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Category: Voice over IP

AirCell Gogo Successfully Used for a VoIP Call on a Transcontinental Flight

Reading Time: 2 minutesI haven’t really talked about AirCell or its Gogo inflight Internet access service since it first became available on American Airlines. But Andy Abramson turned me on to a little experiment with the service that he and Laptop Magazine’s Joanna Stern did yesterday that is absolutely worthy of mention. Andy reports that…

August 22, 2008
Truphone Lowers Rates on VoIP Calls to International Landline Phones to as Low as $0.06 Per Minute

Reading Time: < 1 minuteI was introduced to Truphone several months ago as a result of being part of the Nokia Blogger Relations program. Truphone makes it incredibly easy to use the WiFi feature of Nokia N-Series handsets like the Nokia N95 to make VoIP calls. Today Truphone announced some new calling plans that provide…

March 4, 2008
Gadget Links: Between Hockey Games Edition

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Complete Guide to iPhone Car Integration on iLounge.com: A great article that covers nearly every accessory for using your iPhone in the car without violating the laws requiring hands-free use of mobile phones in many parts of the USA. [ via TUAW ] MacBook Air review round-up on TUAW: “Ah, it is…

January 29, 2008
Then FiOS TV Went Down with an Odd Set Top Box Problem

Reading Time: 2 minutesAt The Home Office, the week of gadget craziness continued. On Sunday night my son Jimmy wanted to watch Teletubbies on FiOS Video On Demand before he went to bed. (Kathleen suggested it and Jimmy got excited about the idea, so that was the plan.) Anyway, we brought up the FiOS VOD…

January 15, 2008
How Leo Laporte and Scott Bourne Get Such Great Sound on Their Podcasts

Reading Time: < 1 minuteI am a big fan of This Week in Tech, MacBreak Weekly, and The Apple Phone Show. They are all excellent podcasts that are have very high production standards. What I’m most impressed with is the sound quality of each of these shows. I think that Leo Laporte, the host of…

December 18, 2007
How I’m Wringing the Cost Out of Home and Home Office Telecom Services That We Barely Use

Reading Time: 3 minutesMy wife Kathleen and I have lived in a small house in Newtown, Pennsylvania since June 2005. When we moved here, I was working for myself and spending lots of time in my home office. I wanted the best, most flexible bandwidth I could get at the time (“naked DSL” from Speakeasy.net),…

November 9, 2007
Nokia N93: The Swiss Army Knife of GSM / UMTS Multimedia Phones

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Nokia N93 produces DVD-quality video, has a terrific MP3 player, and includes wireless broadband and WiFi capability. It’s great for people who want a phone that can be used in relatively serious video production. [ Photo: Dave Aiello ][ Check out my Nokia N93 photo set on Flickr. ] A friend who works with Nokia…

November 17, 2006
Verizon Running Ads Against Optimum Voice in New York City Radio Market

Reading Time: < 1 minuteOver the past few days Verizon has been running ads on powerful New York Radio stations such as Sports Radio 66 WFAN suggesting that small businesses shouldn’t switch to Optimum Voice, the VoIP service from Cablevision. The ads suggest that Optimum Voice is unreliable, causing small businesses that switch their phone…

May 10, 2006
Successful Executives Building “Treadputers” to Work While They Exercise

Reading Time: 2 minutesBrad Feld’s Treadputer: Venture capitalist Brad Feld added a 3.2-GHz IBM ThinkCentre to his Vision Fitness T9450HRT Treadmill. This lets him get his runs in while he’s on conference calls. [ Photo: Brad Feld ]. Brad Feld is a managing director at Mobius Venture Capital based in Boulder, Colorado. He challenges himself by running…

May 5, 2006