Verizon unveils 10 mobile devices with LTE built-in
John Cox, Network World, 1/6/2011 Smartphones, tablets, hotspots and more due by mid-2011 Verizon Wireless today at CES 2011 unveiled 10 mobile devices, all of which will have built-in support for the carrier’s burgeoning LTE 4G wireless network. The devices include smartphones, tablets, portable hotspots, netbooks and notebooks, from well known brands: HTC, HP, LG, [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 4G, AT&T, Hotspot, HP, HTC, LTE, MiFi, Motorola, Samsung, Skype, Verizon, WiFi
Skype offers iPhone video calls over 3G
Team Register, The Register, 12/30/2010 Skype has today updated its iPhone app to offer video calling over both 3G and Wi-Fi, trumping Apple’s own FaceTime software. Owners of the latest iPod Touch will also be able to make Skype-to-Skype video calls over Wi-Fi. The iPad and older iPods, which both lack a camera, will be [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, Skype, WiFi
HP Drops Palm From webOS’s Branding, Launches HP webOS 2.0
Matt Burns, TechCrunch, 10/19/2010 HP just announced the next generation webOS and it’s a doozy. This platform now has all the weapons necessary to fully compete in the smartphone wars: true multitasking, an updated version of the social media connection service Synergy, Adobe Flash 10.1, and a whole bunch of new advancements. Hardware is really [...]
In: Mobile Technology, Palm (HP) · Tagged with: API, Bluetooth, Cisco, Flash, HP, HTML5, IM, MMS, Skype, SMS, Verizon, VoIP
Skype for Android hacked to allow calls over 3G
Brian Osborne, Geek.com, 10/8/2010 Though most are happy that Skype has launched an Android application, users in the U.S. aren’t too excited with the notion that voice calls will be limited to a Wi-Fi connection while mobile data connections (GPRS, EDGE, 3G) can be utilized by those outside the country. Skype’s Android application was launched on [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, EDGE, Skype, Verizon, WiFi
Fring matches Skype, intros FringOut for low-rate Android calls
Vlad Savov, Engadget, 10/5/2010 We didn’t think competition in the cheapo calls market was quite so intense, but here we are, with Fring and Skype gunning for each other with near-simultaneous launches. After Skype finally released its long-awaited Android app, Fring is countering with an Android rollout of its own FringOut service — an additional [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology, Symbian · Tagged with: Skype, WiFi
Mobile VoIP Comes to BlackBerry Devices
Om Malik, GigaOM, 8/22/2010 If there was one app I’ve desperately wanted on my T-Mobile BlackBerry Bold, it was a good mobile VoIP client that allows me to make and receive calls over Wi-Fi and 3G connections. It would be even better if that client was made by Skype. Unfortunately, that hasn’t been the case. [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology, Symbian · Tagged with: 3G, Skype, T-Mobile, VoIP, WiFi
Skype for iPhone gets multitasking, ditches hated 3G calling charge
Jessica Dolcourt, CNET News, 7/21/2010 Individuals aren’t always right, and neither are companies, which is why we heartily appreciate when corporationsgracefully address their errors–preferably while capitulating to user demands. A minor update to Skype for iPhone (now version 2.0.1) reverses Skype’s decision to charge for calls over 3G, Skype wrote in a Wednesday blog post. Late last [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, IM, Skype, VoIP, WiFi
Fring Brings 3G Video Calls to iPhone 4 — Are Networks Ready?
Kevin C. Tofel, GigaOM, 7/9/2010 Fring has updated its voice-over-IP client, bringing support for the front-facing camera on Apple’s iPhone 4. Unlike the handset’s native FaceTime client, which is restricted to video calls over Wi-Fi and only to other iPhone 4 devices, the new Fring client supports video calls over 3G and calls to non-Apple devices [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology, Symbian · Tagged with: 3G, AT&T, Skype, VoIP, WiFi
Skype Opens Up SkypeKit SDK To All Devices And Desktop Apps
Erick Schonfeld, TechCrunch, 6/23/2010 Today, Skype is releasing an open software development kit (SDK) for developers called SkypeKit which will allow Skype calls, instant messaging, video chat and other features to be integrated into consumer electronics and computers. For the past few years, Skype has found its way into a variety of devices from cordless [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: API, IM, Linux, SDK, Skype
Deep packet inspection soon to be $1.5 billion business
Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 6/16/2010 Deep packet inspection (DPI) hardware continues to sell, with ABI Research now estimating that vendors will move $1.3 billion of the stuff in 2015, up from $207 million in 2008. According to Infonetics Research, DPI will be a $1.5 billion business—by 2013. What will DPI devices be used for? According to [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: AT&T, Comcast, FCC, Skype