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The FreeTalk Everyman headset and Yamaha PSG-01s both for Skype

December 3rd, 2009 · 1 Comment

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I’m a horrible blogger.  I’ve had the FreeTalk Everyman headset for months now and used it countless times, I’ve also had the Yamaha PSG-01s for a month or so now and haven’t blogged about either one.  I could make excuses but I won’t.  I will [...]

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Tags: Review · Tech · Thoughts · Travel

What does Skype buying Gizmo Project mean for Truphone and the next Billion

November 3rd, 2009 · 3 Comments

What does it mean if Skype buys Gizmo Project? This is a huge deal for the VOIP industry.  It is a big deal for something that keeps going thorough my mind “The next Billion” (meaning the next billion people to get mobile phones and get on the mobile web).  The first thing that came to [...]

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Tags: Uncategorized

Congrats to Nimbuzz

March 20th, 2009 · No Comments

My friends over at Nimbuzz announced some exciting news yesterday.  They have finally updated their app and it now includes VOIP.
They are focused on bridging the 3G VoIP gap on the iPhone – anywhere.
Here are some highlight of the new app.
>With free Wi-Fi calls to instant messaging buddies already available, we added a full dial-pad, [...]

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Tags: Announcement · Mobile

Interview with Jeff Rice CEO at DeFi Mobile

January 27th, 2009 · 4 Comments

By Jeb Brilliant
Chief Editor
I had a really nice conversation with Jeff Rice today.  He’s the CEO at DeFi Mobile (disclosure, they provide me with VOIP).  I had some pointed questions I wanted to ask but we started off with what they are up to right now (the good stuff).  First though I should tell you [...]

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Tags: Announcement · Interview · Mobile · Nokia

The Asus EeePC 901 initial thoughts

November 12th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Sometimes I have to pinch myself I feel so lucky.  I was sent an Asus Eee PC 901 late last week and have been amazed with it from the moment I took it out of the box.  I will go into more detail about the netbook in future posts but for the time being I [...]

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Tags: Review

What I’m looking for in a UMPC

October 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

So I’m shopping for a UMPC or Ultra Mobile Personal Computer, it’s a really small and light laptop and I have all kinds of questions.
What are the brands I should be looking at? What do I want out of it? What features must be present? And what are my minimum hardware requirements.
Well my options are [...]

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Tags: Mobile

San Jose Airport WiFi is a ZERO

September 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

I was in San Jose airport last week waiting to fly home and was told there was free wifi.  I had a few hours to kill and I went to the Bits & Bytes bar, plopped down ordered a Tuna sandwich and a beer expecting to spend a few hours working.  Well, low and behold, [...]

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Tags: Rant · Review