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Apple’s iPad: Why iAttaché Would Have More Cachet!

by Jim Courtney on Sat, Jan 30, 2010 8:01 am

But it’s neither; it’s an electronic version of a briefcase (or attaché case) which can contain everything we carry around with a roughly 8.5″ x 11″ form factor Consider the items we would carry around in a briefcase: newspapers and magazines

…Many are disappointed by the fact it’s not a phone; however, that issue was best addressed by this photo and an accompanying comment found on an acquaintance’s social networking: Look at this picture of Steve Jobs holding his iPhone.

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Categories Communications Stories, Mobile Applications, Mobile Devices, Skype on Mobile

Skype for iPhone 1.3 Released

by Jim Courtney on Tue, Jan 19, 2010 6:01 am

Early today Skype released Skype for iPhone 1.3, available as an update in the Apple App Store.
Two key new features:

Landscape Mode for Skype IM:

Call Quality Indicator

The Call Quality Indicator builds on the experience gained with the call quality indicator in Skype for Windows 4.2 beta – a tool I have found most useful in [...]

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Categories Mobile Applications, Skype News, Skype Software, Skype on Mobile

Skype for iPhone: Now Legally Available for Canadians

by Jim Courtney on Wed, Sep 9, 2009 12:09 am

Canadian iPhone and iPod Touch users will be able to celebrate all 9’s day (today is 09-09-09) by participating in Skype conversations from their iPhone. At 12:01 a.m. the Canadian Apple App store will be making Skype for iPhone available.
Breaking news (12:04 a.m. Sept. 9): I have just successfully downloaded Skype for iPhone from [...]

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Categories Communications News, Mobile Applications, Skype News, Skype on Mobile, Using Skype

Smartphone Application Marketing Still Needs a Huge Push

by Jim Courtney on Tue, Mar 17, 2009 10:03 am

Skype today published data from a recent Zobgy survey that, aside from demonstrating smartphone users’ desire to control their own phone configuration, demonstrates that a significant majority of users in the four countries surveyed (U.S., U.K., Japan and Spain) simply are still not perceiving the potential for a mobile phone handset to be considered [...]

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Categories Communications Stories, Mobile Applications, Skype News, Wireless Carriers

A Partnership Is Worth Zilch When….

by Jim Courtney on Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:01 am

… your partner fails to provide an obvious path to download and install your software.
In early July last year I wrote about the launch of Dell Video Chat, based on a newly announced agreement between Dell and SightSpeed to use SightSpeed’s video services. The bottom line was that Dell Video Chat would become available on [...]

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Categories Communications Stories, Service Providers

Truphone for iPod Touch: Accessing Skype Contacts and Social Media

by Jim Courtney on Thu, Dec 4, 2008 9:12 pm

Over the past year one of the leading IP-based voice service offerings for low cost international calling from wireless smartphones has been Truphone whose service primarily runs over WiFi access points; Their more recently launched Truphone Anywhere service provides an option for making calls via 3G networks using a combination of the data channel and [...]

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Categories Communications News, Communications Technology, Mobile Applications, Service Providers, Skype on Mobile

Purely Speculation But … Are RIM and Apple Talking?

by Jim Courtney on Wed, Apr 30, 2008 10:04 pm

VoIP blogger and Italian IP-communications entrepreneur Luca Filigheddu, whom I had the pleasure of meeting at eComm 2008, reports on speculation that RIM is looking to build a developer team focused on the iPhone. He points to a post on Apple Insider by Aidan Malley who has become aware of a new internal job listing [...]

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Categories Communications News, Mobile Devices