Comments on: iPhone or GPhone http://gigaom.com/2006/08/06/iphone-or-gphone/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:47:41 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: CLAY SCHENTRUP http://gigaom.com/2006/08/06/iphone-or-gphone/#comment-59328 CLAY SCHENTRUP Thu, 24 Aug 2006 07:40:01 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/08/06/iphone-or-gphone/#comment-59328 <p>Let's all remember folks, Google Talk is just a Jabber provider, and the VoIP side of it is just Jingle, and extension to Jabber, for telephony. With programs like Jabbin, you can already make these telephony calls using any Jabber server you like, not just Google's. This open interoperability, combined with the proven-ness of Jabber will be a force to be reckoned with. Skype's proprietary nature will kill it in the end.</p> Let’s all remember folks, Google Talk is just a Jabber provider, and the VoIP side of it is just Jingle, and extension to Jabber, for telephony. With programs like Jabbin, you can already make these telephony calls using any Jabber server you like, not just Google’s. This open interoperability, combined with the proven-ness of Jabber will be a force to be reckoned with. Skype’s proprietary nature will kill it in the end.

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2006/08/06/iphone-or-gphone/#comment-59327 Om Malik Mon, 07 Aug 2006 03:44:09 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/08/06/iphone-or-gphone/#comment-59327 <p>If there is Google, then there is ad-money surely somewhere. I know they are spending a lot of time on the Google Talk project</p> If there is Google, then there is ad-money surely somewhere. I know they are spending a lot of time on the Google Talk project

]]> By: Rick http://gigaom.com/2006/08/06/iphone-or-gphone/#comment-59326 Rick Mon, 07 Aug 2006 02:56:19 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/08/06/iphone-or-gphone/#comment-59326 <p>There's got to be advertising in it somewhere.</p> There’s got to be advertising in it somewhere.

]]> By: Jacob Varghese http://gigaom.com/2006/08/06/iphone-or-gphone/#comment-59325 Jacob Varghese Mon, 07 Aug 2006 01:10:44 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/08/06/iphone-or-gphone/#comment-59325 <p>Would there be any really money in voip for Google or Apple? Or just a way to bring eyes to other products?</p> <p>An enhanced iChat product could help apple sell the mythical ipod-phone product, but I'm not sure how it'll add much to Google's bottom line.</p> Would there be any really money in voip for Google or Apple? Or just a way to bring eyes to other products?

An enhanced iChat product could help apple sell the mythical ipod-phone product, but I’m not sure how it’ll add much to Google’s bottom line.

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