I have just spent the better part of ninety minutes contacting a series of financial institutions to notify them that I’ll be out of the country for the next week on business. This is an exercise that I do each and every trip and it’s getting OLD. Wells Fargo takes the cake for the most … Read more
I have just spent the better part of ninety minutes contacting a series of financial institutions to notify them that I’ll be out of the country for the next week on business. This is an exercise that I do each and every trip and it’s getting OLD. Wells Fargo takes the cake for the most … Read more
For those Linux folks out there who have always wanted to know about which softphones work on the Penguin platforms, VoIPGuides has published a rather complete listing of the range of offerings. Ideally this will appeal to the users of Linux eeePC users who want to have more than Skype on their tote-a-longs. Add a … Read more
While there may be some who think Fixed Mobile Convergence is dead, clearly someone in Belgium doesn’t. TechCrunch Robin Wauters reports on Cherry, a new company that is promising to deliver Fixed Mobile Convergence, meaning GSM and WiFi, with Voice Call Continuity at the base of it. Now, some points that need to be added: … Read more
Alec Saunders was fortunate to receive a new Nokia N97 while participating in a project we’re involved with for Nokia last week in San Francisco. His review pits the Nokia N97 against the new Apple iPhone GS and clearly shows why for multimedia, the real purpose of the N9x devices, since the N90 was first … Read more
A lot has been written by people I respect who have industry knowledge about the trials and tribulations over at Joost, the P2P video start up that was founded by the founders of Skype. Despite bringing in a big name CEO from Cisco, and all the hype Joost got, the recapping of their demise by … Read more
Over the past month I’ve tried an experiment. First I wanted to see if I could wean myself away from my Blackberries (yes I have one on T-Mobile and one on Verizon) for email and have been using both a Nokia E75 and two different E71s (one for North America and the other for Europe … Read more
A quick note about the Novatel MiFi devices, both the CDMA version that works on Verizon and the GSM/HSPA version that works here in the USA on AT&T and on any GSM operator’s network around the globe. 1. Verizon’s network smokes the current edition of AT&T Mobile Broadband in the Bay Area for real time … Read more
A lot of time and words are spent bashing Comcast by many a pundit, but you can’t ignore the fact that as a company they clearly have a strategy and a very defined one that says “we want to be you communications company.” In Portland Oregon, a market they serve in competition with iLec Qwest … Read more
Hat Tip to Doug Mohney for his discovery of Comcast’s new International plan, which is another broad shot cross the bow taken at Vonage and Skype by the cable companies. While not a “free” offer, this is a move by the cable giant is offering another reason to buy their triple play (voice, video and … Read more
