Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Squawk Box October 29: Guest GIPS

by alec on October 29, 2008

This morning we talked with Global IP Solutions about the future of video conferencing. You may remember Global IP Solutions as the company that teamed up with Skype to deliver high quality voice over IP from the desktop when everyone said it couldn’t be done. Today they believe we’re on the cusp of the same kind of revolution, but this time for desktop video.

VP Jan Linden and Product Manager John Hermansen discussed desktop video technologies, the challenges associated with delivering quality desktop video experiences, and what GIPS is doing to address them. To help promote the work that they’ve done, GIPS has put out a whitepaper and video demonstration.

On the Calliflower Conference Call today: John Hermansen, Jan Linden Hudson Barton, Brad Jones, Nabeel Jafferali, Carl Ford, Jim Courtney, Jeanette Fisher, Adam Somer, William Volk, Todd Spraggins, Sheryl Breuker, Terry May, Sergio Meinardi and Yusuf Motiwala

Squawk Box October 29 [ 39:47 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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BlackBerry finally gets Truphone

by alec on October 29, 2008

Great news for the travelling BlackBerry user yesterday came in the form of an announcement from Truphone that Truphone is beta-testing software for the BlackBerry. Users of Nokia devices and the Apple iPhone have had Truphone for some time, and are already accustomed to Truphone’s low low international calling rates. Best of all, early reports from users like Om Malik suggest that audio quality on the Truphone VoIP network might even be better than the cellular network. That’s gotta give the folks at T-Mobile some heartache.

Now if only James Body and the gang could do something about the egregious roaming data rates carriers charge BlackBerry users.

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Desktop video space sizzles!

October 29, 2008

Things are getting quite heated in the desktop video space. Late last night one of the pioneers in the space, Sightspeed, was acquired by Logitech in a deal worth $30 million. Few details were provided by Logitech, other than a statement from Exec VP Junien Labrousse that users want video to be “integrated into their [...]

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