Comments on: Skype and iPhone 4.0 – Watch everyone now scramble….Telecoms and Social Networks

By: Skype’s Face Slap – FaceTime comes with Apple iPhone 4.0 | Stuart Henshall

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:05:25 +0000

[...] wrote some weeks back Skype and iPhone 4.0 – Watch everyone now scramble….Telecoms and Social Networks where I suggested the sheer size the of the iPhone user base had the opportunity to set a new [...]

By: iPhone OS 4.0 and the coming identity gulags. | Alec Saunders SquawkBox

iPhone OS 4.0 and the coming identity gulags. | Alec Saunders SquawkBox — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:47:49 +0000

[...] a lengthy piece written April 8, Stuart Henshall outlines the implications for this development, the biggest of which is the disintermediation of the traditional telecoms industry. Stuart [...]

By: Tim Panton

Tim Panton — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 12:35:28 +0000

Stuart, all good questions, and if you want to see where callerid is going, take a look at https://www.linkedin.com/directads/ – Thats the future, both google and apple must know it.

By: Reading Bytes for Apr 9

Reading Bytes for Apr 9 — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:31:53 +0000

[...] Skype and iPhone 4.0 – Telecoms and Social Networks | @stuarthenshall – CLIP “Unfortunately this means… VoIP on the iPhone is really just a dumb pipe. What’s important is the CallerID. Rich CallerID’s will get you more. Unless I know you.. your Skype name is useless to me. You profile may help although without context you get a block, or ignore etc. By contrast a Facebook call request from a friend of a friend with some context or equally a Twitter talk request (remember Phweet anyone!) may be a better way to complete that call. Similarly, if you are a business and I want a reservation by OpenTable. I put in a request. How should you present that call back to me? Equally I have a problem with Comcast. How should that Tweet be presented? If I’ve had nothing and been on the line for 20 minutes with my health care provider…. In fact for all those services. Ask yourself if you are willing to add to your account details.. my preferred callerID. Should that co be a Facebook Fan like page… or a TwitterID or something else?…” [...]