surprised to see the ongoing development of interoperability and interaction. Already the products are arriving ahead of the standards and the carriers are deploying them or … Read more

RIM VoIP + Pulver Communicator

As you read this, it makes more sense why the Pulver Communicator is heading in this direction. Wanna bet that others start going in this direction? I can see XTEN developing an app, as well as a few others. As a RIM original user who is now on RIM generation III version hardware, their vision … Read more

VoWiFi @ VON UPDATED

Phone Plus has a report about the rapidly growing VoWiFi market. First there may be something new about the Net2Phone WiFi handset compared to the Pulver Innovations unit and the Zyxel Presige that has been out for over six months. According to one of the Net2Phone folks the the firmware is different. As a service … Read more

Why AT&T Needs A SoftPhone

I can’t say it enough. CallVantage has the best service, but their lack of a softphone is a setback in many ways. Now that more of the WiFi networks are looking at VoIP, the softphone on a laptop is the way to go. Today Boingo and Vonage did the mating dance. Since I predict Boingo … Read more

Always Connected

Wirelessly yours from Paddington Station London Softphone. Headset. WiFi. Sitting at the train station. BT Openzone cost a whopping six pounds for the hour, or ten pounds for the day. Still if I had to be traveling having an always reachable, cheaper than mobile phone connection would work. I made calls back to the USA … Read more

More Support for VoWireless

I use Voice over Wireless all the time, especially when traveling. By making use of the great sound card in my laptop, a quality headset and either the SMC travel router or the Linskys wireless router and a softphone and I make all the calls that way I can from the comfort of a relaxing … Read more

AT&T and Linksys Announce TA’s

As I’m on the road I have yet to see the link for this announcement. It’s one that shows commitment to their plan. In marketing we say “plan your work and work your plan.” This is one more example of CallVantage staying on track with their hardware roadmap. My view is simple. Linksys makes great … Read more