Sprint wants you calling. And not with a cellphone. The new Sprint Peel is a backpack, charger and carrier for the Apple iPod touch. Well as it turns out, three of my favorite applications CounterPath's Bria, the Truphone of iPod/iPhone app and Skype all work very, very well on the iPod Touch. Add in...
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Sprint Calls Coming on Bria, Truphone and Skype to iPods
Part One: Staying Connected- Beating The High Cost of Roaming
The New York Times story on saving money on mobile calling internationally hit home, so I thought I should add my spin to it. It's something through trial and error I've become sort of a subject matter expert on. Upfront, I think David Kelly did an excellent job of highlighting some of what’s possible...
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Cutting the landline cord – and losing family identity….
We are in the midst of a truly fascinating cultural shift right now: We are losing the "family identity" that has been the main characteristic of telephony for the past 100 years.
Think about it... the other day we were at an evening event and met a ...
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Video parody: What happens when you install iOS 4.0 on a iPhone 3G
As readers know, I recently wrote about how upgrading my iPhone 3G to iOS 4.0 was one of the dumbest things I've done and also recently linked to Lifehacker's post about downgrading your iPhone 3G. So naturally you can expect that I'd be amused by th...
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It’s Official SinglePipe Picked Up By IBBS
Back on July 12th, while sitting in Paris, I posted that IBBS (Integrated Broadband Services) was going to acquire SinglePipe, a provider of Voice over IP to Tier Two and Tier Three cable operators. Well, it has happened. This is an example of gap filling, while also a "take away" type acquisition. Reports are...
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