VoipWatch Report #5 October 20 2009
This week we look at Skype possibly buying Gizmo, the amnesia of Sidekick, Google offering Free WiFi on Virgin America and eComm.
An Early Holiday Present from Google
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
Posts to Read about Voice
Phil Wolff has a great post on how voice becomes more than cheap calling via Skype. Larry Lisser writes up why voice is back in vogue. Alec Saunders gets under the hood and shows just what AT&T may be up to in the battle around free conference calling and more. The Wall Street Journal reports … Read more
Sidekick Memory Restored–Call It Amnesia
Sidekick users can rejoice. Instead of suffering brain damage, it looks like the data loss is turning out to be more a case of amnesia.
Why The Gizmo Sale to Skype Rumor is Good For The Industry
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
Is Skype Buying Gizmo? Makes Sense to Me
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
Comcast Looks To The Future With HomePoint VoIP
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
VoIPWatch Report #5 for Week of October 11 2009
This week I talk about the almost laughable actions of the FCC and Google Voice, the comical but Dangerous memory loss by Microsoft and Danger, a quick peek at what you need to know about Clearwire-whose picture is get more clear and how T-Mobile in the UK now allows VoIP over Mobile Broadband, all on … Read more
SideCut Reports Issues a Need To Know About ClearWire
I have to give pal Paul Kapustka credit for being the man in the know when it comes to Clearwire and 4G. His just released ClearWire NTK (for need to know) report is chock full of insight, analysis and solid reasoning. Now only if he had mentioned the term PocketSpot would he have gotten an … Read more
T-Mobile UK Opens Up Mobile Broadband To Skype Calling-Sort Of
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