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VOXOFON Available For Android Phones

Source: www.voip-news.com

Users of the new T-Mobile G1 phone now have a VoIP option. VOXOFON is available on the Android platform through Android Market. According to VOXOFON, users who tried the application in beta enjoyed how easy it was to use.

“At present, most people who own mobile phones still make international calls via landlines, calling cards or computer VoIP services,” said Alexey Goloshubin, president and CEO of VOXOFON. “With inexpensive and easy-to-use options such as VOXOFON’s Android application, we expect an increasing number of people to use their mobile phones for calls abroad. It’s much more convenient.”

So, how do you get it?

Current G1 phone owners can download the VOXOFON application on the device by clicking on the “Market” icon for a list of Android applications. In addition, VOXOFON’s website, http://www.voxofon.com/, has a special section with a short video showing how to use the service.

Published on November 11th, 2008 under , , , , , ,

Google Android & Mobile VoIP Mobile by iSkoot

Source: voip-tech.blogspot.com

Arrives on the USA market the first cellphone that show off the new open-source operating system by Google, named Android.
The cellphone is the T-Mobile G1, on the official website there are the presentation and the descriptions of its all features, with pictures and detailed movies.
iSkoot, software house that co-operate and bring the features of Skype™ on cellphones and produce free VoIP software for many cellphones brands and models, presents its new software dedicated to Google Android, that will be soon availabe in the Android Market.
Unfortunately it’s not still possible to make VoIP calls using the Wi-Fi connection of the above cellphone, but only using the GSM connection of your service provider.

Published on October 24th, 2008 under , , , , ,

iSkoot Available on Android Platform

Source: www.voip-news.com

Google’s Android Market, a mobile application store, has its first VoIP for mobile application, iSkoot for Skype is available there. The application can be used with or without the presence of WiFI or 3G networks, making the software versatile.

“We are honored to be the first mobile VoIP application available in the Android Market because we are dedicated to bringing carrier-grade Web communications services to mobile phones and platforms around the globe,” said Jim Hudak, iSkoot Vice President of Business Development. “iSkoot continues to work on delivering innovative products that give people a rich mobile experience so that they can cut the cord from their desktop.”

According to Skype:

Available immediately for download in Google’s Android Market, iSkoot for Skype also runs on nearly all major mobile platforms, including J2ME, S60v3, UIQ, Palm, Windows Mobile and BlackBerry. Android is an open and compressive mobile operating platform developed by an alliance of leading technology and wireless companies including Google Inc., T-Mobile, HTC, Qualcomm, Motorola, and many others.

Published on October 22nd, 2008 under , , ,

Android: Much Coolness, But 3 Big Problems

Source: gigaom.com

Like all the other geeks in attendance, I couldn’t help myself from letting out an audible “whooo” when Google showed off an Android phone demo Wednesday that linked Street View to a compass (see video below). Sure it was just a demo, but watching the virtual-reality performance of photo-maps linked to hand motions shows how cool new applications could be when they start by running on a high-end mobile phone.

Delivering lots of cool new apps is the promise of Android, the open source mobile OS project from Google. With a much-improved iPhone-ish look and feel, the base Android platform seems ready for prime time and on schedule to launch somewhere, sometime, later this year. But I still see three big problems for Android apps that could keep the add-on market small for the foreseeable future.

Specifically the problems are:

– how many carriers are really going to offer Android phones?
– how will users find Android applications?
– how will developers convince users to take a chance and download their app?

Until Google can help answer those questions, Android apps are probably going to lag far behind those provided by big carriers on their captive hardware/software offerings, especially those designed for the already popular iPhone.

With a big crowd overall and packed rooms at Android-specific discussions, the Google I/O conference Wednesday showed there is great interest from the developer community for the idea of an open-source platform for the development of mobile apps. And the list of early winners in Google’s Android app development contest shows a wide range of creative thinking, with developers using the features of mobility and base apps like maps to build new, rich and sometimes quirky programs that would likely never get past the first gatekeeper at AT&T Wireless or Verizon.

But getting back to the problems — without a committed list of service providers, Google doesn’t have much of a market to offer developers yet. Similarly, the company’s silence on any kind of an apps marketplace means developers might be on their own when it comes to marketing their one-off ideas, adding a huge degree of difficulty, especially for smaller shops.

And the lack of an application certification process (Google said Wednesday that users will be asked to certify an app themselves at install) means another big hurdle for developers to cross, namely convincing users to trust that their app is safe, won’t break their phone or transmit personal info to undisclosed locations.

