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fring Enhances Mobile IM Client with fringAdd-ons

July 1, 2008

fring claims that since they opened their API last Monday that hundreds of apps were submitted "proving that there's an insatiable appetite in the U.S. for new mobile widgets and add-ons." In the past week, fring has approved four of these submitted apps/widgets which will be announced tomorrow.

Today, fring announces new fringAdd-on applications for social networking, video streaming and email notification specifically for Facebook, Google's social networking site Orkut, VTap and Gmail. Essentially any web developer can develop a fringAdd-on just by heading on over to developers.fring.com. Only basic knowledge of PHP & XML is required.

Posted in Apple, Asterisk, SIP, Skype, TMCnet, Unified Communications, VoIP, Wireless

Yes, You Can Still Get an Apple Newton ...

June 25, 2008

... but only on ebay or some other similar source.

Amid all the wonderful Apple news, just harkening back to the days when PDAs were just seeing the light of day and handwriting recognition was going to change computing and the way we worked and played forever.

(Am I going too far back???)

That's what the Newton seemed to promise.

Well, it didn't quite work out that way, but companies innovated, came and went and look where we are today ...

But amid all of the Newtons for sale, I'm sure there are still some tried and true believers out there who live and swear by their Newton, using it day after day to make their lives easier.

Are there????

Let us hear from you!!!

Posted in Apple, PDAs & Handhelds

One Less Retail Music Outlet -- Starbucks ...

June 25, 2008

Sorry to hear the news about another retail music outlet pulling up stakes and retreating from the business.

Now this is not a the level of Sam Goody's or (you name the store), but Starbucks is apparently planning to drop its in-store music retail offerings come September.

That means no more "spinner" racks offering multiple CD choices to latte-buyers. And that also means no more gift cards and promotional giveaways for Apple's iTunes. Instead, we're told, the coffee chain will offer just four CD "slots" per store. But it will also continue to offer free Wi-fi access to Apple's online music store and may continue to try to sell entertainment online. This all according to Silicon Alley Insider.

But for me, there's nothing like browsing through racks of CDs, just like there used to be nothing like browsing through racks of LPs -- I don't go any further back than that.

BTW, how many times have you used the term "you sound like a broken record" not realizing your audience (at least one) has no idea what a record is or how it could be broken?

Posted in Apple, MP3 Players & Digital Audio

Logitech QuickCam Vision Pro webcam for Mac

June 24, 2008

Logitech today unveiled its first Mac-compatible webcam with premium autofocus technology and Carl Zeiss optics - the Logitech QuickCam Vision Pro webcam for Mac. The new Logitech webcam of course works with iChat and Skype and features a 2-megapixel camera sensor.

The new Logitech webcam uses a voice coil motor for its autofocus system, instead of a stepper motor. According to the news, "Focusing is fast and fluid - crisp even in extreme close-ups only 10 cm from the camera lens. Logitech's autofocus system compensates for changes in image-edge sharpness and refocuses images in less than three seconds"

What I don't get is why Logitech chooses to make operating system specfic webcams. Isn't USB supposed to be an industry standard?

Posted in Apple, Digital Cameras, Gadgets, Home Entertainment, Linux, Microsoft, Skype, Video Conferencing, Video Hardware & Software

Nokia N78 Comes to U.S.

June 24, 2008

Gadgety mobile phone lovers across the United States can now buy the newest Nokia Nseries device - the Nokia N78, which hits American store shelves today. Featuring integrated A-GPS, a 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and high-speed HSDPA connectivity on North American 850/1900 MHz networks, the Nokia N78 has got all the goods.

Now available through select consumer electronics and wireless retailers, online retailers and at the Nokia Flagship Stores in Chicago and New York, the Nokia N78 can be yours for $560. Course the Apple iPhone is now only $199 through AT&T subsidized pricing.

Posted in Apple, Mobile Phones, TMCnet, Wireless

Will Try Not To Blog about Apple Today ...

June 17, 2008

They say an apple a day keeps the doctor away, but there is just so much blogging about Apple, Apple, Apple ...

I'm going to try my best -- no matter how interesting the piece may be -- not to blog about Apple today.

You got a problem with that?

Posted in Apple

Apple & AT&T Heading for Splitsville?

June 12, 2008

CNET recently ran a great story about how Apple and AT&T may be at the end of their exclusivity deal with the iPhone.

Ahh, the stuff that dreams are made of ...

Read the whole story -- with surmises and all -- here.

Posted in Apple, Mobile Phones

Apple iPhone 2.0: Twice as Much for Half as Much

June 9, 2008

Not surprising, the new Apple iPhone is all over the media -- both old and new -- today.

And what is it you ask? It's phone, iPod, Internet and more, according to Apple. The iPhone 3G offers fast 3G wireless technology, GPS mapping, support for enterprise features like Microsoft Exchange and the new App Store -- putting even more features at your fingertips.

sipgate adds SIP-based VoIP support to iPhone

June 4, 2008

sipgate today announced the a free VoIP application for the iPhone that they claim will allow consumers to use virtually every any VoIP service on the iPhone.

sipgate claims that iPhone users can make and receive VoIP calls from their phones over a Wi-Fi connection using any SIP-based VoIP provider. Unlike Truphone, another iPhone VoIP app, it doesn't appear you need to jailbreak your iPhone to enable SIP-based VoIP support that works with any SIP-based ITSP. In addition it comes with 111 minutes of domestic calling is included if you use sipgate's SIP-based service to test out the service.

Of course, as I have written before, this service will only work over a Wi-Fi connection and not the iPhone's cellular data connection. At the Apple iPhone SDK event, Steve Jobs stated that if someone develops a VoIP program for the iPhone, Apple will allow it if it goes over WiFi and not the cellular network.

Posted in Apple, Gadgets, Mobile Phones, SIP, TMCnet, VoIP, Wireless

Apple Going Back to School Starting Tomorrow?

June 2, 2008

Apple is expected to launch its "Back to School" promo tomorrow, and it looks to be bigger and better than ever!

According to MacRumors, Apple will be offering a free 8GB iPod Touch ($299) or an 8GB iPod Nano ($199) to college students who buy a qualifying Mac (MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iMac, Mac Pro).

The promo will run from June 3 to September 15 (will be all back to school by then ...).

Check out the always interesting MacRumors site for more, such as the rumored 3G-capable iPhone launch and the release of 2.0 firmware for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

Posted in Apple

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