Comments on: Do We Need Voice Services on Skype http://www.saunderslog.com/2005/09/11/do-we-need-voice-services-on-skype/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=do-we-need-voice-services-on-skype An outcome-driven leader, proven technology product developer, and marketer with over 20 years of hands-on experience including start-up, small and large business environments, and the board room. This is my blog. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:15:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jim Courtney http://www.saunderslog.com/2005/09/11/do-we-need-voice-services-on-skype/#comment-294 Jim Courtney Sun, 11 Sep 2005 23:06:27 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2005/09/11/do-we-need-voice-services-on-skype/#comment-294 More to the point: are these voice services going to be something to <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/2005/09/09.html#a11079" rel="nofollow">"thrill audiences"</a>? TellMe has been around for a few years, has had a few iterations and I have yet to see it go "viral". A big mistake in launching Voice Services at this time was Skype's failure to provide any operational examples of these services being provided by a third party using Skype. Made it easy for the whole debate to center around the revenue distribution as opposed to what the service provides and how users will accept them. More to the point: are these voice services going to be something to "thrill audiences"? TellMe has been around for a few years, has had a few iterations and I have yet to see it go "viral".

A big mistake in launching Voice Services at this time was Skype's failure to provide any operational examples of these services being provided by a third party using Skype. Made it easy for the whole debate to center around the revenue distribution as opposed to what the service provides and how users will accept them.

]]> By: Aswath http://www.saunderslog.com/2005/09/11/do-we-need-voice-services-on-skype/#comment-293 Aswath Sun, 11 Sep 2005 18:51:17 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2005/09/11/do-we-need-voice-services-on-skype/#comment-293 Just want to make it explicit that this includes wi-fi phones and even data enabled cell phones as well. Anything to eliminate the interlopers. :-) Just want to make it explicit that this includes wi-fi phones and even data enabled cell phones as well. Anything to eliminate the interlopers. :-)

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