Seems like a lot to ask from users, especially those in the U.S., who historically haven’t been able to do much with their phones other than download new ringtones. Add education to the list of above problems and you see why I think this market is going to stay small for some time.

Paul Kapustka, former managing editor for GigaOM, now has his own blog at Sidecut Reports.

Published on May 28th, 2008 under , , , , , , ,

It’s a Wrap: CTIA Review

Source: gigaom.com

Now that the haze of exhaustion has worn off, I’m reviewing my notes from CTIA. Our cheat sheet was spot on — with the exception of an Android phone, that is. The same prototypes were available that folks saw in February at the Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona, but there was no actual handset there with which to muck around.

Another disappointment was Sprint’s delay of the launch of Xohm until later this summer. Yet even despite the sense that LTE has gained the upper hand with existing carriers, plenty of vendors were showing WiMAX products. But really, the real news at CTIA this year was around the services that can be delivered over a mobile phone, not the phones or the networks on which those services will be accessed.

I left the mobile TV news to NewTeeVee. On the handset side, touch phones reigned, but there was little else to get excited about. Speech recognition, however, has really gained credibility as a navigation tool with a product launch by Yahoo of its speech-powered oneSearch product and several announcements from Nuance Communications, ranging from voicemail to text to a navigation partnership with TeleNav.

Which brings me to the space that I believe will have the most impact on my life in the near term — Internet-connected navigation services. Om has covered the Dash Express, which is designed for the car, but CTIA made me rethink my plans for a Dash and refocus on my phone.

In June, the Samsung Instinct will combine voice, turn-by-turn directions and an unlimited data plan to produce the BLT of personal nav devices. Allowing voice input and output without forcing me to pay an extra $10 a month to access the service makes me consider changing carriers. I also learned about Dial Directions, a voice-activated search service accessed by calling DIR-ECT-IONS. Simply state your current location and where you want to go, and the service will text you turn-by-turn directions. Some of the navigation options from Wayfinder were useful as well.

Indeed, this year the excitement centered on mobile phone services rather than the phones themselves. For carriers worried about, in the words of Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin, becoming mere “bitpipes,” such an emphasis represents both a worry and an opportunity.

Published on April 8th, 2008 under , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Google Phone (GPhone) Second Coming!

Source: snapvoip.blogspot.com

I know I had a good run with "Google Phone coming soon" but now I found another article about a new face of the gPhone. Let me correct myself, many faces of many gPhones!
As the said article mentioned, the best way to go and find what gPhone will look like is to look into the work by the independent developers who are playing around with the Android SDK and Open Handset Alliance. There will be many different GPhones, developed by many companies and I am sure they will operate on the upcoming "open" spectrum block that the auction is being held now.

Published on February 6th, 2008 under , , ,

a la Mobile Brings Android Platform To HTC Qtek 9090 Smartphone

Source: snapvoip.blogspot.com

A La Mobile, a San Ramon, CA has deployed Google’s Android platform into an HTC Qtek 9090 smartphone. The company says it is the first functioning Android-based handset.
La Mobile, included in the suite of applications a Google browser, phone dialer, audio player, maps, camera, games, calendar, contacts manager, calculator, tasks manager and notes. “While mobile Linux has made steady progress in the industry since 2006, Google’s advocacy with the unveiling of the Android framework further substantiates the position of Linux as a major mobile operating system alongside Windows Mobile and Symbian,” a la Mobile’s president and CEO Pauline Lo Alker said in a statement.

Following is the complete press release by the company.

a la Mobile Demonstrates Android Platform on HTC Qtek 9090 Smartphone

Featuring Smartphone Applications Developed by a la Mobile and the Open Source Community

SAN RAMON, Calif., January 14, 2008 a la Mobile, Inc.,
a la Mobile, Inc., the leading Linux systems platform and open source technology company for mobile devices, today announced the support of Google Android with the industry’s first demonstration of applications based on the open source Android application framework, running on HTC’s Qtek 9090 advanced smartphone. The demonstrated applications, some with enhanced graphical user interface (GUI) developed by a la Mobile, include: browser, phone dialer, audio player, maps, camera, games, calendar, contacts manager, calculator, tasks manager and notes.

Dispelling the Mystery of Android

"While mobile Linux has made steady progress in the industry since 2006, Google’s advocacy with the unveiling of the Android framework further substantiates the position of Linux as a major mobile operating system alongside Windows Mobile and Symbian," said Pauline Lo Alker, President and CEO of a la Mobile, Inc. "However, despite the market enthusiasm about Google Android, many questions remain concerning the technical details, and skepticism exists concerning its readiness. As the leader in mobile Linux, we believe it is our responsibility to take the initiative to allay the ‘mystery’ and dispel any skepticism surrounding Android by first demonstrating a complete mobile Linux system stack, including drivers, middleware, and a suite of Android-based applications running on an existing advanced smartphone manufactured by one of the premier handset vendors in the market."

Building a Complete Mobile Device System Stack

A Linux application platform for mobile devices, Android provides a framework and Application Program Interfaces (APIs) to enable third-party developers to create applications based on a ‘unified application standard.’ While Android’s impending official release of the source code is a great stimulant for popular adoption of Linux and a good platform that enables application interoperability among various mobile devices, it is not an off-the-shelf complete software stack.

A complete system solution for mobile devices consists of numerous software components, including: device drivers, Linux kernel, system utilities, mobile middleware (such as security, device management, provisioning, etc.), an application framework (such as Android) that supports JAVA services, browser, and miscellaneous applications for the end device.

"Despite the open-source nature of the Android framework, developing a complete mobile system solution with customized, differentiated features continues to present major technical challenges requiring considerable time, effort, and resources — a barrier and reach beyond the scope of many handset vendors," continues Alker. "Our mission is to remove the complexity for handset vendors and mobile operators to enable them to accelerate their device time-to-market, ensure high quality while reducing total development and device costs. The experience we have gained in putting together this demo will enable us to trim a device’s time-to-market by at least half!"

"The wireless industry is preparing itself for the growth in the use of Linux as the operating system for smartphones" said Bill Hughes, Principal Analyst with In-Stat. "Some industry participants are seeking to offer mobile Linux platforms that are only partially ‘open,’ with key interfaces being kept proprietary. In contrast, a la Mobile is pursuing mobile solutions that are open and support third-party application developers and network partners to provide solutions that apply across multiple platforms. a la Mobile’s demonstration of the Android framework on an actual smart device is a concrete example of this vision put into practice. Such efforts support the growth predictions In-Stat has made about the smartphone industry as a whole and the mobile Linux platform in particular."

Founded in 2005, a la Mobile has already established itself as the leader in developing and delivering one-stop, commercial-grade complete Linux system stacks for mobile devices: integrated, customized, certified, supported and maintained. The Company’s first Linux system offering - Convergent Linux Platform (CLP) version 1.0 - based on the Qt application framework by Trolltech, was first introduced in 2006 and adopted by several handset vendors.

For Inquiries and Requests for Demonstrations, please contact:
Margie Gong
+1 (925) 242-2008
mgong@a-la-mobile.com

Published on January 16th, 2008 under , , ,

Yahoo’s Baby Steps to Phone 2.0

Source: gigaom.com

Champions of a more open Internet could take a small bit of cheer from Yahoo’s plans, unveiled today, to open up its mobile platform to third-party developers. But the lack of a service-provider partner to endorse the idea is one clear sign that chief Yahoo Jerry Yang and all the other exclamation-pointers have a long way to go before they can expect to have a major impact on the growing market of the mobile web.

To be sure, plans like Yahoo’s Go or Google’s Android, which aim to bring the power of the open Internet to your handheld device, seem a preferable future than locked-in services like Verizon’s VCast. But without a service-provider partner to watch its back, Yahoo (YHOO) seems unable to answer a big looming question for open-Internet apps accessed via a cellular phone: How fast will the app perform, and how much will it cost to download the data?


Here at CES this year, there’s evidence of a trend toward more single-purpose devices or agreements (like Sony’s Skype/PSP deal, which has BT as the phone power behind it) that are complete with the service necessary to deliver the goods.

On the video side, LG has an interesting plan to give existing broadcasters a mobile outlet, just another one of the competing methods arising to bring TV to places you never thought possible. But like Yahoo’s ideas, such plans don’t mean a whole lot unless the service providers play along.

Since we weren’t able to view the Yang speech live here at CES (long bus lines and the absence of transporter technology kept us from getting from the Sands to the LVCC in time), we weren’t able to question Yahoo folks afterwards about service-provider buy-in for Go 3.0. But there’s plenty of time ahead for answers.

