Tag Archives: VOIP

Skype on HTC Touch from Bell Mobility - works fine but… not for voice calls (yet!)

May 19, 2008 – 4:53 pm

OK, so my super-duper HTC Touch Vogue which I have on the Bell Mobility CDMA network is still in a serious love affair with me (or vice versa)…
I did indeed manage to install Skype Mobile (Pocket PC for Windows Mobile) on the Touch and it works great for Skype instant messaging but… not so great […]

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Dell Day 11 of 12: Netgear SPH200D Dual Mode Cordless Skype Phone for $99

December 13, 2007 – 12:44 pm

OK, a quick article in between sandwich and a soup for lunch.
Ahhh Christmas is getting closer and those fun lovin’ corporate multinationals have more and more enticing ways to separate you from your hard earned (?) money.
So, without further ado, today on Dell Canada, the star is the Netgear SPH200D Dual Mode Cordless Phone […]

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Sergey Brin does live video demo of actual Google Android Phone - not a gPhone but on the gWireless gLobal gNet.

November 21, 2007 – 12:43 pm

A quick lunchtime post - was watching an interesting video presentation of a mobile device powered by the new Google Android mobile operating system platform. Obviously, it is a gPhone. Yes, it is. Notice the G icon on the top of the device screen - next to the bricks/bars indicating signal strength. This icon changes […]

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Amol Sharma of New York Times confirms Google Phone launch on Monday

November 3, 2007 – 4:26 pm

Actually, Sharma quotes inside sources at the Googleplex as saying:
Google about its big plans in wireless … … announcing an alliance with various handset makers and cellphone operators around the world that are willing to push its “open” platform for cellphone applications
It appears that HTC from Taiwan is one of the forerunners to build the […]

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Videotron launches Softphone : computer based fully featured VOIP but also video - competing with Vonage, Primus etc…

October 31, 2007 – 10:43 pm

Now those of you who know me know that I am an early adopter of technologies I believe in. I was the first residential customer on the south shore of Montreal for Videotron’s cable internet service - that was in 1996-1997. Installation was $69 and three Videotron boom trucks spent close to 3.5-4 hours tweaking […]

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