A study by Keynote Systems shows that AT&T voice is most reliable while Comcast digital has the best quality. Other independent VoIP providers are pretty average on both counts it seems. Read More »
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Over the years we have seen the gradual separation of phone numbers from geographical location. To date, Skype’s SkypeIn service has been the best demonstration of this trend; even though I live and work just outside Toronto, Canada, I have a Palo Alto, Calif., SkypeIn number… Read More »
Having followed activity in the BlackBerry ecosystem over the past few weeks, I have come to the conclusion that BlackBerry Storm should be called BlackBerry Stealth. Why? With little media coverage, its forthcoming launch is the sleeper play in the smartphone market; it is poised to… Read More »
Truphone, the service that allows you to make cheap long distance phone calls using VoIP technology on a mobile phone, is now available to users of BlackBerry devices as a beta offering. This product is called Truphone Anywhere for Blackberry. London-based Truphone’s service, which typically uses… Read More »
It has been widely reported that iPhone owners use data connections to surf the Internet more often than people whose smartphones have built-in browsers do. Now the very same dynamics are working their magic on all those applications that were made available on the iTunes App… Read More »
Nokia launches Nokia n96. VoIP still not working, but 550 Euro devices does everything else. Like a blunt swiss army knife. Read More »
VoIP applications like Gorilla Mobile, Truphone and others are getting a lot of traction on iPhone. Read More »
Nokia, long a proponent of VoIP and WiFi on its handsets seems to be turning its back on VoIP on its consumer N-Series devices. Is the company buckling under pressure from cellphone companies? Continue Reading Read More »
While the emergence of VoIP, or voice-over-Internet protocol, technology has already helped push down the cost of making a phone call, now it’s starting to have a deflationary impact on the world of mobile, where call charges remain stubbornly high. We at GigaOM are constantly tinkering… Read More »
One of the most important calls I make during the week is the one to my mother, followed by another one to my baby brother. These are international long distance calls, and for the first 15 years of my American life, those calls went over AT&T’s… Read More »
SIPphone just released Gizmo Project 4.0, a soft client that includes video calling. You can make free video calls, even if only one person has a webcam, and the Meta IM and Tabbed Chat interface make it a worthy IM client for your Windows desktop.… Read More »
Say what you may about the new 47.6 million subscriber strong Cingular Wireless, it has to feel good to be the #1 player in the fastest growing cellular market in the developed world. Who cares soon Verizon will kick their behind and overlap them, purely… Read More »
