Martin had some pointed comments on Yahoo Messenger with Voice, the latest offering from Yahoo. I think his feedback is pretty dead on.
Like Martin, what I really wonder about is the stuff that didn’t ship. Brad Garlinghouse is a hugely effective advocate for Voice 2.0. I saw him speak at ITExpo last year about Voice 2.0. At PTC in January, he talked about Voice 2.0 again. Brad really gets it. So, where’s the beef? I didn’t see Brad’s vision in this product. Instead, what Brad said was that what sets Yahoo’s service apart from competitors’ is "aggressive pricing," and the fact that the calling services are entwined in Messenger and the Yahoo network. How very 1.0.
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry maker Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
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“aggressive pricing,” ??
2¢ a minute (being a SIP-based VoIP service) vs SPIT ??
no way.. i dont think so