Comments on: The Incredible importance of Instant Message clients http://gigaom.com/2004/04/01/the-incredible-importance-of-instant-message-clients/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Aswath http://gigaom.com/2004/04/01/the-incredible-importance-of-instant-message-clients/#comment-96701 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2004/04/01/the-incredible-importance-of-instant-message-clients/#comment-96701 Many of the IM clients are already a phone. There have been stories that have claimed (without attribution of course) that Yahoo and the like are not advertising phone capability because it consumes too much bandwidth at the server. So the real magic that is needed is implementing UDP hole punching mechanism.

]]> By: craig doiron http://gigaom.com/2004/04/01/the-incredible-importance-of-instant-message-clients/#comment-96702 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2004/04/01/the-incredible-importance-of-instant-message-clients/#comment-96702 What would it take for companies like Skype and Virbiage to compete with giants like Microsoft, AOL and Yahoo—on the IM/VoIP subject?

What would they need to bring to the table?

]]> By: Symon Blomfield http://gigaom.com/2004/04/01/the-incredible-importance-of-instant-message-clients/#comment-96703 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2004/04/01/the-incredible-importance-of-instant-message-clients/#comment-96703 Secure, enterprise class encrypted IM, capable of safely crossing firewalls, ability to build personal “presence” network for paying customers (even with scontact who not paying), no software required and integrated with VoIP through single desktop? Be our guests free on the IM. VoIP available in the next 10 days or so. VoIP to PSTN shortly afterwards. Enjoy.

]]> By: Luca - Pandemia http://gigaom.com/2004/04/01/the-incredible-importance-of-instant-message-clients/#comment-96704 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2004/04/01/the-incredible-importance-of-instant-message-clients/#comment-96704 Why are You so negative about Skype? They are in pole position till now and they introduced SkypeOut just a week ago with lot of satisfaction.

I don’t agree with your view :) till now

]]> By: tech/net jottings http://gigaom.com/2004/04/01/the-incredible-importance-of-instant-message-clients/#comment-96705 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2004/04/01/the-incredible-importance-of-instant-message-clients/#comment-96705 Telecom developments

… later this year Vonage is going to offer a portable WiFi phone that can make and receive Voice over IP calls from nearly any wireless access point. The cool thing about the Vonage service is that you can make

]]> By: Alec Saunders .LOG http://gigaom.com/2004/04/01/the-incredible-importance-of-instant-message-clients/#comment-96706 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2004/04/01/the-incredible-importance-of-instant-message-clients/#comment-96706 Microsoft and VoIP

Disappointed I missed VON this past week.

]]> By: braintag http://gigaom.com/2004/04/01/the-incredible-importance-of-instant-message-clients/#comment-96707 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2004/04/01/the-incredible-importance-of-instant-message-clients/#comment-96707 OMG! IM is VoIP!

All of a sudden Vonage is looking just a wee bit like Kerbango. ;) Om Malik posts from Spring VON that Microsoft has made public the discovery that VoIP is little more than IM on dedicated devices. Every month or…

]]> By: B. Mann Consulting http://gigaom.com/2004/04/01/the-incredible-importance-of-instant-message-clients/#comment-96708 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2004/04/01/the-incredible-importance-of-instant-message-clients/#comment-96708 IM will win VoIP

There is little or no money to be made off soft clients, IM or otherwise. Voice is free today on these platforms (have you used iChat? — it’s crystal clear, and “just works”), why do you think anyone will be able to charge for it in the future?

]]> By: Lance Tracey http://gigaom.com/2004/04/01/the-incredible-importance-of-instant-message-clients/#comment-96709 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2004/04/01/the-incredible-importance-of-instant-message-clients/#comment-96709 IM will win VoIP

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After a vacation the newsreader is full of posts. I missed out on VON and WTF last week so along with the normal Skype review I keyed in a few Feedster searches. The fragments below reflect some I noted and…

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