GoMo News, Techcrunch drew my attention to 3Jam, a GoogleVoice like clone. So I took one for the team (my readers) and jumped in head first running it through it’s paces. Here are some fast observations: Set up was fast, easy. A confirmation email and I was off and running. To get a 3Jam number … Read more
Yesterday the word came down that two of the third party developed iPhone apps that work with Google Voice had been removed by Apple according to TechCrunch. Upon reflecting on the move one has to look more closely at the players involved and recognize that there is more here than simply the blocking of an … Read more
With all the hoopla around GoogleVoice not having an iPhone app, it’s very rewarding to see that development by noted voice companies continues for smartphone platforms. GigaOm is reporting that Vonage is likely releasing a smartphone app, and smart money says it will be for the iPhone. That will be very good news for Vonage … Read more
Yesterday I received an email from one of the wizards of Gizmo5 who works for my friend and neighbor Michael Robertson (he lives a few minutes down the beach) about something I felt blows through the “Speed To Cool” and gets to “WOW” almost immediately. To make it simple, the email invited me to a … Read more
Today US Air announced they will be adding the GoGo Inflight WiFi from Aircell. More in the sky work for all of us.
In an earlier blog post I was critical of the CTIA award process, and I was wrong. It seems CTIA should be critical and possibly litigious against Zer01 instead. A wonderful reader of this blog found something very interesting, that may shoot more holes in the unfolding Zer01 mystery. It seems they never won anything … Read more
Yesterday on KenRadio, host Ken Rutkowski and I jabbered on about the rumored new Apple iPod touch, that will come with a camera and a microphone-built in and 64 GB of memory. This is awesome news for the likes of Skype and client Truphone and will likely start a flood of “me too” applications from … Read more
Earlier today I received an email from a reader contending that GUAVA was written with code that was purloined. Rather than let this issue fester, I went to Gizmo5 founder Michael Robertson to help set the record straight. Robertson, who has been a strong proponent of open source technology since his MP3 era was quick … Read more
MaxRoam’s Pat Phelan let me in on some news tonight. Global Roaming Solutions Ltd (Hong Kong) and Cubic Telecom (Ireland) are announcing a new mobile roaming SIM card that will save consumers money over their usual mobile bills. Dubbed Buzzroam, this becomes is the first GSM SIM card available in Asia which provides access to … Read more
I’m a rabid user of client Nokia’s E71 so you can bet I’m just chomping at the bit at the next generation E72 which now is with the FCC.
