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Truphone 3.0 comes to the Apple iPod touch

Truphone today launched Truphone 3.0, a major new upgrade to its mobile VoIP application for the Apple iPod touch. Truphone 3.0 was already available for the Apple iPhone, so this release just brings the latest features to the popular iPhone... Full Story

Posted on June 1, 2009 9:10 AM

KIRK 2010 WiFi DECT VoIP phone

The KIRK 2010 WiFi DECT VoIP handset launched today. This is the latest edition to the Polycom KIRK Series. I wonder if Captain Kirk is aware that Polycom is trying to copy his copyrighted 'communicator'? Then again, Kirk's communicator... Full Story

Posted on April 9, 2009 1:41 PM

Skype on iPhone works over 3G

The Skype on iPhone application is working over the 3G data connection if you are running the beta 3.0 firmware. VoIP over the 3G cellular is clearly forbidden in the SDK rules, so it's obviously a bug on 3.0... Full Story

Posted on March 31, 2009 9:46 AM

IPEVO Wi-Fi Phone for Skype Review

The IPEVO Wi-Fi Phone for Skype launched just last month and IPEVO sent me a review unit to check out, which I've been testing for a few weeks. Installation Installing the IPEVO Wi-Fi Phone was a snap. Although it... Full Story

Posted on March 27, 2009 12:08 PM

New Nimbuzz VoIP app for the iPhone and iPod touch

Nimbuzz just released their new iPhone version of Nimbuzz which also supports 3G VoIP "dial up" calling and can turn the iPod touch into an iPhone. The old version was just released into the Apple iTunes store in November,... Full Story

Posted on March 19, 2009 10:15 AM

10,000 minutes of Skype Access For free

Happy St. Patrick's Day! And in the spirit of St. Patty's Day, the folks at Skype have a special treat for you Mac fans. Sorry, PC users, you're out of luck this St. Patty's Day...Skype's Peter Parkes wrote:As a special... Full Story

Posted on March 17, 2009 1:21 PM

Rosy Future for Wireless -- Both Audio and Video

Shipments of four classes of wireless audio and video connectivity products for the home will increase nearly 500% by the end of 2013, according to a new study from ABI Research.The four technologies involved are named as Bluetooth, WiFi, ultra-wideband... Full Story

Posted on November 10, 2008 10:11 PM

Rovio Wi-Fi VoIP Robotic Webcam

The WowWee Rovio is a cool Wi-Fi enabled robotic webcam. I like to call Rovio a remote-controlled VoIP webcam sentry robot. The Rovio is pretty futuristic looking. It looks like it belongs on some sci-fi TV show or movie.... Full Story

Posted on October 24, 2008 11:32 AM

snom 820 VoIP phone

snom today launched the snom 820, an elegant and attractive VoIP phone. It features a large high-resolution TFT color display (3.5", 320 x 240 pixels) and can easily display call lists, phone directories, and caller information via the integrated XML... Full Story

Posted on October 15, 2008 2:59 PM

snom m3 review

The snom m3 SIP wireless (DECT) phone is one of my favorite VoIP phones. I've been testing and reviewing it for a few months but haven't had time to write up the review until now. First, let me point... Full Story

Posted on October 7, 2008 9:31 AM

T-Mobile VoIP Shenanigans - AGAIN!

I've written about T-Mobile's VoIP blocking shenanigan's here, here, and here.  Not to mention their blocking of MinuteWatcher for tracking cellphone minute usage. I also wrote how Truphone won an injunction against T-mobile ordering T-Mobile UK to stop blocking calls... Full Story

Posted on July 18, 2008 10:30 AM

Truphone on iPhone Apple Store enables VoIP

Want Truphone on your iPhone? Truphone enables you to make VoIP calls on your iPhone over the internet using your WiFi connection (sorry - won't work over your cellular 3G connection)Truphone's native VoIP client for the iPhone was developed with Apple's... Full Story

