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Re: Google's phone has arrived

2011-12-15T11:25:22Z

yes, this is good to have google phone, am loving to have this...lol
:D

Google's phone has arrived

2010-01-06T05:35:03Z

Folks,

Some might have been hiding under a rock and missed the announcement earlier:
http://www.dailypayload.com/content/3371

This looks like a very impressive device. If you've not had a chance to play with other Android devices, you really ought to visit your local wireless store and do that. I think Google is setting the stage for a significant shift step forward in terms of what we can do with mobile devices.

Apple has had a good run and, quite frankly, I think they're going to be forced to make some changes in order to compete against the forthcoming Android devices. Knowing Apple, I'm sure they've got something planned.

In any case, this device really looks cool.

Paul

(Still using an old Windows Mobile device...)

Google Phone is real...

2009-11-19T20:01:14Z

http://www.dailypayload.com/permalink/3329

Cisco to Acquire TANDBERG

2009-10-01T19:33:17Z

This is the big news story of the day:
http://www.dailypayload.com/3288

I think this is great news, as I believe we are about to see videoconferencing truly leave the niche market it has been in for 20 years and finally go mainstream.

Paul

Re: Avaya, Nortel, and Skype

2009-09-28T15:44:51Z

My personal opinion that the Avaya/Nortel merger is a bad idea. There are some good products and engineers on both sides, but the fact is that they compete directly with each other. How can two companies struggling to make a profit bring together overlapping product portfolios and then expect to do better? The only rationale that makes sense to me is that they're removing a major competitor from the market.

The Skype element is really interesting. They would not necessarily have to merge the Skype technology with the Avaya/Nortel products, but work to ensure that the SIP trunk offered by Skype works flawlessly with their equipment. They would also need to have extremely favorable pricing. In that way, every customer can be offered an option to bypass the incumbent carrier with some very attractive prices.

Perhaps the days when an enterprise is charged a high monthly "line charge" for every incoming line are over?

Re: Avaya, Nortel, and Skype

2009-09-25T15:25:11Z

The path of least resistance says that it only appears interesting on the surface, and that the investment firm is simply broadening its industry portfolio. I'm inclined to believe that, given the amount of effort it would take to coordinate those three disparate companies.

That said, it seems like it could be a conscious effort to get an early position into the Google Voice competitive space. I'm not exactly sure what the play would be, but I'm thinking something like selling hard phones which integrate deeply with Skype and are supported by call centers?

Avaya, Nortel, and Skype

2009-09-16T03:22:33Z

Folks,

For those of us in the industry, it is hard to ignore the fact that Avaya, Nortel's enterprise telephony business, and Skype will all be controlled (directly or indirectly) by the investment firm Silver Lake. See this:
http://www.dailypayload.com/content/3274

Do you think they plan to play strongly both as an equipment provider and as a carrier, or are these really disjoint efforts that just look really interesting on the surface?

Paul