Comments on: VoIP: is Windows Mobile second fiddle to Symbian? http://gigaom.com/2007/02/27/voip_is_windows/ Sun, 19 May 2013 13:25:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Michael Connick http://gigaom.com/2007/02/27/voip_is_windows/#comment-407044 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:07:33 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2007/02/27/voip_is_windows#comment-407044

I regularly use Google Talk for voip calls on my Nokia N800. I’ve also used it for video calls home to my wife when I’m travelling using the built-in camera on the N800. Nokia has beta software that’s installable on a Windows PC to support video calls with an N800. Sometime later this year they are supposed to also support Skype on the N800.

Michael

]]> By: Nikoooo http://gigaom.com/2007/02/27/voip_is_windows/#comment-407045 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:22:40 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2007/02/27/voip_is_windows#comment-407045

It is not difficult to find the best offer between the 30$/month “free digital phone” provided by Time Warner and the 30$/year skype offer…
Similarly there are not so many pocket PC phones having integrated wifi… and I read somewhere that cellphone carriers were blocking the use of Skype on their network… Guess why.

Productivity = opened networks + super cheap solutions

]]> By: Kevin C. Tofel http://gigaom.com/2007/02/27/voip_is_windows/#comment-407046 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:43:46 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2007/02/27/voip_is_windows#comment-407046

Good point Matt, and I probably shouldn’t have worded it that way in my statement. VoIP by itself isn’t the killer feature; using free or inexpensive WiFi in lieu of higher priced cellular connectivity is the key. Thx!

]]> By: Matthew Miller http://gigaom.com/2007/02/27/voip_is_windows/#comment-407047 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:28:21 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2007/02/27/voip_is_windows#comment-407047

Kevin,

I just wanted to clarify a bit that I think VoIP is the killer application for WiFi integration on a mobile phone and not that VoIP itself is the killer application on a mobile phone.

I think the same thing applies on a mobile as it does on a PC. Why do people use Skype or any other service on a computer rather than picking up their landline or mobile phone to make calls? I think because it is free or very low cost when compared to landline or mobile phone call charges. Plus, there is the instant messaging aspects of these VoIP services.

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