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  • John Furrier 1:24 pm on June 15, 2010 | 23 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: mobile video, Skype

    Skype CEO envisions switching devices during calls

    Skype CEO Josh Silverman wants to give users the ability to switch devices without interrupting voice and video calls made using his company’s software.

    Skype wants to extend free calling and video capabilities from PCs and devices to a wider range of devices, including in-car navigation systems and televisions, to create what he calls “ubiquitous communication.”

    Skype will eventually give users the ability to seamlessly switch devices between calls at the push of a button, Silverman said, describing a scenario where an engineer starts a conference call on his desktop PC at work, switches first to a mobile phone and then to his in-car navigation system, without disrupting the call.

    source: http://www.macworld.com/article/152038/2010/06/skype.html

     
  • John Furrier 1:59 pm on June 11, 2010 | 27 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: Facetime, Future of Video, Skype

    Skype where computer science meets social science - is a great example of FaceTime

    Video is finally here and it's real. Yes!!

    http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/innovation/06/11/video.playdate/index.html?hpt=Sbin

    Kids experiment with 'video playdates'

    at age 2, Ella has come a long way. She understands now that her grandparents are five hours away, looking at her through a webcam, Riggs said. "She knows the noise the computer makes when Mimi and Papa are calling," she said. "She runs over to it excited."

    In fact, Ella's gotten so good with this technology that she's embarking on a new level of video-conference sophistication:

    Skype playdates with toddler peers.

     
  • John Furrier 2:25 pm on June 10, 2010 | 0 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: HD webcams, Logitec, Skype

    Logitech goes HD with new webcam lineup - Great for Skype

    http://www.tgdaily.com/hardware-features/50168-logitech-goes-hd-with-new-webcam-lineup

    Logitech has debuted a new line of HD webcams that offer 720p for video calls over Skype, Yahoo, Windows Live Messenger and Gmail Voice/Video Chat.

    According to Logitech VP Eric Kintz, the flagship $100 HD Pro C910 webcam (available in August) records "crystal-clear" stereo audio with two mics, while allowing users to film video in "full" HD 1080p and snap pictures with a 10-megapixel camera.

    Kintz added that every new Logitech HD webcam is equipped with the company's Fluid Crystal technology, which facilitates the rendering of clear images with smooth, fluid motion and rich, true-to-life colors.

     
  • admin 1:53 pm on October 6, 2009 | 0 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , AT&T, Skype, WaPo

    Quick discussion of interest from Google Reader

    Mobile Network?

    http://www.macrumors.com/2009/10/06/atandt-to-allow-skype-and-google-voice-to-operate-on-its-mobile-network/

    The Washington Post reports that AT&T may be planning to announce support for Skype, Google Voice, and other related Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services over its mobile networks, including via Apple's iPhone.

    One source close...

    Comments (4)

    Oliver: I have no idea how VoIP should work over AT&T's network in it's current state. Also, it only helps if they don't also change the pricing on their data plan.

    Ryan: Right, I hope the intention that this wont be a premium service they can charge for. Google voice and voip are also different beasts. Google voice travels over the telephone network where voip is over the data network. The later may be more of a problem for network load then the former.

    Otto: That article annoys me. Google Voice is not a VoIP network in the same way Skype is. It doesn't use the data network on your phone to send voice. It uses a normal phone call to send your voice. They only use VoIP on the back end, between Google's servers.

    Rizzn: It depends on which version of Skype you're talking about. When it comes to mobile, Skype is almost exactly the same as Google Voice. Skype Lite isn't end to end - it only uses the data channel to connect the call, and connects both ends over the voice channel (this, according to the description I was given a month or two ago by a Skype executive).

     
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