Posted on July 11, 2008 10:09 AM

OctroTalk Launches

OctroTalk mobile instant messaging client features connectivity to Google Talk/Jabber with MSN, AIM, ICQ and Yahoo, IM capabilities, VoIP, P2P file transfer, folder sharing, quick picture messaging, and more. OctroTalk works over both low-bandwidth and high-bandwidth connections, including  GPRS/EDGE/CDMA/WiFi/Bluetooth data... Full Story

Posted on March 31, 2008 9:45 AM

VoIP on Apple iPhone a No Go unless over WiFi

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. Apple will in fact BLOCK VoIP applications... Full Story

Posted on March 11, 2008 10:38 AM

Talkonaut 4.0 native Symbian S60 edition released

The GTalk2VoIP dev team just released their VoIP+chat application for Symbian S60 phones that runs as a native (.sis file) application. I should stress that several Nokia smart phones come with a SIP stack, however they are limited to WiFi... Full Story

Posted on February 28, 2008 1:05 PM

SimplyWiFi SIP Phone

SimplyWiFi is a new SIP-based WiFi phone based on Linux that not only lets you make free or low-cost calls, it also lets you IM/chat using the SIMPLE standard. SimplyWiFi is a small lightweight phone with a superb talk time... Full Story

Posted on February 22, 2008 11:54 AM

JoikuSpot Turns Nokia phone into WiFi hotspot

How would you like to turn your Nokia smartphone into a WiFi hotspot for free? Well, JoikuSpot offers a free application that you can load on your Nokia phone to do just that. When installed on the Nokia phone,  laptops,... Full Story

Posted on February 6, 2008 2:07 PM

JetBlue offering free WiFi in the Sky

According to Reuters, JetBlue, Yahoo and Research in Motion plan to offer free, in-flight, Wi-Fi web connections for laptop computers and advanced cell phones, Rim said on Thursday. The service will allow passengers to access customized Yahoo mail and Yahoo... Full Story

Posted on December 6, 2007 5:33 PM

Skype WiFi phones Outage

BREAKING! Something has happened with the Skype service that prevents all brands of WiFi and dual-mode (WiFi & PSTN) phones from signing into Skype. This problem seems to have started sometime on Saturday and continued until late Sunday (possibly as... Full Story

Posted on November 12, 2007 9:38 AM

Commodore legend Chuck Peddle, Skype, New Jersey, Sri Lanka, WiFi, VoIP...

What do Commodore legend Chuck Peddle, New Jersey, Sri Lanka, WiFi, voice & video over IP via Skype have to do with each other? Well, friend and fellow reporter Evan Koblentz has a cool article about Chuck Peddle using Skype... Full Story

Posted on October 10, 2007 11:45 AM

100% VoIP on the iPhone

Truphone has announced true VoIP on the iPhone over WiFi. It's unclear from the announcement what sort of application runs on the iPhone. I assume it's a Flash VoiP softphone of some sort. They also announced VoIP Facebook integration! Oh... Full Story

Posted on September 26, 2007 11:27 AM

VoIP on the Sony PSP Finally!

Remember my Google Talk and VoIP on Sony PSP article from January 2006? Well, it would appear that now you can get VoIP on the Sony PSP. Well, according to the BBC, The VoIP software was developed by BT... Full Story

Posted on May 23, 2007 1:34 PM

Vonage partners with Earthlink and becomes an ISP

Vonage has decided to move from their low-margin, high turnover business (VoIP) to another low-margin, high turnover business (ISPs) when they announced today that they are partnering with EarthLink's municipal wireless Internet networks. Essentially, with this partnership, Vonage is now... Full Story

Posted on January 8, 2007 6:02 PM

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... Full Story

Posted on November 7, 2006 7:25 AM

In-car P2P solution streams video in vehicles going 100mph

This from the weird & wacky. The Public Safety Broadband Consortium, a group that includes InfiNet Wireless, Lockheed Martin Information Technology, Public Safety Broadband and Wi-Fi Citywide, will be demonstrating the use of live streaming video from law enforcement vehicles... Full Story

Posted on October 24, 2006 10:10 AM