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QuickOffice Does the Symbian Shuffle

November 3, 2006

For anyone going mobile, the less gadgets the better. (Rather than the more the merrier.)

Why carry a separate cell phone and MP3 player when you can carry a single gadget that does both?

For that matter, why carry a cell phone and a notebook computer when you can carry a single gadget that does both?

(Good questions, aren't they?)

Posted in Mobile Phones

Cingular Starts To Sing

November 1, 2006

Now Cingular is getting into the music business?

If I'm reading the Wall Street Journal correctly (and I usually do), then Cingular is joining the fray with Verizon and its V Cast music service to give the iPod a run for its money.

Unfortunately, the phone companies (or "wireless service providers") seemingly face a never-ending uphill battle to make their cell phones into cool, practical MP3 players that anyone wants to use. (What is it about that iPod anyway?)

Maybe Cingular's partnership with Napster, Yahoo Music and eMusic will make this turn out different?

Once again, we the gadget consuming population will vote with our wallets (nice ramp up to Election Day, eh?)

Posted in Mobile Phones

Jangl powers dating site Match.com Anonymous Voice Chat

November 1, 2006

Match.com, a powerhouse in the online dating scene today announced matchTalk, a system that assigns the couple a unique number that they can use to talk to each other without giving out their real telephone number or other personal details. Anonymity - or at least protecting your private number is certainly key in online dating. What the news doesn't disclose is that Jangl powers this matchTalk system. People with Caller ID will see the matchTalk number instead of their actual phone number.

Posted in Mobile Phones, VoIP, Wireless

Coming Soon? A Levi Cell Phone

October 30, 2006

Brand extension?

Jeans to cell phones?

Why not?

How about Levi's planning to offer branded mobile phones?

Yes, hard to believe, but Levi Strauss & Co. has joined with ModeLabs Group to create a line of Levi's-branded mobile phones and accessories that are expected to launch next year.

A denim cell phone? How about made out of real denim?

Should be nice and soft if you accidentally sit on it ...

Posted in Mobile Phones

TalkPlus Voice 2.0 app launches

October 30, 2006

TalkPlus, Inc. today is launching their unique mobile phone service that leverages VoIP, identity management, scheduling/contact rules, and other advanced business/personal processes that make your mobile experience more productive while enabling privacy controls. In fact, as I told Jeff Black, Founder and CEO of TalkPlus, Inc, that I consider TalkPlus the Voice 2.0 company within the mobile phone space. He wanted to quote me. So be it.

Posted in ITEXPO, Mobile Phones, VoIP, Wireless

How Much Is That Celll Phone in the Window: Yes, $1,275

October 26, 2006

Now cell phones compete on features, on price, on coolness, etc., with price usually meaning the cheaper the better. (And the other ones with more the better as the motto.)

Now for something completely different (apolgies to Mr. Python), Bang & Olufsen and Samsung have teamed up to deliver a really cool looking cell phone called Serene. The price, keeping with B & O high-flying prices for its audio gear, is $1,275.

Posted in Mobile Phones

Phones For Life: Senior Cell Phones

October 25, 2006

In a recent AARP poll, an estimated 88 percent of seniors throughout the U.S. say they feel safer and more secure with access to a cell phone.

To help in this effort, a non-profit program -– Phones-For-Life –- has been established to collect used cell phones for people over the age of 60. These phones, programmed to be either 911-only phones or phones with 100 in-case-of-emergency minutes, are then donated to anyone over 60, free of charge.

Phones-For-Life has recently extended its reach to schools. Through a new program, Phones-For-Education, students raise money for their school by collecting used cell phones and donating them to seniors in the community.

What's not to love about this?

www.phones4life.org

Posted in Mobile Phones

World PSTN Call Progress Tones Database

October 23, 2006

Telephony developers working in VoIP, PBXs, VoIP gateways, phones, modems and other PSTN technologies that are developing products internationally have to know the varying international call progress tones that differ from country-to-country. Of course, figuring out the disconnect or other progress tones isn't that difficult. Sure you could discover each progress tone's by recording the tones to a .wav file and then use a sound editor program to figure out the exact Hz -- but why go through all that trouble?

You can just head on over to 3am Systems and search their centalized call progress database to get an instant answer. They call their 'World PSTN Tone Database', which will not only tell you the proper Hz and cadence, but it will even display the proper Zaptel/Asterisk string for easy copy/pasting into your Asterisk system.

Posted in Asterisk, Mobile Phones, VoIP, Wireless

EQO VoIP / IM client now supports Windows Mobile and Blackberry mobile phones

October 23, 2006

Remember my in-depth overview of EQO Communications and their mobile-to-VoIP (Skype), mobile-to-IM (GoogleTalk, AOL, Skype, etc.) and mobile-to-social communities software?

Well, I had word last week that tomorrow EQO Communications will announce support for RIM Blackberry and Windows Mobile powered devices. With this latest release, Blackberry and Windows Mobile users will be able to access EQO Mobile, a platform that enables VoIP calling and instant messenger services (including AOL AIM, ICQ, GoogleTalk, Jabber, MSN, Yahoo! and Skype) on mobile devices.

According to EQO, the addition of handsets such as the Blackberry Pearl and Treo 700w brings the number of EQO-supported handsets to more than 400 mobile devices, including Nokia, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Palm, LG, Panasonic, Phillips, Siemens, Sanyo, Sharp and Samsung.

Although I already covered EQO extensively in a prior post, essentially EQO gives you click-to-call mobile VoIP and click-to-chat mobile IM using a patent pending core IP that uses proprietary call signaling that is P2P-based and cross device/network domain.

Posted in Google, Mobile Phones, Skype, VoIP, Wireless

Is the Phone of the Future FuturePhone?

October 20, 2006

Leave it to David Pogue in his New York Times "Circuits" column to explain the business model for a company named FuturePhone, which offers totally (and I mean totally) free international phone calls to more than 50 countries without sign-up, fees or surrendering your name or address.

(Yes, you may want to read that over again to make sure you understand it completely.)

How do they do that you ask? And more importantly, is it for me?

Take a click here to find out.

Posted in Mobile Phones

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