Get a free blog to start making money with Adsense
| SunRocket postpones service shutoff until August 5 |
| Published: July 27, 2007, 11:27 pm |
| Tags: 8x8, Sunrocket, Teleblend, Voip |
| GadgetsCustomers of failed VoIP provider SunRocket finally got some answers today after the service suddenly shut down ten days ago -- a message posted on the company's website officially broke the news that service is being discontinued and apologized to customers. SunRocket has brokered a deal to sell off some assets and keep things going |
|
|
| Google Talk VoIP phone in development... again? |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 10:04 am |
| Tags: Google, Google Talk, Googletalk, Rumor, Skype, Speculation, Voip, Wifi, Wifi Phone, Wifiphone |
| Google's implementation of VoIP would be easy as pie -- and who doesn't like pie?[Via SmallNetBuilder] Read Permalink Email this CommentsOffice Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life! |
|
|
| Ciao Ma Bella |
| Published: August 3, 2007, 8:11 am |
| Tags: Cell Phone, Cellphone, Gadget, Phone Calls International, Phonecallsinternational, Rebtel, Technology, Voip Phone, Voipphone |
| Filed under: Z-GadgetsTMZ.com: Having international friends is great. You can crash at their pad when you travel abroad. They can teach you bad words in a foreign language. You get enough of them, and you have your own little league of nations. Of course, the worst part is calling... Read more |
|
|
| T-Mobile bringing HotSpot @Home to your landlines |
| Published: August 9, 2007, 12:43 am |
| Tags: Linksys, Router, T Mobile, Tmobile, Voip, Wrtu 54g, Wrtu54g |
| @Home already brings WiFi VoIP to compatible cell phones, and the latest FCC filing from T-Mo and Linksys indicates that soon all the phones in your pad will be able to get in on the action: say hello to the WRTU54G. Apart from the T-Mobile branding and the two phone jacks on the back, the router features two user-accessible SIM card slots, |
|
|
| In Brief: Ooma, the free-VOIP-for-life-after-you-pay-$400 ... |
| Published: August 9, 2007, 3:52 am |
| Tags: Gadgets, Ooma, Voip |
| Ooma, the free-VOIP-for-life-after-you-pay-$400 service is now taking pre-orders for mere mortals (non-beta testers). If you take the leap, it'll hit your doorstep next month. [Ooma] |
|
|
| SHAPE Services brings Skype to Apple's iPhone |
| Published: August 13, 2007, 4:27 pm |
| Tags: Apple, Iphone, Shape Services, Shapeservices, Skype, Voip |
| Filed under: Cellphones For those not courageous enough to give the SoonR Talk workaround a go, fret not, as Skype has finally arrived (for realz) on the iPhone. SHAPE Services has introduced IM+ for Skype for iPhone, which is simply a Safari web application that enables one to "access the Skype ecosystem from the mobile environment." Reportedly, |
|
|
| Outages: Some Skype users may be having trouble logging ... |
| Published: August 16, 2007, 4:54 pm |
| Tags: Outages, Skype, Voip |
| Some Skype users may be having trouble logging in today due to a software issue. The folks at Skype promise a 12-24 hour fix, but that's a long time to be without your phone. Thanks earth2marsh! |
|
|
| Skype Working To Restore Service After Software Glitch |
| Published: August 17, 2007, 10:08 am |
| Tags: Voip, 3058, 488, 118 |
| Fear not, VoIP fans; the nightmare is almost over. Sign-on problems continued to plague Skype users Friday, though the company said in a blog post that an "encouraging number" of users have had their service restored. A worldwide outage prevented customers from logging on to the Internet telephony service beginning Thursday afternoon. Skype |
|
|
| Skype: User Re-Boot Prompted System Outage |
| Published: August 20, 2007, 10:03 am |
| Tags: Voip, 488, 118 |
| take down your network. VoIP provider Skype said Sunday that its network was "back to normal" after several days of sign-in difficulties. The company blamed a "massive restart" of user computers that occurred after a "routine set of patches" from Windows Update required users to re-boot their computers. The updates and subsequent re-boots |
|
|
| Outages: Last week's Skype outage was apparently caused ... |
| Published: August 20, 2007, 2:35 pm |
| Tags: Outages, Skype, Voip, Windows |
| Last week's Skype outage was apparently caused by a massive user reconnect after a Windows Update forced millions of computers to restart. |
|
|
| VoIP Woes: I Can't Get Much Satisfaction |
| Published: August 20, 2007, 5:15 pm |
| Tags: Voip, 4388, 4382, 4384, 2295, 4386 |
| VoIP lines are all the rage, right? Yeah, as in, they cause rage. The Hulk-out, fist through the monitor, kick-a-puppy* kind of rage. Or maybe it's just me. For months I was happy with what I had. I used a mix of Skype (mainly to videoconference with my best friend many states away) and SunRocket. The latter was super-cheap; the rate worked out |
|
|
| Sony extends PSP capabilites with Go!Messenger and Go!Explore |
| Published: August 22, 2007, 4:47 pm |
| Tags: Go Explore, Go Messenger, Gps, Playstation Portable, Playstationportable, Psp, Sony, Voip |
| there you can get in some VoIP voice chat or, with the help of a Go!Cam, some video chat as well. What's more, the app will also boast a "new and intuitive on-screen keyboard" for some IM action. On the non-free front, Sony's trotted its Go!Explore GPS package, which was developed in collaboration with Tele Atlas and NavNGo. While the price |
|
|
| Plantronics' Calisto Pro makes telecommuting fun |
| Published: August 23, 2007, 12:21 pm |
| Tags: Bluetooth, Calisto Pro, Calistopro, Communications, Dect, Landline, Phone, Plantronics, Telecommute, Telephone, Voip, Work |
| Filed under: Misc. Gadgets Alright, so maybe "fun" is a stretch, but Plantronics' Calisto Pro sure makes working from the confines of home a lot more plausible. This interesting home phone not only enables users to manage their landline conversations, but the built-in Bluetooth and USB port allows telecommuters to receive and place calls over |
|
|
| How to Make Skype Portable via USB |
| Published: August 23, 2007, 5:04 pm |
| Tags: Voip |
| By Guest Blogger Mark O'Neill One of the most commonly requested features by Skype forum users is the ability to use the telephony tool from a USB flash drive. As yet, Skype has not got around to making an official portable version and even the John Haller PortableApps website, which has made portable versions of everything from Mozilla |
|
|
| Netgear intros SPH200W WiFi phone with Skype |
| Published: August 24, 2007, 9:50 pm |
| Tags: Netgear, Phone, Skype, Sph200w, Telephone, Voip, Wifi Phone, Wifiphone |
| Filed under: Misc. Gadgets If you can reach back into the archives of your brain, you may be able to recall an elusive Netgear WiFi Skype phone that was previewed in May. Unless our eyes are seriously deceiving us, that very handset has now been launched, and it's been titled the SPH200W. Sporting 802.11b/g compatibility, around four hours of |
|
|