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How useful would an iPod be if it had a voice microphone for WiFi calls?

The thing about the iPod Touch is, it's a great WiFi surfer, which means - in theory - that you could do something like Skype on it, or a SIP phone product. Well, that's the theory, but there are snags.[more...]

by Guy J Kewney | posted on 03 July 2008

Try WiFi VoIP using a cellphone: special promotion

From today through to 11th July, if you sign up for Truphone, you'll get a special sales promotion: extra credit. New customers will get £4 or $8 credit in their account (instead of £2 or $2) - meaning more free minutes and free SMS messages.[more...]

by Guy J Kewney | posted on 01 July 2008

"An iPhone with a keyboard? Never!" Well, not till mid 09, anyway...

It is an article of Faith, of course, that whatever Steve Jobs does, is Right. And so, since the iPhone currently has no keyboard on it, it must logically follow that it is wrong to have a keyboard, and therefore that Steve Jobs will never produce a version that does have a keyboard.[more...]

by Guy J Kewney | posted on 01 July 2008

Mobile goal-posts catch up with eBay in Paris court

Can eBay survive if there are more lawsuits in the pipeline like the one they just lost in Paris? Not, in our judgement, if they are forced to police this "virtual street market" as if it were a shopping mall.[more...]

by Guy J Kewney | posted on 30 June 2008

Sunday Sudoku - the NewsWireless version

Puzzle_01 - easyYes, it's a Sudoku puzzle. Munich Ratforth, staff writer and occasional mathematician, complained that he wasn't going to work on Sunday without some incentive. So here it is, Munchy.[more...]

by Guy J Kewney | posted on 28 June 2008

Porn on the iPhone; "detail you can touch..."?

Apparently, someone has discovered that you can watch videos on the iPhone, and that "videos" includes "porn." Mobile porn... wow. So I asked a purveyor of photo-porn on the web what made the iPhone special for his customers.[more...]

by Guy J Kewney | posted on 28 June 2008