http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/12/the-engadget-interview-michael-robertson-ceo-of-sipphone/ Engadget Comments for The Engadget Interview: Michael Robertson, CEO of SIPphone http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/12/the-engadget-interview-michael-robertson-ceo-of-sipphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/12/the-engadget-interview-michael-robertson-ceo-of-sipphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/12/the-engadget-interview-michael-robertson-ceo-of-sipphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/12/the-engadget-interview-michael-robertson-ceo-of-sipphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/12/the-engadget-interview-michael-robertson-ceo-of-sipphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/12/the-engadget-interview-michael-robertson-ceo-of-sipphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/12/the-engadget-interview-michael-robertson-ceo-of-sipphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/12/the-engadget-interview-michael-robertson-ceo-of-sipphone/ Interesting interview. Since I'll soon be accross the pond I've been thinking about a VOIP solution to keep in touch with my peeps back home. Nice information to consider.

Thanks engadget!]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/12/the-engadget-interview-michael-robertson-ceo-of-sipphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/12/the-engadget-interview-michael-robertson-ceo-of-sipphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/12/the-engadget-interview-michael-robertson-ceo-of-sipphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/12/the-engadget-interview-michael-robertson-ceo-of-sipphone/
btw, engadget folks, i'm always impressed with the quality of the interviews on this site. i wish interviews on the mainstream news networks were this indepth.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/12/the-engadget-interview-michael-robertson-ceo-of-sipphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/12/the-engadget-interview-michael-robertson-ceo-of-sipphone/
Forget the TPCs. Forget only cellular. Forget Vonage. And forget Skype. Gizmo is the only way to go then. This is the future.

I'll definitely be trying this.


Hey, Michael! Be sure to develop a Pocket PC version of Gizmo - whatever you do. That would simply be a MUST have.
]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/12/the-engadget-interview-michael-robertson-ceo-of-sipphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/12/the-engadget-interview-michael-robertson-ceo-of-sipphone/Move over VOIP- Telephone Sharing is here.
Could VOIP services soon prove to be obsolete?

PCs user can now call anywhere to anywhere planet wide for the cost of a local call or make free calls forever.
Intercom Pages is offering Internet users a means to share their Telephone lines with other users.

The technology works like file sharing but in this case shares broadband connections and plain old telephone lines allowing user to call anyone anywhere.

In the case example user 'Kylie in Melbourne Australia' can request 'Mal's PC' in LA, USA to dial a local telephone number and connect the telephone call back into the internet so Kylie in Melbourne can talk to her friends in the United States.

FREE CALLS. In many cases around the world Telco's offer free local calls and user who have this free call option can offer other users totally free calls in their area.

Business, community groups or budding entrepreneurs can establish their own Telecommunication networks for less than $US666 and users can engage in planet wide unlimited calls for less than $50 per year.

Gippsland IT in Australia are the inventors of this Patent Pending technology
and anticipate that their 'Telephone Sharing solution' will grow, expand and evolve. Furthermore the development is likely to place considerable economic pressures upon all current Voip providers and other sorts of voice trafficking services worldwide'.


Intercompages.com new version officially starts 30 September.

Patent Pending www.intercompages.com

Regional Planetary Partners required Contact Gippsland IT Australia

Australia 61 (03) 8610 1672
http://intercompages.com/telephone_sharing_is_here.htm]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/12/the-engadget-interview-michael-robertson-ceo-of-sipphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/12/the-engadget-interview-michael-robertson-ceo-of-sipphone/Move over VOIP- Telephone Sharing is here.
Could VOIP services soon prove to be obsolete?

PCs user can now call anywhere to anywhere planet wide for the cost of a local call or make free calls forever.
Intercom Pages is offering Internet users a means to share their Telephone lines with other users.

The technology works like file sharing but in this case shares broadband connections and plain old telephone lines allowing user to call anyone anywhere.

In the case example user 'Kylie in Melbourne Australia' can request 'Mal's PC' in LA, USA to dial a local telephone number and connect the telephone call back into the internet so Kylie in Melbourne can talk to her friends in the United States.

FREE CALLS. In many cases around the world Telco's offer free local calls and user who have this free call option can offer other users totally free calls in their area.

Business, community groups or budding entrepreneurs can establish their own Telecommunication networks for less than $US666 and users can engage in planet wide unlimited calls for less than $50 per year.

Gippsland IT in Australia are the inventors of this Patent Pending technology
and anticipate that their 'Telephone Sharing solution' will grow, expand and evolve. Furthermore the development is likely to place considerable economic pressures upon all current Voip providers and other sorts of voice trafficking services worldwide'.


Intercompages.com new version officially starts 30 September.

Patent Pending www.intercompages.com

Regional Planetary Partners required Contact Gippsland IT Australia

Australia 61 (03) 8610 1672
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Yeah. I lost all respect for this guy (and thus, interest in the article) riiiiiight about here.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/12/the-engadget-interview-michael-robertson-ceo-of-sipphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/12/the-engadget-interview-michael-robertson-ceo-of-sipphone/
too bad they decided to use a bunch of skype's icons though.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/12/the-engadget-interview-michael-robertson-ceo-of-sipphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/12/the-engadget-interview-michael-robertson-ceo-of-sipphone/
If that is a barrier to getting these apps open sourced, then that is a direction that can be looked in.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/12/the-engadget-interview-michael-robertson-ceo-of-sipphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/12/the-engadget-interview-michael-robertson-ceo-of-sipphone/]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/12/the-engadget-interview-michael-robertson-ceo-of-sipphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/12/the-engadget-interview-michael-robertson-ceo-of-sipphone/
Their service does work. The on-line community is pretty good and growing quickly (ie: self-service support), and with some patience you can get direct help from them (at lease in my experience).
Good article as well. I started by using Skype, but after I found out there was no hardware for Skype... that kind of killed the deal. I still use it once in a while to chat with friends on Skype, but without hardware, it just didn't cut it to replace the family phone (who wants to run to their computer in the den to answer a call when there is a phone beside the bed?)

With Gizmo and SIPphone, I can choose from the many ATA devices that plug right into ethernet, and connect a normal phone. The computer can be off. Until you do a bit of reading up, its not initially clear what an advantage it is to be on SIP either.... but do a bit of research... it is a VERY good thing.

In response to the person who asked about the mVox device. I have the MV100 and it is a excellent device. I have not used it as a speaker phone extensively yet, but it seems to work well. I primarily use it with a headset (yes, it does have a headset jack), and figured it was a nice way to add a standard headset input to my computer. The speakerphone was kind of a bonus. Plus, it is really small and requires no drivers, so its easy to pack with my laptop for when I'm on the road.... or potentially use on someone else's computer while visiting.

-Steve
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Also, I have more Vonage minutes than I can use at $16-17/month, taxes included. While of course I would prefer "free", that is a huge savings over Sprint (my local option), which for less service charges well over $60/month, not including taxes. Even counting the cost of broadband I come out ahead, and I get hi-speed internet too. Vonage's highest personal rate is about 25 bucks I think. So he's a bit off or out-of-date on that topic.
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Meanwhile -- what's a good Gizmo / SIPphone compatible portable battery-powered WiFi handset?]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM