“…after a long stint as a low-cost PSTN replacement technology, VoIP is finally beginning to evolve and become part of the web fabric. This is critical – because in the future, voice will just become a feature, to be embedded in different apps”, writes Om Malik in his VON Preview.  Om is predicting announcements from Jajah, Radio Handi, iSkoot and others. Andy Abramson also confirms that xConnect is in a peering play, and that Vapps is in a conferencing deal with Yahoo.Â
Watch for up to the minute coverage on the Vonosphere, as well. It’s looking like there will be plenty of interesting new applications here.
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make 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.
