Comments on: Joi Ito, Reid Hoffman invest in VoIP

By: Davi Beckemeyer

Davi Beckemeyer — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 23:55:59 +0000

PhoneGnome is based on the Sipura/Linksys SPA-3000 hardware platform, customized to our specs and using our patent pending technology.

Users that are comfortable taking advantage of the stock SPA-3000 (which is a great product) may not find value in PhoneGnome for themselves. That market is already well served by the SPA-3000 and other existing VoIP products.

PhoneGnome targets a different audience, people that are not going to set up a SIP server in their house, and would not be comfortable trying to configure and use a generic SPA-3000. Before judging by what PhoneGnome looks like, check out the site and in particular the setup and use of PhoneGnome and I think you’ll see it’s a different animal, with a vastly different out of the box user experience (see http://www.phonegnome.com/how_phonegnome_works.html http://www.phonegnome.com/setup.html and http://www.phonegnome.com/using.html)

To this point, retailers would not be likely to carry a generic SPA-3000, as it is not a consumer-friendly product, whereas PhoneGnome is available in selected Staples stores now, for back-to-school.

The whole point of PhoneGnome is to bring some of the cool stuff guys like us have done with the SPA-3000, Asterisk servers, SER, etc. including SIP addresses, and FREE telephony, to average consumers. That’s more people with SIP addresses, more people we can all call for free. That’s good for everybody.

By: arvind

arvind — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 22:57:54 +0000

this is too expensive. check out http://www.internetphonewizard.com, I’ve been using it for six months, and it’s fantastic. I don’t have to wait for others to buy phonegnome – I can call 70 million Skype users immediately!

By: angryant

angryant — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 11:03:44 +0000

Don’t see how they can claim that they “make” PhoneGnome. They’re just buying a ready made product from Sipura. TelEvolution are sounding more like marketing company than a technology company. I’d be putting my money in Sipura.

By: Terry Oliver

Terry Oliver — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 00:44:54 +0000

pretty sure it is a sipura. but since sipura clearly offers their product for rebadging . . . ..

By: angryant

angryant — Sun, 17 Jul 2005 23:07:30 +0000

PhoneGnome looks suspiciously like a rebadged Sipura Technology’s SPA-3000. I could be wrong..

By: Texas Venture Capital Blog » When Ito and Hoffman jump off a bridge, should you? Om Malik thinks so…

Sun, 17 Jul 2005 06:08:27 +0000

[...] Ito and Hoffman jump off a bridge, should you? Om Malik thinks so…

            Om Malik turned me onto a PhoneGnome, a hybrid ATA adapter, made by a company called TelEvo [...]