Record a conversation on skype or other VoIP application Simple enough, you are talking on skype or some other VoIP app and you realize, you need to record this since if you are talking on your iphone, odds are you are not at your desk to take notes in the first place. Do keep in mind that you have to let the other people… Read More
Line2 VoIP app pulled from the Apple Store? DNS Attack? UPDATE 2!! It’s gone again!! I’m guessing the same reason. Hopefully it will be up in a few hours. UPDATE!!! They pulled it from the store because of a DNS attack. I just went back into the store and its back. If this is something you can see using, I recommend jumping on it now.… Read More
Voip phone on the iphone ipod and iPad has gotten WAY better with line2 First off, I have not tried this yet. I tried to download it and give it a test, but it was not in the store. I’ll send them an email to try and find out whats up. UPDATE: Seems they were getting a DNS attack and took the app off the store. Its back up… Read More
Vonage gets VoiP love, Google gets rejection. Picking winners and losers are we? It seemed pretty clear that Apple was not going to allow any real players in VioP/phone management area into the iPhone. Ok, we have all heard the story.. if you have not, look here.. But have a look at this press release.. HOLMDEL, N.J., Sept. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Vonage (NYSE: VG – News) has announced… Read More
Fring – VoiP and IM chat on the iPhone About time. I downloaded this, singed into my skype account and give it a shot. The sound quality was not all that great, but usable. Fring is NOT a jailbreak app so that means anyone can use it. The app is free in the app store, so I would grab this if you ever use… Read More
The top 10 or 20 apps you need to get for your new ipad 2 End of year holidays are coming and that means one thing. Lots of new iPads. There are even some that have got them early. So now that you have a new ipad, what apps should you put on it? Well, normally I would give a top 10, however, not everyone will use the ipad the… Read More
Yet another scam to watch out for. Skype calls Yes, I wrote about a phone call scam last week and now there is yet another scam I just came across using VoIP and voice to text. This time, it calls your skype account with the name “System update information’ or something weak like that. This one has been around for a few months but… Read More
Email and phone scams are getting more sophisticated Yesterday I got an odd phone call that sounded like a credit card company that was trying to confirm something with me. I just activated a credit card that day, so I did not think much of it … but a few things did not add up; I was smelling a scam. First the recorded… Read More
Will multitasking on the iOS4 make backgrounder on jailbreak redundant? For those of you who have jailbroken iphones, and have read my top ten reasons to jailbreak, know about backgrounder. This is a great jailbreak app that allows you to run applications in the background. And its one of those apps that I have a hard time living without. Yes, I have a feeling it… Read More
Whats new in iPhone 4.0 OS update and whats not There have been plenty of rumors about the iPhone 4.0 release (and hardware not withstanding) I would say it was about 50/50 on accuracy. Course the big question, how long till jailbreak?? 🙂 Too soon people, too soon. Multi-tasking: The one thing everyone was expecting … and we got, (kinda). Of everything announce for iPhone… Read More
And on the third day, the iPad is jailbroken Well, technically it was the second day, but what fun is that given that Sunday was Easter? So we have a proof of concept break out there using ‘Spirit’ by a hack0r called MuscleNerd. The video shows him getting to root and running a few command, some he placed within the OS himself. Now this… Read More
Can I use my iPad as a phone? Sure. All you need is WIFI access. Basically the non 3G iPad is an iPad on steroids. So if you could get your ipod touch to do a VoIP call, then you can do it on your iPad… And there are plenty of Apps to choose from. Line2 has the most professional options. (My Review… Read More
Google Voice is coming back to the iphone via the browser Heck, I did not even know this could be done. I have not tried it since its still in invite Alpha only, but based on what i’ve read on TechCrunch, that seems to be the case. Its called the Black Swan Edition. Features listed are: Native iPhone look and feel. Syncro of Google Voice™ data.… Read More
What could multi threading ‘run in background’ support in iphone 3.0 look like? I was writing a post on the best way to use Pandora on the iphone (link to article) and it struck me that THIS is how we may see ‘run in background’ support working on the iphone and why we want it. First a few words on the Pro’s and Con’s of running an app… Read More
Skype has a new iphone, Truphone’s respone? Unlimited plan Ok, so we all knew Skype’s app was coming out soon. And we ALSO knew that Truphone has something is mind to reply to it. The answer? In my email of course. Here is what I got.. Lets the VoIP wars begin! Get even more value from Truphone with an Unlimited calling plan (find out… Read More
Skype for the iphone not working for you? Did you check Clippy? I downloaded the Skype app just for the heck of it and it crashed every time I clicked on a text field! What? I tried a reboot, reinstall, nothing … Oh, there is one more thing I could try .. Turn off Clippy. Yup, that was it. Now when I first tried to login, it… Read More
How to make a skype call on the iphone using truphone I use skype, not as much as in the past, but every now and again. Now truphone has brought in skype support. I can call skype people, skype’rs can call me and I can do IM. That’s all I need really. I’ve talked about truphone before (link) and VoiP in general for overseas calls (story… Read More
How to make a conference call on the iphone both natively and with ifbyphone I saw a new app in Cydia for conference calling over VoIP. That got me ta thin’kin, what are my conference call options with the iphone? Leaving out typical conference call services that work on ‘any’ phone, I did a quick look around and found an app called ifbyphone. Before I get into it, lets… Read More
Instant messaging, google talk and twitter comes to Truphone Look what I got in the email from the interwebs.. We are writing to you to let you know that in the next 24 hours, your Truphone for the iPhone application will be automatically upgraded with some exciting new features*! These new features are: 1. Instant Messaging (IM) IM will be added, meaning that you… Read More
Top iPhone apps you should have for MacWorld First off, Happy New Year! We are approaching the final count down to MacWorld and aside from a few bookmarks (and macworld – thanks @danielbru for reminding me), there are a few apps you may want to make sure you have installed. I’m going to break the list in two; jailbreak and non jailbreak apps. … Read More