Source: www.voip-news.com
VoIce Over IP Weblog has some suggestions for more efficient messaging. As in, forget the useless mp3 voicemails. Read it here.
Word has it there is an upgrade to SkypePhone coming down the pike with a Wi-Fi aspect. Read about it on VoIP News of the UK.
VoIP Watch also has some details about this new SkypePhone.
Source: andyabramson.blogs.com
It’s 640 AM on the west coast. I have spent the last 50 minutes doing nothing but reading, replying and deleting emails.
Many are simple Google notifications, some of which lead to blog posts. Some Google alerts are related to clients. Other emails, many Facebook notifications are simply junk.
I use multiple email accounts as filters (i.e use different accounts for different purposes) but we can’t do that with FaceBook. As a result all the FaceBook spam that comes my way goes to my primary account. So while I’d like the important notifications from real and trusted friends to come to me there, I really don’t want the invites from people I don’t know, notifications about new apps I could care less about coming there.
This is one of the big issues with FaceBook. It has a simple binary nature to it. It’s either on, or off. There’s no middle ground. If Facebook doesn’t get a handle on this, my guess more people will turn it off.
Source: snapvoip.blogspot.com
NEW YORK, Sep 27, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Designed for individuals and traditional mobile phone users looking for a better way to manage their professional and social lives, Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq:PALM) and Sprint (NYSE:S) today introduced the Palm(R) Centro(TM) smart device, at $99.99.(1) With voice, text, IM, email, web, contact and calendar capabilities, a full-color touch screen and full keyboard, Centro brings Palm simplicity and organization to customers who want to stay connected with co-workers, friends and family.(2) Centro will be exclusive through Sprint in the United States for 90 days and is available in onyx black or ruby red.
With Centro, Sprint customers can quickly and easily text co-workers and friends, manage email, keep track of their schedules, check stock quotes, watch videos on YouTube(TM), keep current on the latest news, capture and share pictures, browse restaurant reviews on Yelp(TM), and get directions on Google(TM) Maps–all in one small, compact phone.(2) Centro operates on the Sprint Mobile Broadband Network — the fastest and largest national mobile broadband network — giving customers a fast and flexible experience with entertainment and resources on the go.
Source: snapvoip.blogspot.com
Pingtel has teamed up with Patton Electronics to create SIPxNANO, a small, mac mini style, IPPBX designed for small businesses with no more than 30 extension needs.
Although it is small in size, it is designed to deliver enterprise class, SIP based VOIP IP Telephony to SMBs. The hardware consists of Patton’s NanoServ ultra compact server technology. The software is based on Pingtels SIPxChange ECS and tailored to fit the hardware.
This combination is able to provide, Integrated voice mail, email, auto attendants, IVR, and web based configuration and management at a low cost. According to the information, the SIPxNANO is compatible with industry standard IP Telephony devices. So it is plug, configure and play for most of the IP phones.
From the other devices on the market, SMB targeted devices in this class are not feature set similar to SIPxNANO. They are manufactured to wet the appetite and if the user to ask for any of the mentioned features, they are asked to upgrade to the next level, enterprise IPPBXs.
SIPxNANO seems to fill a void created by other manufactures themselves at a low cost and a small space in the hardware closet.
Feature list from Patton;
Full Function Enterprise PBX — Complete call control, voicemail and administrative systems.
Drives Intra-Enterprise Calling Costs Down — All voice traffic is transported as data across your data connection on the enterprise IP network.
Geographically Unified Calling Features — All employees with an Internet connection can have access to the same PBX features from any location.
Easy to Use System Configuration — Full system and user administration via web interface.
Voice mail and Email Integration — Sends your voice mail to your email.
Web-Based Self-Administration — Users can specify call forwarding, call routing and voice mail preferences through the web interface.
Links;
Pingtel SIPxNANO
Patton Electronics
Source: snapvoip.blogspot.com
I just saw this on Jo-itos site and my jaw dropped because I am always roaming (well most of the time!). But I am on a different network.
The story is of a traveler from Europe who happened to travel by ship and made a call from LA. All his voicemail was counted as roaming and ended up with a bill for $3000. So if you are roaming and on T-Mobile watch out. Read more at Jo’s site.
