Source: alanweinkrantz.typepad.com
So here is a quick and dirty home made video of what I call "My Three Screens Life."
Be it at home, at Starbucks, or at the office, I can be mobile, get my work done, do life, friends, kids, family, etc.
This probably won’t win an Academy Award, but I do hope you get the basic picture here.
Source: andyabramson.blogs.com
I’ll admit upfront to being a Gagdet Guy, aka as a Toy Idiot by some who are less inclined to care about having all the latest, and sometime simply, one hit wonders. This story in the India Tech Times profiles three devices that on the surface converge functionality and make things simpler for consumers but also fit my criteria for both "casual computing" and device divergence.
In many ways the Mylo and the Nokia N810 would look to be similar. But the Linux based Nokia N810 is so much more open and powerful that you have to look really closely at the specs to see the difference. On the other hand I’ve yet to find a device using Skype with the audio clarity of the Sony Mylo. Sony’s use of a third party codec was brilliant.
Read all three reviews and I think you’ll see that consumer friendly WiFi devices are certainly getting much closer.
Source: voipcentral.org
The news over last fortnight made me speculate that Skype is going to be a mobile service provider. I mean Mobile over VoIP, altogether a different proposition for the VoIP giant. The service will be available in UK very soon, most probably by the end of next month. Skype has teamed up with the recognized mobile operator Three to provide the service.
We have reported here Skype-Three agreement on Skype Handset. The partnership now moves beyond that. They are now planning to offer free mobile to mobile VoIP service using Skype software.
The customers must be overwhelmed. After all, they can make free calls from their handheld devices. However, there are certain critical implications for Mobile VoIP which we can not ignore.
For Skype, MOBIVOX will be the next major issue.
As it is distinctly visible, the mobile operators will loss their revenue if VoIP players like Skype will offer free or cheap mobile VoIP services over mobile operators’ network.
No doubt, the mobile operators can charge VoIP calls as data rates when customers are outside the WiFi areas, however they can not enjoy the hefty share.
