Jajah on the iPhone is Me Too To Me

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I looked at Gizmodo’s post about the new Jajah interface on the iPhone and yawned. It is so me too, me also. A few months back at VON Jeff Black of TalkPlus showed their iPhone client. At Demo Truphone demonstrated their idea of a real VoIP client as a proof of concept of what could … Read more

Voice Peering Forum Gets The Mashup

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Thomas Howe Company COO Patrick Murphy posted a note about their recent participation in the Voice Peering Forum held this week in New York City. This was one of the events I was hoping to attend this year, and had been invited to, but business here in London with Truphone and Nokia prevented my being … Read more

Cable Companies Starting to Play In Voice 2.0 Space

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Google’s acquisition of client Grand Central a few months ago was well timed because it showed foresight and an understanding of where the voice applications world is heading. Now it seems that the cable MSO’s, which have really been providing what I labeled Voice 1.5 where you are sold 1.0 service-what you already have from … Read more

Skype Whacks Developer Program in London

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Not long after my post on Plug In London and Paul Amery, I received dreadful news. Paul sent out an email to friends and colleagues that he is moving on from Skype as Director of the Developer Program. Sad . Paul did a great job according to many, some developer partners have said a much … Read more

Plug In London This Saturday

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Beyond having the opportunity to catch up with Mobile VoIP blogger guru Dean Bubley and one of my favorite bloggers, Martin Geddes tonight while I’m in London, what makes this such an exciting place is how easy it is to connect with people. Last trip Paui Amery, Skype’s Developer Relations Chief and I became fast … Read more

Robert Poe On Forbearance

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The Verizon request for forbearance was pending yesterday before the FCC when Robert Poe penned this piece. A few hours later Verizon found out what it was like to be told NO….

My Heart Goes Out For A Friend and His Family

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Blogging makes people friends. Some become close friends. If I’m a tad down today it’s because I received just dreadful news about a comrade in arms, Marc Orchant. Mark is in what can be described as being in pretty bad shape. Grave is a good way to describe his condition. Friend Oliver Starr has a … Read more

Fixed Mobile Convergence Getting Serious Interest

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In one day, two of the largest Network Equipment providers, Nortel and NokiaSiemens have said FMC is important to them. First Nortel and Qualcomm announced a real IMS strategy that delivers Voice Call Continuity that is designed to help operators deliver on the promise that companies like BridgePort Networks and others have been selling to … Read more

Where Can i Buy One?

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Martin Geddes designs the ultimate charger. I just bought at Jonathan Greene’s suggestion the Proporta Mobile Survival Kit, and it is the closest thing to what MG describes. Update– I purchased mine directly from Proporta. I see they have a smaller version out now as well. While these may be available from Mobile Planet, I … Read more