UK Carrier 3 Readies SIM Card for Free Skype Calls

Monday, April 27th, 2009

UK mobile operator 3 has just announced that it plans on launching a special SIM card, that will allow its users to make free Skype calls, covering any Skype to Skype communication, not only those made between 3 customers. Skype was already working with 3, through the Skypephone, but the two ...

Google Voice Makes Skype’s Demise More Realistic

Monday, March 16th, 2009

We know that Skype failed to be integrated within eBay and it's a serious budget hole for its buyer, but now things might get even uglier, as Google readies a similar service. Known as Google Voice, this is a revamp of GrandCentral, bought by Google back in 2007. Originally, this was ...

President Obama Gets a BlackBerry Replacement: Sectera Edge

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

We all know that president Obama was a BlackBerry user, a pretty hardcore one actually, but he had to give up on the device, for security reasons. Now, there's finally a decent replacement for RIM's popular handset, a Windows Mobile phone, that costs about $3500. Known as Sectera Edge, the ...

iRiver WavePhone Available Now in Korea

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

iRiver's WavePhone has just hit the Korean market as the latest WiFi supporting VoIP phone of the country. The handset uses voice over Internet communications and Bugs Music as its music service. WavePhone comes with a 4GB internal memory, a multimedia player, a 3 inch touchscreen with a WQVGA resolution (480 ...

EU Investigates VoIP Service Blocking

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Bad, bad telecom operators! The European Commission found out that some phone operators legally block VoIP services over their 3G networks, all starting with their contracts. Moreover, some of the service providers have also tried to block the VoIP over Wi-Fi capabilities in some mobile phones. The EU antitrust authority started ...