Paul Kapustka, former managing editor for GigaOM, now has his own blog at Sidecut Reports.

Published on January 7th, 2008 under , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Google Phones Are Coming, Again, In February! And Android Is Closer To Finding "The gSpot".

Source: snapvoip.blogspot.com

The elusive Google Phone is coming soon, again to a gSPOT near you! My first post that got the best Digg so far (for me!); 1257 diggs and counting~ (Got Dugg again), is coming alive again. Gizmodo has posted a photo of one of the rumored prototype phones circulating around the Googleplex and else where. The OHA, Open Handset Alliance has brought together a lot of people who make mobile phones from Motorola to Samsung, 34 of them. All sporting Android, the Linux based mobile operating system.
If you want you can see a little bit Android in a whole lot of videos on youtube. But if you are a programmer and if you are good, you can do more than just watch some hype videos; take the Android Developer Challenge, running from January 2nd to March 3rd 2008, which might get you $25000 for "the 50 most promising entries… that make use of Android’s capabilities to deliver a better mobile experience" and further 20 follow-up awards, ten of US$275,000 and ten of US$100,000. I submitted mine!
There are also other rumors that a bunch of Google Phones will be introduced at the Mobile World Congress expo, which kicks off on February 11th in Barcelona, I will be there! and hope fully I would be able to locate the Gspot!

Published on December 27th, 2007 under ,

‘”Google Phone is Coming Soon” with a touch screen!’

Source: snapvoip.blogspot.com

According to BusinessWeek, HTC might be the first of the alliance to bring out the Google Phone. So what I said a few months ago, I can repeat; ‘"Google Phone is Coming Soon" with a touch screen!’
Florian Seiche, HTC’s European vice president, said that the company’s goal was to provide a "broad portfolio" of devices targeting various segments of the market, from consumer to enterprise. Android devices, he said, would fall squarely into the relatively new consumer side of HTC’s business, targeted this year with the Touch phone.

"The core nature of Android is the fact that the internet should be put right at the centre of your mobile experience," said Seiche. "It is fair to say that it will be very much focused on the growing part of the consumer market that is using mobile devices for much more than voice calls and text messages."

Seiche claimed that HTC was "fairly far along" in the development of the handset, as demonstrated by the time frame for the device’s release.

Technical details of the device are currently scarce–many aspects of the platform will only become apparent when the Android software developer kit (SDK) is released next week–but Seiche hinted that "it’s fair to say that touchscreens are becoming extremely important for providing user experience".

Source at Businessweek

Published on November 9th, 2007 under , , , ,

There might be a Google Phone in OpenSocial!

Source: snapvoip.blogspot.com

If you have forgotten, amidst the noise about Google Phone or gPhone, that Google made headlines here and elsewhere, when it said plans to bid in the upcoming 700-MHz auction and it’s attempt to keep it open as in "Open Access" together FCC and other organization. Verizon even took FCC to court over the same issue.

Google’s Schmidt said Monday, during the press conference, that Android and the 700-MHz issue are "two separate initiatives", but if policymakers agree to the open access, a 700-MHz environment that will allows people to connect devices.", Android would certainly "run on that network,".

Schmidt also mentioneded that Google’s OpenSocial network "will be a framework that will run well on Android.", answering my question "Will Google Phone or Gphone play a role in OpenSocial?"

We worked on this phone; "VOIP IP Telephony: Google Phone coming soon!" for a while now.

Published on November 7th, 2007 under , , , , ,

Little bit of Left Over from Android and Open Handset Alliance Launch

Source: snapvoip.blogspot.com

I was over at OHA site and was looking for any information on the Press conference held on Nov 5th. Yes, at the media room, there was this information, hope you find in informational and dial in to listen if you are interested. I also borrowed the Android logo!


Android and Open Handset Alliance Launch
Replay Information for November 5, 2007 Press Conference

Participants: Eric Schmidt, Chairman and CEO, Google; René Obermann, Chief Executive Officer, Deutsche Telekom; Peter Chou, Chief Executive Officer, HTC Corporation; Dr. Paul E. Jacobs, Chief Executive Officer of Qualcomm; Ed Zander, Chairman and CEO, Motorola, Inc.

Replay available from 3:00 PM ET Monday, November 5th through 11:59 PM ET Monday, November 12th
Replay numbers: 888-203-1112 or 719-457-0820
Replay passcode: 8747527

Published on November 6th, 2007 under , , , , , , , , ,

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