Netgear announces Skype phone

Netgear recently announced its plans to release a WiFi phone for Skype. More popularly known as a manufacturer of networking hardware, including wireless-enabled broadband routers and WiFi adapters for desktop and notebook computers, the equipment supplier’s entry into the mobile phone market is marked with a stylish handset reminiscent of SonyEricsson’s own award-winning cellular phone designs. With the...

Uniden and Microsoft launch VoIP for Win IM

You may have heard about how wireless electronics manufacturer Uniden teamed up with Vonage, a VoIP service provider to release the Uniden UIP1869V, a 5.8GHz digital expandable cordless broadband phone system. Well Uniden’s done it again—working with Microsoft Corporation to create another digital cordless phone that can take both traditional and Internet calls. The 5.8GHz digital cordless phone bundles VoIP...

VoIP standards: which one should be used?

It is widely acknowledged that VoIP has brought with it a good number of advantages. Ease of use, affordability, flexibility — there are so many virtues to the technology which is the reason that it is gaining popularity. But implementing a standards-based VoIP network also presents an initial challenge in the form of selecting the appropriate standard. Over the past ten years, different industry standards bodies...

Google Sued Over VoIP technology

Patent infringement is a term that almost all companies – be it big or small – loathe to hear. Why? Because it either means two things, litigation or a pay out – and frankly, both ultimately mean spending a lot of money. I remember the patent infringement suit that a company called Immersion Corporation filed against Sony. The subject of the infringement is the rumble technology that is used on its Sony...

Reaching Santa through VoIP

Every year, my children write their letters to Santa, listing all the things they want to receive on Christmas day. When they’re done, they seal their letters in an envelope and lay it on a basket in the front porch. The basket always has a red ribbon with a ”magic bell” tied at its center. My wife and I tell them that when the wind blows, the bell rings, and Santa’s elves arrive to pick up the Santa...