Tom Keating pulled some good facts together about what could be a major issue effecting Skype, one that could be seriously damaging to eBay and the management team at the time of the Skype acquisition. While Skype was busy celebrating their one million downloads for the Apple iPhone, the team at JoltID, also started by … Read more
Lately there has been a lot of noise about the AT&T Mobile Data Network. And, it hasn't been pretty, but the accounts have been true. The network that promises 5 bars of coverage, has a full house, and there's not a lot of flexibility. Yesterday on the tarmac at McCarren Airport in Las Vegas, as … Read more
Poor Skype. On the heels of their biggest launch ever since their inception, with the release of the iPhone client, a licensing issue around a piece of software, known as a Codec is preventing them from making the App available in Canada. That’s the good news, as that’s just a matter of negotiation and figuring … Read more
It looks like the SkypPhone2 has bit the dust with mobile operator 3 in favor of the newer and shinier Inq1. But they still do seem to be available in other 3 served countries like Australia. I’ve used the SkypePhone 1 and 2 but passed on grabbing an INQ1 simply because I don’t need more … Read more
Over the last few days as a lead up to CTIA in Las Vegas there has been a push from AT&T about video communications on mobile phones. Let’s start with the sleek Nokia E71x that promises two way video. Then there are the smartphone from Samsung which may be running Symbian I hear. This baby … Read more
One of the phone’s I’m looking forward to seeing at CTIA is the new Nokia E75. It has the VoIP stack/SIP stack already in it I’m told and when I saw one a few months ago in prototype stage I was all over it as a replacement for my trusty Nokia E90. Over the last … Read more
I’m figuring if they’re good enough for Vodafone in the UK then Dell will be good enough for Verizon Wireless to market in the USA, as Vodafone is a partner in Verizon when they launch a their wireless broadband netbook offer.. What Vodafone has done with Netbooks is give them away in exchange for a … Read more
With the recent announcement by Skype to have an open SIP Gateway (well its in beta) the door is now wide open for a direct route of calls coming to your Google Voice number to be routed directly into the Skype SIP gateway and to ring your Skype ID. All Google Voice has to do … Read more
Today T-Mobile is rolling out their version of a 3G USB data stick according to CNET and many other news sites. Priced at $59.99 a month for 5 Gigs, you’ll find that the stick works on TMO in the USA and on other 3G networks around the globe, as well as GPRS and EDGE networks … Read more
As a regular road warrior I can’t stress enough the importance of having really solid bandwidth and decent access when you’re traveling. It may seem like a broken record, but for those of us who actually work on the road and consider hotels, coffee shops, remote work sites and friends’ houses an extension of our … Read more
