October 2004
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Popular Telephony - Premature Hype

Stuart Henshall | October 28, 2004 11:58 AM

Martin was accused in a comment of pimping Popular Telephony's Peerio as part of this post. Despite all the "blogging for dollars" comments these days I think he's still clean and he seemed to get more out of them than I did at VON. Anyways I've held off posting anything more on them as there is plenty of glitz and still absolutely nothing to try out. Still Andy and Martin were raving about them at... ... continue reading.....

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Skype API

Stuart Henshall | October 27, 2004 08:52 AM

News of Skype's API is leaking out slowly with a few rumors here and there. I'm been quiet as I've been in the beta forum and some of my best Skype buddies have been busy readying some new presence solutions. However the Skype API forum and API details

It's now possible to build Skype tools into your own website, or other applications. Nobody officially knows this, of course, because, typically,...
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Siemens Device Promises Skype Integration

Stuart Henshall | October 17, 2004 03:12 PM

I believe other opportunities for connecting Skype to cordless devices will soon emerge. Should Siemens like a tester, I'd be happy to try this out. I'm not sure how much it is going to cost.

The Gigaset M34 USB is a small, easy-to-use USB adapter for computers. It offers you an incredible array of options. Calls on the Internet reduce your costs. Messenger services are equally possible. Thanks to the Internet alert function, you...
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Friendster Phone Stupid Execution

Stuart Henshall | October 15, 2004 08:30 PM

Friendster links with Glophone in a too late (a least a year!) too little (no imagination) introduction to VoIP. This effort is similar but different to the Morpheus launch that went nowhere some months back. The key difference is there is no ATA box required, instead just the GloPhone software client and a PC of course.

So why's a phone on Friendster a bad idea? Friendster demonstrates short-sighted thinking.

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Linksys and CallVantage.

Stuart Henshall | October 13, 2004 10:07 PM

Andy writes that the convergence between Call Vantage and Linksys is a perfect marriage. Frankly I'm not sure I get it. Is everyone who sells a router now going to give away the phone portion of the component with the hope we all engage a VoIP provider? Why can't ATA boxes mimic Skype or alternatively use a SIP registry like FWD? How difficult is it? Why don't Linksys, NetGear and others just provide... ... continue reading.....

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Open Minded Telecom

Stuart Henshall | October 11, 2004 09:42 PM

A great post on why PoIP is not open, rather too closed. It's worth a broader discussion.

So I paid a not insignificant amount of money to hear marketing pitches from AT&T and Vonage, telling me how they are open and building open platforms. Open platforms that you and I can use after our snowball fight in hell. These are independent closed platforms that operate on a model like that of putting my own apps...
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