Skype has reached an agreement with Motorola that aims to embed Skype software onto a number of Motorola WiFi-, 3G-, and even WiMax-enabled mobile phones in the near future. As a result, subscribers will be able to make free national calls and low-cost international calls by using the Internet to carry calls rather than standard mobile networks. In addition, both companies plan to co-market products embedded with Bluetooth or other wireless technologies before bringing the aforementioned handsets with preinstalled software to market.
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Skype Going Wireless
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(Page 1)2. just try skype (computer to computer call...not poor quality skype out)...you'll see what the fuss is about... Yahoo sucks by comparison.
Posted at 5:25AM on Dec 19th 2005 by keb
3. How will we resolve all the network fragmentation we'll be faced with?
Skype users can call skype users;
IM-Company-X can call IM-Company-X;
VoIP-Company-Y can call VoIP-Company-Y; ...
Imagine the same situation with regular telephones: i.e. Panasonic phones only able to call other Panasonic phones; etc.
Open standards, a little foresight and better planning, please!
Posted at 5:25AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Bill
4. The VoIP Summit at CeBIT next week should address some of the open standards issues. The gathering will be mostly hardware & software vendors working on SIP and IAX products. The event is free, so stop by if you're in Hannover. Mirian www.wifon.com/cebit
Posted at 5:25AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Mirian Cain
5. Significant work is now underway in the emerging sector of wifi telephony. Chipset integration and firmware improvements are lowering the cost of wifi telephony devices and making it a viable alternative to cellular for some users.
Several new wifi phones are coming to market this year, including a Skype WiFon, that will support standard SIP clients along with Skype. A wifon with intgrated camera and SIM card reader will be shipping in Q3/Q4 2005.
Posted at 5:25AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Mirian Cain
6. What I'm wondering here is if Skype has signed agreements with Motorola that prevent it from creating products that work with other handset manufacturers. I have an Audiovox SMT 5600. I'd love to be able to use my Audiovox phone to receive calls from or initiate calls to Skype contacts in my phones address book while in the vicinity of my broadband connected home PC.
Is such an application allowed or in the works?
Posted at 5:25AM on Dec 19th 2005 by vmj
7. What I can't understand is what is the advantage of Skype free service compared to Yahoo Messenger, which enables voice chat as well? I'm not talking about Skype's fee-based services such as SkypeOut or SkypeIn.
I didn't try to use Skype, so I can't judge or compare it with Yahoo Messenger! But judging from the description of Skype's service, I can see that Yahoo Messenger was doing it quite for a while.
Does it mean, that Yahoo missed the opportunity by not going with commercial offerings like Skype did it with SkypeOut? Or does it mean that we can expect Yahoo entering the VoIP and VoWiFi markets soon?
8. just try skype (computer to computer call...not poor quality skype out)...you'll see what the fuss is about... Yahoo sucks by comparison.
Posted at 5:25AM on Dec 19th 2005 by keb
9. How will we resolve all the network fragmentation we'll be faced with?
Skype users can call skype users;
IM-Company-X can call IM-Company-X;
VoIP-Company-Y can call VoIP-Company-Y; ...
Imagine the same situation with regular telephones: i.e. Panasonic phones only able to call other Panasonic phones; etc.
Open standards, a little foresight and better planning, please!
Posted at 5:25AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Bill
10. The VoIP Summit at CeBIT next week should address some of the open standards issues. The gathering will be mostly hardware & software vendors working on SIP and IAX products. The event is free, so stop by if you're in Hannover. Mirian www.wifon.com/cebit
Posted at 5:25AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Mirian Cain
11. Significant work is now underway in the emerging sector of wifi telephony. Chipset integration and firmware improvements are lowering the cost of wifi telephony devices and making it a viable alternative to cellular for some users.
Several new wifi phones are coming to market this year, including a Skype WiFon, that will support standard SIP clients along with Skype. A wifon with intgrated camera and SIM card reader will be shipping in Q3/Q4 2005.
Posted at 5:25AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Mirian Cain
12. What I'm wondering here is if Skype has signed agreements with Motorola that prevent it from creating products that work with other handset manufacturers. I have an Audiovox SMT 5600. I'd love to be able to use my Audiovox phone to receive calls from or initiate calls to Skype contacts in my phones address book while in the vicinity of my broadband connected home PC.
Is such an application allowed or in the works?
Posted at 5:25AM on Dec 19th 2005 by vmj
1. What I can't understand is what is the advantage of Skype free service compared to Yahoo Messenger, which enables voice chat as well? I'm not talking about Skype's fee-based services such as SkypeOut or SkypeIn.
I didn't try to use Skype, so I can't judge or compare it with Yahoo Messenger! But judging from the description of Skype's service, I can see that Yahoo Messenger was doing it quite for a while.
Does it mean, that Yahoo missed the opportunity by not going with commercial offerings like Skype did it with SkypeOut? Or does it mean that we can expect Yahoo entering the VoIP and VoWiFi markets soon?
Posted at 5:25AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Yaromir