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The Samsung Galaxy Tab For Last Year’s Network

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) [...]

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The Doppler Effect: Skype Connect vs Google with free calls.

Yesterday, Skype Connect launched.  Skype Connect is the formal release of the program started last fall called Skype for SIP.  Ostensibly designed to connect the enterprise PBX to Skype via SIP, Skype touts the fact that vendors like Cisco and Avaya are certified to work with their networks. There is, however, another story here.  Skype [...]

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Early Stage Funding comes to Social Telephony.

Early Stage Funding comes to Social Telephony.

Hackathons put on by the likes of TechCrunch, StartupWeekend and others have spawned new products – and sometimes companies – literally overnight. Such is the way in the world of open-source, open API’s and cloud computing. While many outputs end up as little more than fodder for Friday night drinks, some catch adequate fire to [...]

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Cloud-Comm Channels for a Cloud-Comm World?

Cloud-Comm Channels for a Cloud-Comm World?

Image via Wikipedia As a recent convert to Gmail (yes, I know I’m late on that one), I decided to have a peak at what if anything goes on inside Buzz. The first post I came across from was from industry friend Peter Radizeski, who made an observation about the growing popularity of the Hosted IVR [...]

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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 [...]

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Breaking News: The ‘other’ Mobile VoIP company snags $16M.

Breaking News: The ‘other’ Mobile VoIP company snags $16M.

Congratulations are in order for CEO Tanveer Sharif and his team at their upstart Danish Mobile VoIP company. Sources tell Voyces that Vopium has secured over $16M worth of new expansion capital, all from international telecommunications investor Raghuvinder Kataria.  Wow. How quickly times change. Not long ago – mid-2009 – anything VoIP (even Mobile) had become a dirty [...]

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Mobile Video Calls Are Not A Real Need. Period.

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 [...]

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Will there be a Voice Conferencing 2.0?

Will there be a Voice Conferencing 2.0?

I have long envied those in the voice conferencing business. Hell, even while the perceived value of a long distance call stands at almost zero and with mobile minutes rapidly following suit, the conference call rambles on as a voice service many expect – and seem ok – to pay for. In spades. Free conference [...]

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Innovator: Sweden’s Freespee CEO, Carl Holmquist

Innovator: Sweden’s Freespee CEO, Carl Holmquist

While Sweden has produced recognizable telecom entrepreneurs – namely one who started a company called Skype, as well as Rebtel’s founder Hjalmar Winbladh – one can’t be faulted for thinking cars and cold, and not voice startups, when Stockholm’s on the screen. So when a little-known Swedish startup called Freespee started following my feed on Twitter, I was instantly [...]

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Skype for iPhone over 3G: An Industry Benchmark Game Changer for Skype

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 [...]

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