Comments on: VoIP, 3G Roaming & G1, aka the Google Phone http://gigaom.com/2008/09/23/voip-skype-3g-roaming-g1-aka-the-google-phone/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:06:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Dan Ingalls http://gigaom.com/2008/09/23/voip-skype-3g-roaming-g1-aka-the-google-phone/#comment-147917 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:57:17 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=22275#comment-147917 I work from home 1-2 days a week.. We us Skye as our communication devise. If I’m away from my PC for a fer minutes I would like to stay evaluable via skype. So, I wan a skype phone.. What I would like to do is buy google G1 with skype. That doesn’t seem so hard, but G1 has prohibited the use of g1.. I’ve herd g1 isn’t worth the money, so maybe it isn’t suck a loss.

So, I’ll have yo look got another t-mobile phone that support Skye…..or buy one that can be hacked. The other option it to keep my outdated V3 razor t mobile phone and buy a brand new skype phone Any suggestions tmoble?

Any ideas tmoble+++????? which t-mobile phone should I upgrade to that has skpe capabilities.

]]> By: More From The Inbox http://gigaom.com/2008/09/23/voip-skype-3g-roaming-g1-aka-the-google-phone/#comment-147916 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:01:41 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=22275#comment-147916 [...] about the phone that Google helped build–the G1, being sold by T-Mobile in the US.  I think Om Malik’s piece on the G1 covers the salient points. From my point of view, it’s just as bad as the iPhone–maybe [...]

]]> By: The Race is on for an Android Skype or VoIP Client http://gigaom.com/2008/09/23/voip-skype-3g-roaming-g1-aka-the-google-phone/#comment-147915 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:11:20 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=22275#comment-147915 [...] Om Malik has confirmed that the GTalk application that will be included in the initial release will not have VOIM functionality in the first release, however there’s nothing stopping developers from creating [...]

]]> By: Is T-Mobile Spinning on Google Phone Bandwidth Caps? - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/09/23/voip-skype-3g-roaming-g1-aka-the-google-phone/#comment-147914 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:02:52 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=22275#comment-147914 [...] Malik, Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 8:51 PM PT Comments (0) There are many problems with T-Mobile USA’s 3G plans as we outlined yesterday. None compares to the seemingly foolish [...]

]]> By: New Google and T-Mobile Phone and YOUR thoughts | Bryce on Technology http://gigaom.com/2008/09/23/voip-skype-3g-roaming-g1-aka-the-google-phone/#comment-147913 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:49:15 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=22275#comment-147913 [...] read (and even commented) Om Malik’s piece about the new Google Phone. I personally think he was a little harsh on the ol’ Android [...]

]]> By: Sachin Balagopalan http://gigaom.com/2008/09/23/voip-skype-3g-roaming-g1-aka-the-google-phone/#comment-147912 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:53:10 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=22275#comment-147912 You’re right – How open are they really?

http://tinyurl.com/52ekdj

]]> By: G1 Android - Ready for Prime Time? : Republic Of Internets http://gigaom.com/2008/09/23/voip-skype-3g-roaming-g1-aka-the-google-phone/#comment-147911 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:47:42 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=22275#comment-147911 [...] there is quite a bit of useful info out there on the blogosphere from some credible sources like GigaOm and David Pogue. As far as I’m concerned I don’t really care too much about the form [...]

]]> By: Jesse Kopelman http://gigaom.com/2008/09/23/voip-skype-3g-roaming-g1-aka-the-google-phone/#comment-147910 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:13:02 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=22275#comment-147910 @Aswath

The problem with going by radio utilization is that it is mostly a function of S/N rather than what the user is actually doing. The same radio might easily have 4X the bandwidth in an urban setting than it would in a rural setting thanks to the much smaller cell radius. Anyway, backhaul is just as much a scarce/costly resource as radio bandwidth and how much of that is used _is_ totally a function of what the users are doing.

