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Skype could shut down over licensing threat, claims eBay

By Chris Davies on Friday, Jul 31st 2009 No Comments

skype Never one for understatement or avoiding mass-panic, eBay have thrown the legal cat among the VoIP pigeons by claiming it may have to shut down Skype. The threat comes as Skype founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis – who sold Skype to eBay for $2.6bn back in 2005 – have revoked the licensing agreement for the core P2P software that the VoIP software relies on.

eBay is apparently developing new P2P software so as to be free from licensing Zennstrom and Friis’ company Joltid, but have warned that they may not be able to roll that out as soon as may be required. In that case, Skype would have to be shut down, leaving 480 million registered users without VoIP service.

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Optima OP5-E Maemo MID: 4.3″ touchscreen, 3G and GPS

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Jul 16th 2009 No Comments

We’re used to hearing Maemo mentioned in the same breath as Nokia, but while the open-source OS is generally to be found near Finnish hardware there’s no reason why other manufacturers – such as Chinese firm Optima – shouldn’t use it on their own devices. The Optima OP5-E is a 4.3-inch touchscreen MID with WiFi b/g, 3G WWAN and a 3.2-megapixel camera, running Maemo and with voice call functionality.

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Jabra GO 6400 and PRO 9400 wireless headsets with touchscreen base-station

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Jun 30th 2009 No Comments

Jabra have announced two new wireless headset systems aimed more at deskbound workers wanting to cut their phone cords than true mobile users. The Jabra GO 6400 (shown here) and PRO 9400 use Bluetooth and DECT respectively, and come complete with a base station with an integrated 2.4-inch capacitive touchscreen display.

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Vodafone Access Gateway femtocell announced

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Jun 23rd 2009 No Comments

Vodafone UK have become the latest carrier to offer a femtocell, and the first in Europe to do so. The Vodafone Access Gateway connects to a subscriber’s home or office broadband connection and creates a local “3G cloud” of coverage; up to four Vodafone 3G handsets can use this at any one time, with their calls and data routed over the broadband.

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PCCW Eye 2 IPTV, VoIP & UMPC leaks

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Jun 3rd 2009 No Comments

Color us a little confused on this one, but we’ll never knowingly turn down a cool touchscreen tablet. According to our tipster, you’re looking at the 8-inch wireless control unit for Hong Kong telecoms provider PCCW’s new Eye 2 service, which will blend multimedia services like NowTV, Moov and Snaap! with video calling.

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Video of the device in action after the cut

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IPEVO S0-10W WiFi Skype phone

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Apr 8th 2009 No Comments

If Grandstream’s VoIP desk phones appealed, but their $299 price tag didn’t, then IPEVO may have the Skype phone for you. The IPEVO S0-10W WiFi Skype Desktop Phone looks pretty standard, but hides a full WiFi b/g Skype phone with a 2.4-inch color display and integrated speakerphone.

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Zer01 Mobile unlimited voice/data starts July 1st

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Apr 1st 2009 No Comments

As promised, Zer01 Mobile have announced the commercial launch date for their unlimited voice and data cellphone service. The package – which is priced at $69.95 per month, and uses a proprietary VoIP system to route voice calls over the data network – will be available for new users to sign up to from July 1st 2009.

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iPhone OS 3.0 allows Skype over 3G

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Mar 31st 2009 1 Comment

iphone skype os 3 0 While an official Skype client for the iPhone was a welcome announcement, the news that carriers’ and Apple’s Terms of Service prevented VoIP calls being made over 3G connections put a dampener on things. Now it seems that Skype running on handsets using iPhone OS 3.0 is able to use a 3G link for voice calls, in addition to WiFi.

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Grandstream GXV3140 plug-&-play IP multimedia phone

By Chris Davies on Monday, Mar 30th 2009 No Comments

Grandstream have announced a new IP phone, the GXV3140 IP Multimedia Phone, and unlike most of its rivals this isn’t a launch solely for the benefit of big enterprise customers. The Grandstream GXV3140 supports VoIP and video conferencing via an integrated 1.3-megapixel webcam, together with IM, internet access and streaming radio, and the company claim that out-of-the-box you can be making video calls within minutes of plugging it into a broadband router.

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Skype app for iPhone & iPod touch confirmed for Tuesday

By Chris Davies on Monday, Mar 30th 2009 No Comments

skype iphone Skype have confirmed that a version of their VoIP software for the iPhone will be released tomorrow, Tuesday March 31st. Rumored to be in the works last week, the free iPhone Skype app will use the smartphone’s WiFi connection to make free Skype-to-Skype calls or ring landlines for around 2.1 cents per minute.

What won’t be possible is VoIP over 3G. This is, according to Skype, due to Apple’s App Store limitations; neither Apple nor AT&T would comment on the situation. In contrast, the Android Skype application – launched back in January – will work over either 3G or WiFi.

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