I think I’ve known Doug longer than those in VoIP, recalling his days from SkyCache. Now that Doug is writing on his own, and unencumbered from the shackles and chains of others he’s never been more on. Take his tale about the shabby and no excuse for bad service he got from Verizon that required … Read more
This week Alec wrote about two clients and his insight on both is on target. If Alec wasn’t a full time entrepreneur running iotum and keeping Calliflower on track his blogging would put him on par with the top writers online and he’d have both a day and night job that was one in the … Read more
I decided to conduct an experiment of sorts last night. Well, call it early this morning. I loaded up my unlocked Novatel Wireless 3G/HSPA ready MiFi and popped in a shot of Voda. As in VoadFone. You see, Voda has been advertising that their network is 7.2 megs capable on the DL (Download) and 2 … Read more
For those Linux folks out there who have always wanted to know about which softphones work on the Penguin platforms, VoIPGuides has published a rather complete listing of the range of offerings. Ideally this will appeal to the users of Linux eeePC users who want to have more than Skype on their tote-a-longs. Add a … Read more
While there may be some who think Fixed Mobile Convergence is dead, clearly someone in Belgium doesn’t. TechCrunch Robin Wauters reports on Cherry, a new company that is promising to deliver Fixed Mobile Convergence, meaning GSM and WiFi, with Voice Call Continuity at the base of it. Now, some points that need to be added: … Read more
Alec Saunders was fortunate to receive a new Nokia N97 while participating in a project we’re involved with for Nokia last week in San Francisco. His review pits the Nokia N97 against the new Apple iPhone GS and clearly shows why for multimedia, the real purpose of the N9x devices, since the N90 was first … Read more
Over the past month I’ve tried an experiment. First I wanted to see if I could wean myself away from my Blackberries (yes I have one on T-Mobile and one on Verizon) for email and have been using both a Nokia E75 and two different E71s (one for North America and the other for Europe … Read more
A quick note about the Novatel MiFi devices, both the CDMA version that works on Verizon and the GSM/HSPA version that works here in the USA on AT&T and on any GSM operator’s network around the globe. 1. Verizon’s network smokes the current edition of AT&T Mobile Broadband in the Bay Area for real time … Read more
Hat Tip to Doug Mohney for his discovery of Comcast’s new International plan, which is another broad shot cross the bow taken at Vonage and Skype by the cable companies. While not a “free” offer, this is a move by the cable giant is offering another reason to buy their triple play (voice, video and … Read more
I’ve been trying to come up with a name for the cool, pocket size WiFi hotspot creators that are rapidly coming to market, starting with the Novatel Wirless MiFis (of which I now have both CDMA and GSM version-unlocked to boot). Then it hit me..the term is POCKETSPOT. I claim first use of the term, … Read more