]]> By: VoIP, 3G Roaming & G1, aka the Google Phone | Prosumer News http://gigaom.com/2008/09/23/voip-skype-3g-roaming-g1-aka-the-google-phone/#comment-147909 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:13:10 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=22275#comment-147909 [...] GigaOM 3G & Wireless Broadband Roaming: T-Mobile says it¡Çs boosting its network so that 94 percent of its U.S. subscribers will have 3G access. It will use 3G in the U.S. and Europe and yes, a U.S. user will be able to use the same U.S. device on European 3G networks. All of the phones will have the capability to use both 3G networks; all the phones will be dual-band. [...]

]]> By: VoIP, 3G Roaming & G1, aka the Google Phone | Prosumer News http://gigaom.com/2008/09/23/voip-skype-3g-roaming-g1-aka-the-google-phone/#comment-208711 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:13:10 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=22275#comment-208711 [...] GigaOM 3G & Wireless Broadband Roaming: T-Mobile says it¡Çs boosting its network so that 94 percent of its U.S. subscribers will have 3G access. It will use 3G in the U.S. and Europe and yes, a U.S. user will be able to use the same U.S. device on European 3G networks. All of the phones will have the capability to use both 3G networks; all the phones will be dual-band. [...]

]]> By: Telephony 2.0 » Blog Archive » More Android Tidbits: Caps, TCO, VoIP http://gigaom.com/2008/09/23/voip-skype-3g-roaming-g1-aka-the-google-phone/#comment-147908 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:31:55 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=22275#comment-147908 [...] Google’s GTalk app on the phone is not set up to allow VoIP calling, although there are supposedly not specific limits on third-party VoIP apps coming to the Android Market. [...]

]]> By: RaiyaRaj http://gigaom.com/2008/09/23/voip-skype-3g-roaming-g1-aka-the-google-phone/#comment-147907 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:54:45 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=22275#comment-147907 Nice review. Some pictures of G1 can be found on http://raiyaraj.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/google-phone-t-mobile-g1-htc-pictures/

]]> By: Android-based, HTC-made, T-mobile powered G1 hits the streets | Ugh!!'s Greymatter Honeypot http://gigaom.com/2008/09/23/voip-skype-3g-roaming-g1-aka-the-google-phone/#comment-147906 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:54:19 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=22275#comment-147906 [...] I’m still on my Windows Mobile XDA here. It does the trick but I’d love to get my mitts on one of these. [...]

]]> By: T-Mobile Makes Unlimited Web Quite Limited on G1 Phone | Profy | Internet news and commentary http://gigaom.com/2008/09/23/voip-skype-3g-roaming-g1-aka-the-google-phone/#comment-147905 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:09:09 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=22275#comment-147905 [...] T-Mobile spokespeople claim that there are no caps for the device in the data plans but the fact remains: this information is [...]

]]> By: ol' yeller http://gigaom.com/2008/09/23/voip-skype-3g-roaming-g1-aka-the-google-phone/#comment-147904 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 07:04:07 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=22275#comment-147904 Did anyone actually believe this phone would be “open?” A T-Mobile USA phone open?! Please! They’re the most closed network in the US, beaten in their closed-ness perhaps only by Verizon. AT&T actually leads the pack these days in openness, with Sprint somewhere in the muddle (spelling intentional). Openness in mobile is all relative of course – meaning more closed than dial-up AOL.

I always chuckle when I read comments about the technical feasibility of using VOIP on this or that carrier network. Sure, it’s possible and even done on various phones with OSes they can’t control, but they’ll lock down all the mass market phones and use the political stall tactic of talking about doing VOIP feasibility studies for as long as possible.

Open application stores?! Sure, if open means getting Handset manufacturer and carrier approval beforehand.

]]> By: VoIP, 3G Roaming & G1, aka the Google Phone | Headlines Mobile Services http://gigaom.com/2008/09/23/voip-skype-3g-roaming-g1-aka-the-google-phone/#comment-147903 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:55:04 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=22275#comment-147903 [...] called me and compared it to the iPhone. (Coverage from across the network can be found here.) Source Share and [...]

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