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FaceTime: VoIP Product of the Year

December 30, 2010

I’ve been meaning to write a few blogs for awhile. However, this one can’t wait. With the year running out… the question is. WHAT WAS THE VOIP PRODUCT OF THE YEAR? In a year 2010 where there have been real advances in mobile, particularly video calling (FaceTime, Tango, Viber and even Skype Mobile Video and [...]

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FaceTime Beta – Predictions and First Use – Impact on Skype.

October 20, 2010

The question is… will FaceTime replace Skype as the predominant way of making video calls? When? It wasn’t long after Apple announced FaceTime for Mac that my old Skype buddies were asking me to test it out. Dan York has a good summary with his initial call with Jim Courtney. Phil Wolff generated a scorecard. [...]

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Let’s Tango – VoIP’s Emerging Mobile Model

October 14, 2010

So is Tango better than Apple’s FaceTime? On the face of it (haha) – today it is. Longer term the question is. Can Tango beat Apple Facetime? Then there’s the usual questions about how will Tango make money. Where’s Tango positioned vs the VoIP gorilla – Skype? etc. So what is Tango? Tango is a [...]

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Skype 5.0 – Misses another mobile opportunity by focusing on Windows

October 14, 2010

Did Skype just miss yet another opportunity? Today they launched Skype 5.0 for Windows. They’d like you to think it is a big step forward. Multi-party video, integration with Facebook and Facebook news feed and more. You can find the details here at Skype Journal and on the Skype Blog or on YouTube. So why [...]

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iPod Touch4 and #FaceTime – This Disruption is Going to Hurt Google.

September 15, 2010

Over the weekend Andy Abramson received his new iPod Touch 4 in the mail. Apple’s New iPod touch Part One-VoIP on the iPod – VoIP Watch. What he’s yet to reveal is his experience with FaceTime – Apple’s new video call solution which I’ve written a series of posts on. We had our FaceTime call [...]

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Reading Links for September 9th

September 9, 2010

My del.icio.us links and notes. Investment in 3rd Party Twitter Startups Down 50%, Says Report – This doesn't surprise me. via 3G Doctor Blog – great FaceTime use cases for mobile screen sharing – I liked this post. it's the use cases which make it more plausible. there's also a belief here that hasn't manifested [...]

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FaceTime and Your Email ID – Will FaceTime be Integrated into iTunes?

August 10, 2010

So who doesn’t have an iTunes account? It’s still a lot of people. Yet what if iTunes brought you free calling – just like Skype? What if iTunes could play the songs and let you have a conversation at the same time? What if all you had to know was their email address or their [...]

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3G Facetime – Does it Change Everything Again?

August 9, 2010

If you got a new iPhone you will remember your first and perhaps only FaceTime call over WiFi. It was probably with a family member or a close friend. Then you promptly forgot about it. It’s best currently for a call home from a WiFi in the hotel type of moment. So it misses out [...]

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FaceTime and the Enterprise – Apple’s New Threat to RIM and Cisco

August 5, 2010

I started writing about Facetime quietly a month ago. Now I’m sharing some of those thoughts. Beyond the handset manufacturers and the mobile operators I think the enterprise, and suppliers to the Enterprise like Cisco for example should consider FaceTime and how it works carefully. Even companies like BT that have failed to fire on [...]

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Reading Links for August 3rd

August 3, 2010

Daily update on del.icio.us links with my notes. I also just tweet links @stuarthenshall 500 Internal Server Error – 500 Internal Server Error The Big Deal About Blogging – @amitvarma writes a great post on why and how blogging changed his life and remain relevant – I like the way Amit sets out the points [...]

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FaceTime – Call it SIP 2.0?

August 2, 2010

This is a second in a series of FaceTime posts I wrote privately a month ago. I referenced them here. and asked yesterday “FaceTime – Has Apple Suckered the Operators Again?”. I also posted on the “Scramble” this creates. FaceTime – What It Really Means? Apple launched FaceTime video calls with the iPhone4. Most of [...]

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FaceTime – Has Apple Suckered the Operators Again?

August 1, 2010

This is one of three posts I wrote on FaceTime just after purchasing my iPhone4 and mentioned here. There is a hidden trojan horse story behind FaceTime – Apple’s new video calling solution. This post highlights why it is more than just video and suggests reasons other handset manufacturers should take a closer look. Then [...]

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How Important is FaceTime? Do You Need a FaceTime Strategy?

July 31, 2010

A month ago I circulated some blog post ideas to friends on Apple Facetime. I got some feedback that they were interesting. In the meantime I’ve continued to trace Apple’s FaceTime video solution for iPhone and contemplate the implications. Ultimately, I’m interested in the opportunities FaceTime is likely to create and present. Then what it [...]

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Skype’s Face Slap – FaceTime comes with Apple iPhone 4.0

June 7, 2010

So FaceTime will be Apple’s answer to Skype Video, the Jetson’s or StarTrek communicators. Apple just released the fourth generation iPhone details. Few surprises from my perspective. I liked the way elements are positioned with a technical argument underpinning them. Eg the pixels on the camera or the screen construction. Yes I want one, and [...]

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