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Skype's free ride is over

According to TMCNet.com Skype today announced that it is offering U.S. and Canadian consumers the new Skype Unlimited Calling plan, a paid annual subscription service that allows registered users to make 12 months of unlimited SkypeOut calls to any phone...

Posted on December 13, 2006 7:31 AM

Talkster launches public beta

Talkster today announced that their closed/invite-only beta is now open the public. Talkster essentially lets you place free calls from your regular cell phone to instant messaging clients such as MSN Messenger, Google Talk, and Gizmo Project. What's nice about...

Posted on December 11, 2006 9:24 AM

Hictu! online address book with presence

We all have problems with our multiple digital address books, multiple IM/VoIP clients, which affects productivity - both professionally and personally. Checking each client to see which buddies are online or to look for a specific buddy is a pain...

Posted on December 6, 2006 12:42 PM

3J Communications' 3J-W1D Skype phone

3J Communications announced the availability of its new 3J-W1D Skype phone to the US market. The new 3J-W1D is a remote wireless Skype phone with a blue backlighted LCD display and features built-in echo and noise cancellation as well as...

Posted on November 30, 2006 8:31 AM

VoIP Gateway clones an iPod

The iPod is one of the most recognizable products due to it's smooth exterior, elegant shape, and stylish form-factor.  So what you do get when you cross an Apple iPod with a VoIP gateway? Why the Polypower VRM0-Sxx series of course!...

Posted on November 27, 2006 10:20 AM

Talkplus Skype demo

If you recall, I interviewed Jeff Black at ITEXPO back in October and discovered that Talkplus had reverse engineered Skype and built their own Skype gateway so you can dial Skype usernames. Specifically, I wrote:One final interesting thing we talked...

Posted on November 14, 2006 9:33 AM

Skype 3.0 beta released

Skype 3.0 beta was just released. If you recall, I reported back in October at ITEXPO that Skype 3.0 beta would launch in November and that the biggest new features in Skype 3.0 beta are its plugin support and the...

Posted on November 8, 2006 9:47 AM

Linksys CIT310 Phone for Yahoo Messenger

Linksys has partnered with Yahoo to offer a new dual-mode cordless phone called the Linksys Dual-Mode Cordless Phone for Yahoo! Messenger with Voice (CIT310). Linksys sent me a review unit to check out and put through the paces. Similar to...

Posted on November 8, 2006 8:00 AM

Broadcom PC-less Skype Wi-Fi phone

Broadcom today announced that the Broadcom Wi-Fi phone now supports Skype software. Similar to other Pc-less Skype phones, you will be able to scroll through your contacts, see presence info, make free Skype-to-Skype calls, as well as SkypeIn and SkypeOut...

Posted on November 7, 2006 7:25 AM

TalkPlus Voice 2.0 app launches

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,...

Posted on October 30, 2006 8:00 AM

Rimax Mystic VoIP MP3 player

The Rimax Mystic is a new MP3 / MP4 and video player that also doubles as a VoIP phone using it's built-in microphone. You connect it to your PC via USB and the Mystic becomes a VoIP phone. Technically it's...

Posted on October 27, 2006 10:26 AM

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

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. ...

Posted on October 23, 2006 8:06 AM

Skype Journal comments on ITEXPO

Phil Wolff over at Skype Journal was at ITEXPO and he has some interesting comments. For one he comments on there not being a lot of Skype-related products at the show when he states:It was bizarre for me, all VoIP...

Posted on October 19, 2006 5:43 PM

Free phone calls to 40 countries using VoIP

Two interesting calling promotions being offered by Raketu. First, their "Try Dialout For Free" promotion allows users to try RakOut (Raketu’s dialout service) to call locations in more than 40 countries for free. This mirrors Skype's free SkypeOut promotion until...

Posted on October 17, 2006 11:16 AM

Skype v2.6 released and Skype 3.0 beta coming soon

Lots of Skype news coming out of Internet Telephony Conference & Expo. First, Skype v2.6 beta was released today. It has the following new features:- Click to call ordinary phone numbers on any website (optional install)- Find and join Skypecasts...

Posted on October 11, 2006 2:53 PM

Skype combo devices - what's the point?

Seems like every day there's some newfandangled Skype device that combines Skype along with some combination of a speakerphone, a mouse, a keypad, an LCD, a toaster, a blender, etc. etc.Remember the Sony Skype device I wrote about? Let me...

Posted on October 3, 2006 8:47 AM

FOX News reviews the Sony Mylo

FOX News reviews the Sony Mylo (technically an AP writer) which supports WiFi, Skype, IM, WiFi, Opera browser, music, photos and MPEG-4 video file support, and more. check it out...

Posted on September 22, 2006 1:16 PM

Adobe Flash goes VoIP

Om broke the news about Adobe’s secret VoIP start-up project. I knew about Adobe’s top-secret VoIP plans since June of this year. I interviewed Adobe's <[edit] name withheld per request> back in June and got some interesting insights into Adobe’s...

Posted on September 22, 2006 10:05 AM

VoIP over EVDO from PeerMe

Found an interesting company that can do VoIP over EVDO, a popular high-speed data network used by Sprint, Verizon, and other mobile carriers. PeerMe, today launched its free service designed to allow users of Sprint EVDO mobile phones to make...

Posted on September 14, 2006 10:53 AM

Skype for Mac 2.0 has video!

Just received word that Skype for Mac 2.0 beta now has video. Mac users have been clamoring for this video feature that PC users have been enjoying for some time. So Mac users, rejoice!...

Posted on September 13, 2006 7:23 AM

Raketu new P2P VoIP app takes on Skype

Is Raketu the next Skype killer? Raketu today launched a new VoIP client that also offers information and entertainment services. Raketu’s communications features include dialout calling (rakOut) to landline/mobile phones, Instant Messaging (supporting Raketu, Yahoo, MSN, AOL, ICQ, Google and...

Posted on September 12, 2006 4:20 PM

Global IP Sound releases new iSAC 2.0 codec

Global IP Sound (GIPS) today announced the availability of version 2.0 of its iSAC codec.  iSAC 2.0 is now optimized for use in hardware devices. This solution allows the makers of IP phones, gateways and chipsets to deliver products that...

Posted on September 12, 2006 9:13 AM

VOX for Skype for mobile phones

VoxLib announced the launch of VOX for Skype, a plugin application to Skype that enables Skype to be used on any mobile device.  This plugin enables users to benefit from Skype while away from their desktop. VOX for Skype requires...

Posted on September 11, 2006 2:21 PM

Skylook 2.0 for Skype sneek peak

Skylook is one of the most powerful add-ons for Skype you will find. Skylook 2.0 includes a major new feature called “Alerts and Forwarding”. This feature allows you to be alerted about important events that occur when you are away...

Posted on September 6, 2006 9:47 AM

Panasonic to launch Skype WiFi phone

Panasonic plans to launch a new Skype WiFi phone. This now makes six major partners producing WiFi devices with Skype bundled on them out of the box. Panasonic, NETGEAR, Belkin, SMC, Edge-Core and the Sony Mylo. The Panasonic Phone will...

Posted on September 1, 2006 10:12 AM