Pardon my exuberance but I am about to write about a product that I have been beta testing for the past few months. Seven months ago I knew very little about small business PBX’s other than to know they had big $$$ signs associated with their operation.
Back in 1992 my employer of the day [...]
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At CES 2010 last week In Store Solutions announced they will be adding three webcams to its FREETALK® product line that set new standards for video calling hardware.
The primary service goal for these webcams is to support 30 frames per second transmission over Internet services available via widely deployed broadband (cable and DSL) connections. [...]
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Since its launch in late July, 2009 tens of thousands of FREETALK Everyman Headsets for Skype have been distributed around the world. Its unique combination of superwideband audio support, flat-fold design and stereo plug adapter to become an iPod, iPhone and/or Blackberry speaker headset have provided a superb listening experience whether taking advantage of Skype’s [...]
Communications Stories, Skype Hardware
Partial disclosure (the full disclosure is at the end): Since receiving Version 1.0 of the FREETALK® Wireless Stereo Headset about two years ago, it has become one of my few “must have” accessories. I’ll try to keep to the descriptive details and let other bloggers comment on their experiences with it.
In the fall of [...]
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The initial feedback post, FREETALK® Everyman: The Bloggers Speak Out, is getting a bit long for a single Internet post. But feedback continues to arrive, not only in blog posts but also via Twitterville where we find, searching on “FREETALK Everyman” and “Skype Everyman”:
And Michael Graves (@mjgraves), in his post Skype’s FREETALK® Everyman Headset, [...]
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In my post, “FREETALK® Everyman for Skype: Not “Just Another Headset”!, outlining the background leading to the production of this headset, I mentioned that the most important feature of any headset is the user experience. But reporting on the user experience has to rely on feedback from a cross section of independent evaluators who [...]
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So why would Skype announce support for, and In Store Solutions develop and launch, the FREETALK® Everyman headset in a seemingly crowded market? Let’s step back a bit and look at some issues related to headsets:
Skype’s research has found that a Skype user’s “end point” configuration is one of the main contributors to churn. [...]
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Note: Denali InterConneXions, publisher of Voice On The Web, has taken on In Store Solutions as a business development client; see the more complete disclosure at the end of this post.
Over my three years of following Skype as a blogger there have been many ups and downs in the availability of Skype Certified hardware. [...]
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Videophones were first demonstrated to the public at the New York World’s Fair in 1964 and Montreal’s Expo ‘67. But, until Packet 8 introduced a video phone a few years ago, they were not readily available.
Once Skype introduced video, you knew someone would have to come up with a Skype-enabled video phone. Coolest Gadgets reports [...]
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