Image by Getty Images via @daylife U.K. mobile operator 3 just raised the bar, challenging the entire British based mobile operators to a dual of sorts. The decision to open up their mobile broadband plans on an unlimited basis is a counterattack on Vodafone, Orange, T-Mobile, Virgin and O2 and comes along with what I [...]
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You Mean I’m Not the Only One Who Carries Multiple Mobile Phones?
One of my team members, met me on a plane a few years back when she inquired “why do you carry so many phones?” That was back when we were running the Nokia Blogger Relations Program for the Finnish handset manufacturer. I was busy turning off phones as we were getting ready to take off. [...]
The Samsung Galaxy Tab For Last Year’s Network
It’s great to see how much coverage the new Samsung Galaxy Tab Android device is getting. Here in the USA we’ll get a version without voice services, but it will have Wi-FI and 3G, but it won’t have any 4G capabilities. Related articles by Zemanta Samsung Galaxy Tab loses voice capabilities in the US (engadget.com) [...]
Apple iOS4: Multi-tasking, eh?
Full disclosure: the author has a history of selling multi-tasking ever since DESQview was introduced on PC memory expansion boards; my employer of the day, AST Computers, included a copy of DESQview with each “Enhanced” memory expansion board that would take a PC all the way up to 3MB (yes, that’s MB). Techies were enthusiastic [...]
BlackBerry: Smartphones Sans AntennaGate
(Cross-posted from Voice On The Web) When I first saw the antenna band completely surrounding the iPhone 4 during Steve Jobs’ initial presentation, I recalled a comment made to me by RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaradis after a RIM Annual General meeting a few years ago. And I should also mention that I personally have a [...]
Observations on Technology After A Month In Europe
Image via Wikipedia I’m cross-posting….so you will also find this on VoIPWatch and Working Anywhere. I have to admit, being over here in Europe for a solid month has really changed my perspective on some things related to technology. Here are some observations: Apple, which was never so dominant in Europe five years ago is [...]
Mobile Video Calls Are Not A Real Need. Period.
Image by BasBoerman via Flickr The recent launch of Apple Facetime, the personal one-to-one video communication service available on the new iPhone 4G, made me think again on whether video communication is really a need for the “avarage” Joe (i.e., the “normal” user). Facetime offers a very high quality service over Wifi only, that means [...]
Skype for iPhone over 3G: An Industry Benchmark Game Changer for Skype
Late last night I reported over at Voice On The Web on the long anticipated, yet unexpected and previously unannounced (by Skype) release of Skype for iPhone 2.0. I raised some issues, especially in light of the message related to charging a “small fee” for this carrier-agnostic service after September 1, 2010. Let’s just say [...]
CallSpark becomes PhoneTell, and more useful.
Adding context to a phone call is slowly, and hopefully surely, getting its day. Ringio’s recent re-invention of the virtual phone system integrates data sources to an incoming call so it gets transferred to the right person, with relevant information tagged to it – like CRM and ultimately social media updates – to make [...]
Checking In on Hotel WiFi!
Image via Wikipedia Over on my other blogs, VoIPWatch and Working Anywhere, I’ve cross posted on the subject of the annual Hotel Chatter Best and Worst of Hotel WiFi. It’s a subject that I’m very much passionate about, as I have spent over 300 days in hotels in 2008 and roughly 250 nights away in [...]
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Skype: Lost focus or an exit-play after all?
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Mobile Video Calls Are Not A Real Need. Period.
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Google Targets Skype
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Will there be a Voice Conferencing 2.0?
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Microsoft Contacts Next of Kin
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Rich Calling For SMBs Now Possible
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Skype: Lost focus or an exit-play after all?
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Is the Cloud Safe?
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Lessons in Phone History.
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Telecom may be old; but no boring.
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Will video go the way of voice mail?
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