Source: www.voip-news.com
Vopium has entered the Android market. Read about it on VoIP News of the UK.
Time Magazine has named Vonage a failure … VoIP Watch disagrees.
Incoming! for Skype was just approved for the iPhone. Read about it on VoIP & Gadgets blog.
Source: www.voip-news.com
RingPlus is offering a free vacation getaway Read about it on TMCnet.
TG Daily reports that the EU may force wireless carriers to allow VoIP on cell phones.
EE Times says that a slew of Android products from Google including VoIP handsets are on the very near horizon.
Source: voip-tech.blogspot.com
Dream is the first HTC cellphone sold in Italy by Telecom Italia showing the new Google Android operating system.
Between the main features we can find:
For more informations and prices visit this page (italian language).
Source: www.voip-news.com
Android-enabled handsets now have a new option in voice over Wi-Fi. Truphone announced that Truphone Anywhere is now available for Android phones including the G1 phone, which will be available in March 2009.
According to Truphone:
To coincide with T-Mobile’s announcement earlier this week of the availability of the G1 mobile phone in March 2009, a German version of Truphone Anywhere for Android is available and will be the first native language multi-communications application in the Android Market in Germany and Austria when it launches at CeBIT 2009.
“We want to make it as easy as possible for people to have conversations with their communities around the world in whatever form they choose,” said Truphone CEO Geraldine Wilson. “We passionately believe in devices like the Android and iPhone which offer easy user access to applications through the Android Market and the App Store in Apple’s iTunes. The G1 and the entire Android platform is an obvious and important distribution channel for us.”
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Source: www.voip-news.com
There is a new lite version of Skype specifically for Android-based phones and other Java-enabled devices.
“Making the Skype experience available for download to Android-powered devices, as well as hundreds of other mobile phones from the world’s leading handset manufacturers is a major step forward for Skype,” said Scott Durchslag, COO of Skype. “Nearly half the world’s population are mobile phone users today and we know that many people who already use Skype want the option to use Skype on their mobile phones. We are committed to working towards our goal of getting Skype into the pockets of the mobile masses.”
According to Skype:
The lite version of Skype is currently available for Android devices, which today include the T-Mobile G1™, the first Android-powered mobile phone currently available in the United States and the United Kingdom. It is expected to also work on other future Android devices. Android device users can download this beta version of Skype by visiting Android Market.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
