VoIP is all the rave now days, with the incredible success of services like Skype, it has been demonstrated there is some serious money to be made. On the PC, Skype dominates the market, but the mobile domain for VoIP, is relatively untouched. Even with Skype's recent entrance into the world of mobile VoIP, the market just has not had ... continued »

Last year, before Google had snuggled up to the FCC and suggested the open-access provisos for the 700MHz auction, Skype petitioned the Commission to apply the so-called Carterfone ruling to the mobile industry.  That ruling, which dates back to 1968, demands that those responsible for wired telecommunications networks allow users to attach any device they so choose to the system, as long ... continued »

Custom options are commonplace on high-ticket items like cars but, aside from faceplate-swaps, cellphones are pretty much solid when it comes to specifications. Want a better camera, or GPS, or mobile TV? If the handset you're looking at doesn't have them, pick another. Well, zzzPhone would like to change all that: their eponymous cellphone is, at its ... continued »

Owners of Sony's PSP Slim'n'Lite portable games system that were hoping to get their VOIP action going once the Skype client was released for the handheld will now be disappointed; after testing the microphone add-on, it was found that it failed to meet Skype's hardware requirements and as such will be sent back to the engineers to be rejigged. "SCEJ planned ... continued »