Comments on: VoIP Gizmos @ CES http://gigaom.com/2006/01/03/voip-gizmos-ces/ The Business of Technology Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:02:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: daniel http://gigaom.com/2006/01/03/voip-gizmos-ces/#comment-510783 daniel Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:22:53 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/03/voip-gizmos-ces/#comment-510783 <p>So they now have the bluetooth Jawbone out.... So why haven't they made it compatible as a PC or MAC Bluetooth Audio Device yet?</p> <p>Really hope i get some response's, this question needs to get pushed around. Such a great device and addition to any handheld, but what about VOIP?</p> <p>Show some love Jawbone!</p> So they now have the bluetooth Jawbone out…. So why haven’t they made it compatible as a PC or MAC Bluetooth Audio Device yet?

Really hope i get some response’s, this question needs to get pushed around. Such a great device and addition to any handheld, but what about VOIP?

Show some love Jawbone!

]]> By: Om Malik on Broadband : » Enough Of These Damn VoIP Silos http://gigaom.com/2006/01/03/voip-gizmos-ces/#comment-40490 Om Malik on Broadband : » Enough Of These Damn VoIP Silos Fri, 06 Jan 2006 01:21:02 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/03/voip-gizmos-ces/#comment-40490 <p>[...] You can walk into Radio Shack and look hard for the much vaunted Skype kit; you can go to Fry’s and assaulted by scores of phones and networking products that work with either one phone service or the other. An ATA for Vonage, another one for AT&T and on and on. All these choices, that work with one service at a time. Time to switch? Well, perhaps its time to go and buy more gear. Dano is right…every VoIP is a silo! [...]</p> [...] You can walk into Radio Shack and look hard for the much vaunted Skype kit; you can go to Fry’s and assaulted by scores of phones and networking products that work with either one phone service or the other. An ATA for Vonage, another one for AT&T and on and on. All these choices, that work with one service at a time. Time to switch? Well, perhaps its time to go and buy more gear. Dano is right…every VoIP is a silo! [...]

]]> By: Jesse Kopelman http://gigaom.com/2006/01/03/voip-gizmos-ces/#comment-40487 Jesse Kopelman Thu, 05 Jan 2006 21:17:11 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/03/voip-gizmos-ces/#comment-40487 <p>The interoperability in communications comes from the service you use, not the device. It is not the Skype phone that prevents you from calling certain people for free, but Skype itself. If you don't want to use Skype don't buy a Skype phone. If you change your mind down the road have you really lost that much because you have to buy a new phone? Again, if it cost a lot of money that would be one thing, but we are talking less than a bottle of Blue Label here.</p> The interoperability in communications comes from the service you use, not the device. It is not the Skype phone that prevents you from calling certain people for free, but Skype itself. If you don’t want to use Skype don’t buy a Skype phone. If you change your mind down the road have you really lost that much because you have to buy a new phone? Again, if it cost a lot of money that would be one thing, but we are talking less than a bottle of Blue Label here.

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2006/01/03/voip-gizmos-ces/#comment-40484 Om Malik Thu, 05 Jan 2006 20:23:04 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/03/voip-gizmos-ces/#comment-40484 <p>come on jesse, you gotta be kidding me. does cassette player say... oh i am phillips so i will play only phillips cassettes. i am pretty certain, that's the idea here. interoperablity is important because unlike the devices or PCs you mention, communications is a social activity.</p> come on jesse, you gotta be kidding me. does cassette player say… oh i am phillips so i will play only phillips cassettes. i am pretty certain, that’s the idea here. interoperablity is important because unlike the devices or PCs you mention, communications is a social activity.

