VOIP

By Mitch Ratcliffe Here's my challenge. I'll pay $100 for a VoIP client I can use over WiFi on my iPhone. Matthew Miller has explained that the iPhone will work without the AT&T SIM card, and I've set up my Sprint EV-DO card in a MacBook Pro to share its connection with my iPhone, so I don't need AT&T to comp...

By Russell Shaw Om's been hearing that pure-play VoIP provider SunRocket has recently laid off some 40 employees. Some mid-level executives are said to be in this number. Om asks us to regard these reports as rumors for now. I think that SunRocket's 200,000 subscriber count gives them some shelter agains t...

By Matthew Miller A couple of days ago my Mobile Tech Roundup podcast co-host, Kevin Tofel, posted news that Gizmo Project added IM support for AIM and MSN Messenger. They even made it very easy to add your buddies to your Gizmo Project contact lists. You can also call people on Yahoo Messenger, Windows Live, G...

By Russell Shaw Now, now, let us not get too techno-elitist like some of us are prone to do.. For the mobile VoIP uninitiated, as well as those of you who want a quick briefing on what's out there VoIP handset wise, the New York Times' Roy Furtchgott's got (say that fast, five times), a feature in today's paper...

By Russell Shaw After reading fellow blogger Tom Keating's excellent review of USRobotics' USR Cordless Phone for Skype (due later this month at $119.99, and his comparison of this product with the Linksys Cordless Internet Telephony Kit, I immediately thought of a reason why VoIP-capable cordless p...