I’m rather excited about the Google Talk announcement with Nokia and the Internet Tablet. I just bought two tablets, one for me, one for my fiance. The idea of a network appliance and portable VoIP has me very intrigued. I’m more excited though about Gizmo Project coming out on the platform. That means anytime I’m … Read more
Back in January at CES I pointed out to the lovely and witty Lisa Hempel, CEO of Spark PR-the agency that handles Skype, that the press release around the announcement of the Netgear Skype wireless handset had one big hole. It wouldn’t work in places that are Boingo or The Cloud like (both are Skype … Read more
When I lecture to university students about how to get media coverage I often tell them that reporters don’t find stories, stories find reporters, that is unless you’re trained like I was, as an investigative reporter with sources. But sometimes the story just falls into, um, my lap…top…. that is. Today at VON I was … Read more
Cablevision is being very trecherous, but this post by Om started me thinking. If Comcast, who has more cable subs and a larger geographic area in Verizon’s backyard along the east coast came in and offered the same thing, watch the heads in New Jersey just twist. This also plays more out more trecherously as … Read more
What’s so cool about these new WiFi phones is they work on the 802.11G standard.
In reflecting on the AOL release of AIM Phone Line with some friends in the biz we pretty much came up with some thoughts as AOL is no stranger to deriving value from someone else’s phoneline so here they go, doing it all over again. What, you don’t know? – Were able to get $24.90 … Read more
As expected Skype will be a large part of the eBay Developer’s Conference in Las Vegas this June. Anyone want to bet Niklas Zennstrom won’t be there….Actually I’m hearing reports while I’m in Sweden that the tall one on the Skype team may be working to be able to come to the USA sooner than … Read more
Russell Shaw has some very interesting points about the pricing of CableVisions new offer and how it impacts Skype and Vonage. Oh, word on the Street based on bankers who have seen the Vonage road show is that they will price next week and that subscribers are expressing lots of interest in the stock. But … Read more
Om Malik may be in Toronto for Mesh but no moss is growing under his feet. He has some solid comments as expected on the Skype Free For All In The USA. One point that people seem to miss is the E911 issue. If Skype successfully causes migration from PSTN to Skype calling for millions … Read more
I tend not to just lift press release copy, but this is one that tells the story so well about the AIM Phone Line that I just had to run it in total rather than just link to it. This is a big and positive move, though coming one day after the Skype for free … Read more
