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By: Fresh $6 million for SIPphone | Cheap Mobile Calls

Fresh $6 million for SIPphone | Cheap Mobile Calls — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:45:24 +0000

[...] other rumors are given by Om Malik on his weblog. First: SIPphone is going to announce a new “premium offering” later this week. No more [...]

By: ram

ram — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:01:46 +0000

Has anyone taken a look at the latest version of damaka…they have come a long way in the last 6-7 months with many features…the latest one being IPTV , voice Activation, and Desktop sharing…I am loving this application…

Cheers. Ramesh

By: tech_pundit

tech_pundit — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 20:53:51 +0000

Gizmo is peer to peer, like every software voip service they are peer to peer when they can be and use relays when it's not possible to go peer to peer. Damaka is ok...too late to the party with a so-so product if you ask me.

By: Whocares

Whocares — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 19:06:38 +0000

Good for Gizmo… They are not Peer to Peer… are they? The only company that is doing PEER-TO-PEER SIP is DAMAKA (http://www.damaka.com). They seem to have a better mouse-trap…

By: 21talks » Blog Archive » Fresh $6 million for SIPphone

21talks » Blog Archive » Fresh $6 million for SIPphone — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 11:55:24 +0000

[...] Two other rumors are given by Om Malik on his weblog. First: SIPphone is going to announce a new “premium offering” later this week. No more extra details. Second: SIPphone might (may) be in talks with Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, for adding voice functionality to MySpace.com. This would be a $50,000,000 contract. [...]

By: pwb

pwb — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 03:48:29 +0000

Is "Gizmo Project" a good name? I usually don't think names are very relevant but this one seems to be holding the service/product back.

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 03:13:16 +0000

Gizmo just announced some great new features.

I love these guys!

http://www.michaelrobertson.com/index.php

By: pwb

pwb — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 23:13:02 +0000

Permanent, I thought everyone knew that, where possible, you might as well use Other Peoples Money.

By: BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Gizmo bucks

BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Gizmo bucks — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:16:46 +0000

[...] Michael (MP3.com) Robertson’s SIPphone and Gizmo Project just got a big investment led by my friend Ed Sim at Dawntreader (full disclosures: Ed and I were on the board of Moreover together and I’m advising on his next fund). Om (Scoop) Malik has more details, of course. What I’m waiting for is to see phoning become more than phoning and I think that’s on the way from Skype, Gizmo, et al. It’s not about calls. It’s about connectivity, the whole world on push-to-talk if I want to talk to them. [...]

By: rick

rick — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:04:35 +0000

Clarify...

couple year from actual deployment. the technology is here.

By: rick

rick — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:03:57 +0000

Jesse, if the GSM conference was any indication, IMS is going to be huge. However, most studies say it's a couple years away. I believe the regular dual-mode phone will bridge that gap.

Check out what Nokia has up their sleeve with a company called Telepo. Google "Nokia Telepo" and you'll find an FT.com article on how revelotionary their technology is. Says it could replace PBX's entirely. Nokia's keeping it under wraps.

By: Permanent4

Permanent4 — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 20:32:30 +0000

Didn't Robertson sell MP3.com for about $300M? Couldn't he pull $6M out of his personal slush fund? Or did he blow it all on lawyers and Lindows?

By: Jesse Kopelman

Jesse Kopelman — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 18:13:08 +0000

I've got to say that what Rick is calling "pure dualmode" is not going to have much of a lifespan. Seamless roaming is just too important and there are so many ways to accomplish it that it will happen sooner rather than later.

By: N. Godbout

N. Godbout — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 18:00:34 +0000

What the heck is iPhox? Looks EXACTLY like Gizmo, except the site is fugly. How is it different?

By: rick

rick — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 17:14:12 +0000

Wifi and Mobile can mean a couple of things. One could be pure dual-mode with no roaming between the two types of networks. The other is a seamless experience where the user can roam between wifi and cellular networks while on the same call without being dropped. This second scenario is usually associated with IMS and is much more sophisticated. It's possible with added middleware from a Sipquest, PCTel, or Bridgeport.

I suppose Gizmo will be pure dual-mode. Nokia has stated this week that they will actively pursue mobile phone relationships with the YMAGS/Gizmo ISP's for use in dual-mode phones.

By: Gizmo Update Solves Problem -- Alec Saunders .LOG

Gizmo Update Solves Problem -- Alec Saunders .LOG — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 15:50:03 +0000

[...] Ed explains on his blog that they invested because of their belief in open standards, the SipPhone frictionless business model, and Michael and Jason’s management. Om Malik further adds that Michael Robertson told him the company is expanding it’s focus to include WiFi and Mobile. And Andy Abramson adds some more details of how that will work, based on his experience working with Bridgeport. [...]