Skype VoIP

Skype Still Not Ready For Business

Shortly after releasing Skype 3.0 for Windows, Skype released a Business version for Windows. After reading Ken Camp’s recent post about another VoIP blogger Jan’s experience with this new “Skype for Windows – Business version”, I’m so very glad I didn’t install the beta. I already have probably over a dozen soft VoIP clients –Continue Reading


Where’s The Venice IPTV?

Janus Friis, millionaire and co-founder (with Niklas Zennstrom) of Skype (VoIP software) and Kazaa (file sharing client), has been silent on his blog. Not a single entry at all in November (as of this writing), and certainly nothing more about The Venice Project, the top secret closed beta of his and Niklas Zennstrom’s rumored-to-be groundbreakingContinue Reading

Skype Needs A PR Team

Has Skype been dropping the ball in promoting themselves? First, Jim Courtney of Skype Journal (no relationship with Skype) wrote a series of posts, Skype PR WakeUp Call, suggesting ways that Skype could improve their PR and actually let people know what features they have. One of his suggestions was that Skype interact with VoIPContinue Reading

RTX DualPhone 3088 Dual-mode Skype / PSTN Phone

In the past we’ve reviewed our fair share of Skype phones, dual-mode, cordless and wifi.  Unlike many dual-mode Skype phones, this one deosn’t require any connection to your PC, which is something that has become a bit of an emerging trend recently. The RTX Dualphone 3088 is a dual-mode Skype phone that can handle SkypeContinue Reading

My Voice Remote: Skype-enabled Media Center Controller

In the past we’ve covered a lot of Skype accessories, with everything from mice to the latest in wifi phones.  But as far as I know, we have yet to cover a Skype-enabled remote control. It’s called the My Voice Remote, and you can pick one up for ~$250.  That sounds a lot, and itContinue Reading