VoIP

TokTumi’s Peter Sisson thinks that RIM may be in for some dark days and that the Blackberry is doomed.

Over the weekend Samsung began a contest for applications developers by offering $330,000 in prize money to develop applications for its Omnia II (I8000) and is open for applications in English and Italian.

Erik Lagerway thinks VoIP over 3G is a when, not an if on the iPhone up in Canada. This is of course not going to happen until Apple updates their developer’s Terms and Conditions. Right now Apple’s T’s & C’s that the iPhone developers are working under are not yet written to enable the applications … Read more

Om gives the N900 (something I have on order from Amazon) a 6 out of 10. That’s barely a passing grade. Granted he reviewed pre-release software, but what I like about it is the “optimized for the T-Mobile network” on which I currently run an Android based MyTouch3 from T-Mobile. Hopefully, by the time I … Read more

If you have to Fly and want to stay connected, Virgin America and Google are giving away free WiFi for the holiday season. Now, what’s good here is if you use Google Voice you can at least receive your messages as transcribed text. Then again, maybe they’ll let us use Google Talk voice and video…hmmmm

I’ve had a day to reflect on the rumor of Skype buying Gizmo (actually they would be buying all of Sipphone) and why it’s more than just good for the VoIP industry. For starters, just the fact that Skype is thinking of SIP as the alternative to JoltID is a good sign. It brings all … Read more

One of the things one learns is that one can often be right without saying much. For months as the JoltID suit has been rearing its ugly head I’ve been saying Skype is a brand not a technology and they would simply go all SIP. That opens the door to a lot of potential moves, … Read more

In a move that Fierce VoIP is calling a limited release by Comcast, the nations largest cable operator, of HomePoint, a converged VoIP/Router, it would appear that finally, after making all the needed in network (e.g. getting all the hardware and software to be the same in all markets) infrastructure work completed, Big C is … Read more

It will mean being on a contract (for now) but if you sign up in the UK to a monthly contract for what T-Mobile UK is calling it’s Mobile Broadband Extra package for 30 Pounds a month, about 45 dollars, you’ll be able to take advantage of speeds up to 7.6 megs a second and … Read more