Subscribe# 11 Blogger
Engadget
Engadget (www.engadget.com) has great VOIP news, photos, videos and more
Friday, Oct 9
Engadget Podcast 166 - 10.09.2009
00:50:30 - Samsung Behold II caught behind glass 00:52:05 - Samsung Moment for Sprint first hands-on! 00:55:00 - Samsung Moment slider coming to Sprint, packing Android (update: official, $179) 00:59:29 - AT&T now allowing iPhone VoIP calls over 3G
Friday, Aug 21
Google refutes USA Today report on blocked Skype application
As we told USA Today earlier in the week Google did not reject an application from Skype or from any other company that provides VoIP services. To suggest otherwise is false. At this point no software developer -- including Skype -- has implemented a complete VoIP application for Android. Bu...
Monday, Jul 2
AT&T to offer free WiFi to some broadband customers
Filed under: WirelessAT&T announced today that it would be making its nearly 10,000 WiFi hotspots accessible free of charge to the company's higher-end broadband customers, effective immediately. The hotspots, located in places like McDonalds and Barnes & Noble, will be ma...
Saturday, Apr 28
India could get free 2Mbps broadband internet by 2009
Filed under: WirelessEntire cities getting free WiFi used to be quite the sensation, but now the real hotness is in connecting up an entire nation. According to IndiaTimes, the government is proposing that all citizens of India receive complimentary 2Mbps internet by 2009, and the serv...
Thursday, Mar 29
Net neutrality and the FCC: what's being done to preserve it
In 2005, the FCC raised eyebrows when it investigated a small broadband provider, Madison River Communications, that had blocked access to Vonage's VoIP application. The matter ended when the provider agreed to unblock Vonage and pay a fine (more on this case later). Some argue that the s...
Saturday, Mar 10
Fifth Media courts home and biz users with AXIA HSDPA Multimedia STB
We know AXIA for the fairly boring Windows Mobile smartphones to which the brand is affixed, so while we trust Fifth Media to stick a radio into a device, we really never saw this coming. The AXIA HSDPA Multimedia STB is a do-it-all box and makes no bones about it. Inside its shiny black exterio...
Wednesday, Feb 28
All hail Gupp Technologies' Linux-powered Phreedom
Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds, WirelessMalaysian startup Gupp Technologies is prepping its baby (and by baby we mean ugly baby, that only mommy could love) -- the Phreedom -- for Q2 release this year. This dual-mode VoIP / GSM abomination little fella will be running a la Mobile's C...
Tuesday, Feb 20
Vonage to become Vonage Wireless?
Filed under: Cellphones, WirelessVoIP provider Vonage has already cut a deal with EarthLink to resell WiFi, presumably to go along with some sort of WiFi phone service, but could they have something way crazier (and more costly) on tap? BusinessWeek speculates that Vonage might be get...
Tuesday, Feb 13
ZiPhone II brings fancy biz features to your cheap-ass VoIP calls
It might not look like much, but the ZiPhone II could save your upstart one-man office a bundle. You can connect it to your PC via USB for VoIP or to a regular phone line for old school communications and manage the phone via PC-based software. There's caller ID and boring stuff like that, but th...
Monday, Feb 12
Ericsson offers home GSM with WiFi access point
Filed under: Peripherals, WirelessEricsson (yes, sans Sony) unveiled what it calls the Femto Cell Solution this weekend, a wireless access point for the home that broadcasts GSM, WCDMA, and WiFi wireless standards. Yes, you read that correctly: a wireless access point with GSM, desig...
Tuesday, Jan 30
Gizmo Call brings VoIP to the browser
If downloading a whole entire app for making VoIP calls is just too much commitment, or perhaps you'd like to get in a few free phone calls on some random PC you don't quite have that kind of privilege with, SIPphone has quite a dealio for you. The builders of Gizmo Project have just unveiled Gi...
Friday, Jan 12
Asus showcases SideShow-enabled AiGuru S2 VoIP Skype handset
Filed under: CES, Misc. Gadgets, WirelessIt sure didn't take long for this SideShow bandwagon to get overcrowded, as now we've even got a VoIP phone touting its SideShow functionality, not to mention its ability to interface with iTunes and Windows Media Player as well. While Asus' first...
Monday, Jan 8
Kensington Vo200 Bluetooth Internet Phone
Kensington just popped out the Vo200 Bluetooth Internet Phone, a new Bluetooth-enabled handset for making VoIP calls. You gotta use it paired with your PC -- if you're fixing to go direct you're better off with a WiFi VoIP phone -- but the Vo200 does have a couple of nice features, like suppo...
Sunday, Dec 17
Cisco -- not apple -- announces iPhone branded VoIP phones
We hate to break it to everybody who thought the inevitable Apple phone was going to be called the iPhone, but Cisco, which has apparently had the trademark on the name since the 90s, is launching a line of Linksys "iPhone" VoIP devices (yes, that's right, lower case "i", uppercase "P"). Why...
Thursday, Dec 14
Philips reveals VP0500, VP6500 WiFi VoIP handsets with video
Filed under: Wireless Get ready folks, there's two new Philips WiFi video VoIP handsets comin' down the pike. We just caught wind of this white hotness on the FCC site, and they do look mighty swanky. The VP 6500 and VP 6000 are similar in many ways, as they sport a 2.2-inch screen with 65,000 col...
Monday, Nov 6
Philips VOIP433 and VOIP321 phones reviewed
It seems that Philips' delightful duo of VoIP phones have made their rounds in the US, and have finally landed in the reviewers lounge at GeekZone New Zealand. After spotting these units awhile back, the VOIP433 and VOIP321 both hit the testing block, and choosing between the two seems to b...
Friday, Sep 22
Cable VoIP calls clearer than landlines?
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Household Thinking about ditching that landline? Are those VoIP options -- especially the free ones -- looking more and more attractive? Keynote Systems, a globally respected internet and communication testing company, has completed a ridiculously thor...
