As more people cut the cord from landlines to cell phones, other are using their laptops and desktops for more than just computing. With music and video being heard and seen on them by more people all the time, new wireless headsets have come to market that offer better sound and no more wires. New … Read more
Ok, so I took the line and some journalistic license in the headline, but the news out of Vancouver from EQO is simply this. EQO has announced an IM and Mobile VOIP client for the Blackberry Bold that just came out this week. That makes me wonder if they’ll have it working on the new … Read more
VoIP News in the UK reports about a new mobile VoIP client from Vyke being released. This comes on the heals of the Wall Street Journal and Business Week stories of last week and this week. Clearly this shows that Mobile VoIP is very much alive and well and that the interest is jumping from … Read more
Wireless Intelligence, a UK mobile consultancy, has a very well written PDF file about Italian mobile operator TIM, that points out how SMS has slowed as the users are moving to Instant Messaging and Email driving more data plan sales for TIM. This supports the kind of thing we’re seeing with clients Palringo in the … Read more
It’s hilarious that the mainstream media is saying that using Adobe’s Flash and Apple’s Safari is “hacking” in the recent matter of my calling Laptop’s News Editor Joanna Stern via Phweet and TringMe “hacking.” If that’s hacking, I guess Apple and Adobe make hacker tools? Somehow I don’t think so. For the record, I offered … Read more
Business Week’s Olga Kharif writes a very good summary article about Mobile VoIP, which includes client Truphone. Olga’s points about Mobile VoIP and who the players are makes a nice compendium. What this means is that Mobile VoIP has gone well beyond the blogosphere and is now going to become more mainstream. Sadly, the carries … Read more
Dan York has a very lengthy post about the VoIP packet traffic that Phweet and Tringme uses. In his very knowledgeable way describes why long term the attempts to block VoIP are futile. I agree, especially since it took me, a non-hacker, using a regular application called Flash from Adobe. Instead of all this we … Read more
I’ve been a fan of GizmoProject for a very long time, and while I’m using it less and less, and other apps more, I still never forget how much innovation resides inside their team. Many people forget that Gizmo was birthed out of SipPhone, and SipPhone has a ton of standards based capabilities and relationships, … Read more
I was turned on to TripIt by pal Jonathan Greene the other day. All I can say, for someone who is Working Anywhere and regularly traveling the reports are a blessing, especially for those that need to share the information. Based in two days of use, TripIt is a real Trip!
Joe Brancatelli, the world’s best business travel writer, has a very candid perspective about Aircell. I call it candid because Joe pulled no punches and gave the in flight WiFi provider an opportunity to respond. They chose not to. I too have asked to speak to their CEO or CTO as I have some questions … Read more