]]> By: Jesse Kopelman http://gigaom.com/2006/01/03/voip-gizmos-ces/#comment-40482 Jesse Kopelman Thu, 05 Jan 2006 19:22:36 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/03/voip-gizmos-ces/#comment-40482 <p>Why is interoperability important? Many consumer devices are not. Your DVD player doesn't play cassets, 8-tracks, or LPs, let alone the forthcoming high definition DVDs. Your car does not run on hydrogen or compressed natural gas. The question is whether a thing does what it does well enough to justify its price. If you use Skype a lot, a device that only works with Skype will suite you fine. If you stop using Skype, then you buy something else. It's like PCs -- you are probably better off buying a new $1,000 PC every year than holding on to a $3,000 PC for 3 years.</p> Why is interoperability important? Many consumer devices are not. Your DVD player doesn’t play cassets, 8-tracks, or LPs, let alone the forthcoming high definition DVDs. Your car does not run on hydrogen or compressed natural gas. The question is whether a thing does what it does well enough to justify its price. If you use Skype a lot, a device that only works with Skype will suite you fine. If you stop using Skype, then you buy something else. It’s like PCs — you are probably better off buying a new $1,000 PC every year than holding on to a $3,000 PC for 3 years.

]]> By: dano http://gigaom.com/2006/01/03/voip-gizmos-ces/#comment-40480 dano Thu, 05 Jan 2006 05:04:11 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/03/voip-gizmos-ces/#comment-40480 <p>My beef is not with cost. It's with non-interoperability.</p> My beef is not with cost. It’s with non-interoperability.

]]> By: Jesse Kopelman http://gigaom.com/2006/01/03/voip-gizmos-ces/#comment-40478 Jesse Kopelman Wed, 04 Jan 2006 22:17:15 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/03/voip-gizmos-ces/#comment-40478 <p>Betamax was only a big deal because back then VCRs cost > $500. Even then, most people still got about 3 years of useful life out of them before everything went VHS. Who cares if your $100 gizmo only lasts a year or two?</p> Betamax was only a big deal because back then VCRs cost > $500. Even then, most people still got about 3 years of useful life out of them before everything went VHS. Who cares if your $100 gizmo only lasts a year or two?

]]> By: dano http://gigaom.com/2006/01/03/voip-gizmos-ces/#comment-40475 dano Wed, 04 Jan 2006 15:47:40 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/03/voip-gizmos-ces/#comment-40475 <p>It's great to see all of these new VOIP products, but I hate that a lot of them are proprietary (aka, "Skype phones"). Feels like you might end up buying a future Betamax.</p> It’s great to see all of these new VOIP products, but I hate that a lot of them are proprietary (aka, “Skype phones”). Feels like you might end up buying a future Betamax.

]]> By: Fender http://gigaom.com/2006/01/03/voip-gizmos-ces/#comment-40473 Fender Wed, 04 Jan 2006 05:02:28 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/03/voip-gizmos-ces/#comment-40473 <p>That new IPEVO Fly 1 wireless Skype phone looks really cool. And it works with Mac. :)</p> That new IPEVO Fly 1 wireless Skype phone looks really cool. And it works with Mac. :)

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2006/01/03/voip-gizmos-ces/#comment-40449 Om Malik Tue, 03 Jan 2006 22:44:06 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/03/voip-gizmos-ces/#comment-40449 <p>sanjay, there is phone gnome which is awesome ... there are some standard adapters. let me check and post the details.</p> sanjay, there is phone gnome which is awesome … there are some standard adapters. let me check and post the details.

]]> By: Sanjay Kalluparambil http://gigaom.com/2006/01/03/voip-gizmos-ces/#comment-40446 Sanjay Kalluparambil Tue, 03 Jan 2006 22:22:44 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/03/voip-gizmos-ces/#comment-40446 <p>Any news on SIP adaptors. I use Skype but am planning to get a SIP Phone adaptor. My assumption is that if I get one now, I could possibly talk to the other SIP complaint phones, Gizmo users and even Google Talk users in the future. Moreover, the adaptors do not need a computer and I can take calls on my cordless phone. Very good idea when calling long distance to India.</p> Any news on SIP adaptors. I use Skype but am planning to get a SIP Phone adaptor. My assumption is that if I get one now, I could possibly talk to the other SIP complaint phones, Gizmo users and even Google Talk users in the future. Moreover, the adaptors do not need a computer and I can take calls on my cordless phone. Very good idea when calling long distance to India.

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