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CES Big Picture #3: Oh ye cable, R.I.P. Wireless cometh and take ye away

Its now going on two weeks since CES has ended and so far, Ive posted two big picture pieces; one on when size stopped mattering and the other on how Hi-Definitions virtuous circle is finally complete. Last week, I was at Mashup Camp 3 at MIT so I held off...

Tags: General, Entertainment, Mobile, Personal Technology, Wired &, Wireless, Telephony, Events, CES 2007, Cool Tech Gear, Disruptive Technology, Wireless Report Card, VoIP Hardware@CES, credit card, wireless, Consumer Electronics Show

Blog posts 2007-01-23

CES: No PC middleman is required with GE's DECT 6.0 Skype phone

Among the bumper crop of VoIP phones here at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is GEs $170 DECT 6.0 phone. DECT, otherwise known as Digitally Enhanced Cordless Telephony, is the same wireless technology that the Skype phone I looked at yesterday (3Js SkyPartner) uses to enable wireless...

Tags: Wi-Fi, PC, GE DECT, telephone, Skype Technologies S.A., wireless, General Electric Co.

Blog posts 2007-01-08

CES: Given how it shatters long distance costs, maybe the ChatterBug should be called the shatter bug

As you can probably tell from my other Consumer Electronics Show coverage, one of the categories where Im on the hunt for new or interesting products is the Voice over IP VoIP hardware category. Here in Las Vegas at an after hours event that actually took place in advance of...

Tags: General, Personal Technology, Telephony, Events, CES 2007, VoIP Hardware@CES, ChatterBug, VoIP

Blog posts 2007-01-08

No Skype, but Ojo's portable and stationary VoIP phones good for ad hoc video calls anywhere

As broadband Internet connectivity continues to penetrating every corner of the planet and Voice over IP platforms like Skype become ecosystems unto themselves, VoIP devices of all shapes and sizes many of which are supporting Skype are turning up everywhere and especially here at CES where VoIP is clearly a...

Tags: General, Personal Technology, Wired &, Wireless, Telephony, Events, CES 2007, VoIP Hardware@CES, Ojo, VoIP

Blog posts 2007-01-08

CES: 3J's wireless SkyPartner SP101 Skype phone connets to landlines too

3J Communications is here at CES 2007 in Las Vegas showing its latest and greatest: the SkyPartner SP101 Dual-Mode wireless phone. Compared to NetGears $200 WiFi-based Skype phone, 3Js SkyPartner pictured left does something thats particularly special: it supports both Skype and landlines simultaneously. For Skype calls, it wirelessly communicates...

Tags: General, Mobile, Wired &, Wireless, Telephony, Events, CES 2007, Disruptive Technology, VoIP Hardware@CES, Skype Technologies S.A., telephone, Consumer Electronics Show

Blog posts 2007-01-07

CES: Is Netgear's wireless Skype phone ready to dethrone your old cordless one?

One of the major themes at CES this year is Voice over IP hardware. No. Im not talking about high-end solutions for big office that you might by from a company like Cisco. But rather, this is a much lower end solution that might have you kicking both your cordless...

Tags: Telephony, VOIP, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, wireless, NetGear, Skype Technologies S.A., telephone, Consumer Electronics Show

Blog posts 2007-01-07