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Tiscali Launches WiPhone, A Wi-Fi Mobile Telephony Service
In a nutshell, WiPhone is a service that lets customers call for free any italian landline from Wifi areas as well as send SMS and update your Twitter or Facebook status (always for free if under WiFi coverage). At the same time, they offer a unique rate to call other Tiscali mobile phones for 8 [...]
How To Install Android On Your Nokia N800
Today a friend of mine sent me a note saying that he just installed Android on a Nokia N800. I got that Nokia N800 from the Nokia Blogger Relation program and lent him in order to make some geeky things on it, since I was basically not using it at all. Topics: USA, Nokia, open [...]
VoIP Gurus Come To My House
Thanks to all the recent developments with Truphone Anywhere and the wide range of handsets supported, it seems that Truphone is on the right way to disrupt the mobile industry with their innovative services. Topics: VoIP, carrier, telecommunications, telecom, mobile VoIP, 4G, Truphone, handset
The Cold War Begins: Apple vs Google
Google launched a new browser (gaining market share against Safari and definitely the best browser on MacOSX), Google launched an OS, Android, that is competing with the iPhone, Google announced the new Chrome OS that will compete with MacOSX. All these events, strictly related one to another , are the main pieces of a global [...]
Two Simple Tips To Save Battery Life On Your BlackBerry
Looks like a new cool little app has just been released, Wi-Fi Disabler. It basically turns WiFi off when your Blackberry is no more under coverage. It is definitely very useful since you probably use WiFi when at home or office, but don’t need to keep WiFi on while driving, something that definitely drains a [...]
How Twitter Saved A Life
A few days ago I came across this tweet: A bit concerned, I immediately clicked on the user mentioned above and discovered he was sending tweets announcing he was going to kill himself by jumping off the Golden Gate bridge. With a twitter search for “@nickstarr” I immediately realized lots of people … Topics: telecom, [...]
Google Android OS Running On A Laptop
Can Google Android power a laptop? Looks like it is possible and it is likely to be the future of some netbook brands. Acer should be shipping the first Android-powered laptop by the end of this year and I bet this will be a common trend for other brands as well. If … Topics: Android, [...]
The Dream: Universal SIM Card + Universal Address Book
Think of this: a SIM card that offers you the lowest rate to call a local number in the country where you are roaming plus an “smart” address book that automatically gives a local number to your contacts, depending on the country where you are roaming. All of … Topics: SIM Card, telecommunications, telecom
VoIP Over WiFi Comes To Blackberry Devices
BlackBerry smartphones still remain the #1 mobility solution for enterprises, in particular in US: According to Gartner, Inc., RIM’s OS had the second highest market share based on smartphone sales to end users worldwide in 1Q09, a position that was maintained from 1Q08. RIM’s worldwide OS market share increased to almost … Topics: BlackBerry, telecommunications, [...]
Nimbuzz Is Aiming To Become A Mass-Market Service
Nimbuzz, the popular mobile VoIP service, is announcing today the introduction of a new feature that, in my opinion, will make it even more popular and definitely more usable. Thanks to an agreement with Rob Ullens’ Voxbone, Nimbuzz will let users make phone calls even without any … Topics: USA, mobile VoIP, VoIP, telecom, telecommunications
Opera Unite Launched
Opera just launched a service that is definitely going to revolutionize the way we use the web. It’s called Opera Unite and it is basically a web server integrated into your browser. Being a web-server, it becomes directly accessible from other computers (from ANY browser) and there are many different … Topics: telecommunications, telecom
How Many People Use Twitter From Their Mobile Phone?
It is pretty clear that something important is happening around Twitter and the tremendous growth reported by the latest data published by Nielsen is a clear sign of a trend we can’t ignore. To be honest, there are a couple questions I would be very interested to get answered. Blog RSS Feed: lucafiligheddu.com Topics: telecom, [...]
Three Ways Skype Could Have Been Integrated (and Monetized) Into eBay
One of the biggest and remarkable deals of the past years and “post” internet bubble was the acquisition of Skype by eBay for…a LOT of money! That deal led to a lot of comments over the Internet (and offline, too), most of them highlighting reasonable concerns on how … Blog RSS Feed: lucafiligheddu.com Topics: telecom, [...]
Why Consumers Don’t Care About VoIP
Having been involved actively in the VoIP space for almost the past 10 years, I just wanted to share my take on a recent fact which shows how consumer VoIP is not taking off as expected. The news behind this statement is that AT&T decided to close down their VoIP … Blog RSS Feed: lucafiligheddu.com [...]
How To Make Your Conference Calls Better
Conference calls are something any person involved in business is familiar with, sometimes more than once a day. There are tons of conference calling services out there and sometimes we tend to use a traditional approach, where the participants are provided with a phone number to dial plus a PIN … Blog RSS Feed: lucafiligheddu.com [...]
