Developers-GIPS Has Something For You

Windows Mobile devices are one of the more popular platforms here in the USA so the new Global IP Solutions (GIPS) Video Engine announcement is a call for video and VoIP developers to get outside the box and begin thinking how they can bring real video to the mobile phone. CNET’s Crave blog also jumped … Read more

Pat Phelan’s Travel Tips for the Recession Era

MaxRoam’s founder, Pat Phelan, picks up on my thread of how to be a better road warrior/Global Nomad with his recession busting travel tips. In many ways Pat picks up on some of my earlier tips, including client Boingo for hotel WiFi where he writes: Finally and most importantly get a Boingo account, Boingo were … Read more

Meeting Room Confusion Solved

A new service out of Dublin Ireland’s Active Online called BookMeetingRoom.com looks appealing to those who have to manage and organize meeting rooms and conference rooms. While it’s a tad pricey, the concept is very useful, and I can see the application of this with online web conferences, video conferences and audio conference booking. As … Read more

What HSUPA Means to VoIP

Dean Bubley has some insightful commentary about HSUPA and what it means to VoIP over 3G in his latest posting. I’ve used HSUPA on my Novatel Data Card via AT&T’s 3G network and clearly see the difference, especially with mobile video conferencing. There’s a major quality advantage with HSUPA over HSDPA as the upload seems … Read more

Voice Apps Made Simple

Over the past few months my agency has had the good fortune of working with Irv Shapiro and his team at ifByPhone. Based in the northern suburbs of Chicago the company has customers, lots of customers, and is quietly rolling out app after app that solves real world problems. They have a whopper of an … Read more

WiFi on Trains (and Buses)

I’ve had the good fortune to use WiFi on the Heathrow Express when I’m in London. The experience, which is made possible by T-Mobile connects train mounted access points to 3G radios that are mounted in each car on the train. The experience has been good enough to hold video calls using SightSpeed and Skype … Read more