Convergence, it’s aterm that has been thrown about for years and years but only now are actually starting to see some evidence of it happening. Take the Samsung SPH-P9000, a brand spanking new device that is capable of both voice and data communication over a WiMax connection. Now, while WiMax is not yet widely availableContinue Reading
Imran Ali describes a fascinating concept called crowdsensing, which would require turning mobile phones into something called a spime – a term coined by cyberpunk author Bruce Sterling (a man who, I believe, once wrote in one of his mid 1990s novels that copyright would be impossible to enforce on the Internet). A spime, accordingContinue Reading
EV-DO (Evolution Data Optimized), aka EVDO, aka 1xEV-Do Rev. A (Revision A), is a wireless network available through some cellular service providers, particularly CDMA, in Europe and Asia. It’s just starting to make its way into Canada and the US, and some people think that it can help increase mobile VoIP quality, because of itsContinue Reading
More VoIP IPOs Another VoIP company is going public. This time, instead of hardware, it’s a softswitch maker, Veraz Networks Inc. Veraz will trade on the NASDAQ once their IPO is out. [via New Telephony] Skype Pocket PC 2.1 Jim Courtney gives some details about the new 2.1 version of Skype for Pocket PC andContinue Reading
It’s expected that as residential VoIP becomes more popular, so to will Wi-Fi phones. To set up a Wi-Fi phone, you need a wireless router connected to your broadband Internet connection. But your Internet access is unavailable for some reason. Your laptop’s Wi-Fi card, however, is detecting a signal. Given the average range of mostContinue Reading