Archive for September, 2008
Flashphone is a web-based SIP softphone, while gtalk2voip lets you make or receive calls to/from all SIP phones and SIP services, including Yahoo! Messenger, MSN Messenger, and Google Talk. Both Flashphone and gtalk2voip are free. Now combine the two and you can make free web-based Flash calls to Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, and Google Talk […]
September 25th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments
A new report predicts that ultramobile devices will reach 200 million in unit sales by 2013 and will match the market for notebook PCs.
ABI Research said products such as netbooks and mobile Internet devices, or MIDs, will gross $27 billion by then, with MID units growing in popularity to surpass its rival.
All […]
September 25th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments
Continuing the coverage of the big Skype for Asterisk news I covered earlier today… In a nutshell, the Asterisk server acts as a Skype-to-SIP gateway, a very popular requested feature, mapping Asterisk SIP-based phones onto the Skype network via […]
September 25th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments
Skype and Digium have hooked up to bring Skype to Asterisk called Skype For Asterisk. Skype For Asterisk launched minutes ago enables Asterisk users to get access to Skype features coupled with the capabilities of Asterisk. For example, the beta version of Skype For Asterisk will allow customers to make, receive and transfer Skype calls […]
September 25th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments
Digium announced the immediate availability of the AEX410, a four-port modular analog PCI-Express x1 telephony interface card for use with Asterisk. The AEX410 is a PCI-Express board that compliments Digium’s existing PCI-based TDM410 product.
The AEX410 offers analog (FXS) stations and analog trunk (FXO) modules for connecting to the PSTN or analog devices. An optional DSP-based […]
September 25th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments
Today, Digium, creator and primary developer of Asterisk, the leading open source telephony platform will be making a major announcement at Astricon later today. Digium hinted to me that a major announcement would be made at Astricon when I visited their Huntsville, Alabama headquarters in August.
I tried to find out what the news will be, but […]
September 25th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments
Some interesting 2Q08 VoIP numbers to share put out by iLocus. VoIP shows some slowing in some sectors, but growth in others. Considering the unstable U.S. economy, these numbers are still very impressive.
7.7 million VoIP access lines shipped during the quarter, down from 7.9 million lines in 1Q08. This represents second sequentially quarterly decline from […]
September 25th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments
According to a report released last week by Nielsen, nearly one in five American households will not have a home phone line by the end of the year.
To many, I have a feeling that this is a surprising finding, but it shouldn’t be.
Landline home telephones are quickly becoming an unnecessary expense. What […]
September 24th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments
Can’t get to the ringing cell phone fast enough ladies because it’s hidden inside your briefcase, purse, bag or pocket?
Well, does Sony have a product for you!
The new Bluetooth MBW-200 range of Bluetooth watches is an expansion of the highly successful Bluetooth MBW-150 range, which enables you to control your phone with your watch.
Missed an […]
September 24th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments
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The G1, the first Android-powered headset, could be transformed in ways that maker HTC and carrier T-Mobile can’t imagine. Google’s Android is open to developers, who could write apps to unlock T-Mobile’s G1, tether it as a modem or other things, an analyst said.
Google is calling the announcement of the T-Mobile G1 […]
September 24th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments