Archive for May, 2011

Caption Contest: Ballmer at TTL with Skype kiosk

Sunday, May 15th, 2011

photo: Brian O’Shaughnessy. hat tip to Ray Crowley.
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A Usability Test : Android VS iOS, Android Wins

Saturday, May 14th, 2011

Android VS iOS http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/
I came across a very nice article about usability test conducted to find out if iOS or Android got what it takes to be useful in day to day use. The test was conducted by Jacob who is usability geek at IntuitionHQ.com has conducted a usability test to determine if all the [...]

Adobe Flash Player update improves VoIP audio

Saturday, May 14th, 2011

From the release  notes:  == Acoustic Echo Cancellation == Flash Player 10.3 enables developers to create real-time online collaboration experiences with high-quality audio, telephony, in-game voice chat, and group conferencing applications for desktop PCs. Developers can take advantage of acoustic echo cancellation, noise suppression, voice activity detection, and automatic compensation for various microphone [...]
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Motorola XOOM Gets Android 3.1

Saturday, May 14th, 2011

Android 3.1 http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/
Android 3.1 update announced at the annual Google I/O event is now alive on some of the Motorola XOOM tablets. The mostly under the hood improvements will make the tablet experience even smoother. These improvements include host mode for the tablet which allows import photos directly from a digital camera, better HTML5 support, [...]

NTT DOCOMO, Agrees To Purchase Additioanl Shares Of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT)

Friday, May 13th, 2011

DOCOMO, PLDT http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/
NTT Docomo is investing additional shares of PLDT worth about $263 million to maintain it’s stake of 20% of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT). PLDT’s planned acquisition of a majority stake in Digital Telecommunications Philippines Inc. via a share swap have affected this decision.
The press release;
TOKYO, JAPAN ?- NTT…
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Verizon MiFi 4510L Delivering Beyond The Promise.

Friday, May 13th, 2011

Verizon MiFi 4510L http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/
I love MiFi and that is the reason I got my XOOM, WiFi only. My MiFi is of yesteryear and only serves 3G while new MiFi’s with 4G capability are popping up every where. I need to get one and enjoy the fruits like Kevin Tofel at GigaOM does.
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Cisco Phones And Asterisk 1.8.4, Registration Problems? Solved.

Thursday, May 12th, 2011

Cisco Phones, Asterisk 1.8.4 http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/
If you upgraded your Asterisk server to Asterisk 1.8.4 and suddenly your Cisco phones fail to register (which worked fine in Asterisk 1.8.3) with your Asterisk server,  the issue seemed to be a patch related to chan_sip and reqresp_parser missing from this release.
There is a solution. Either you can wait for [...]

Adobe CreatePDF for Android Seem To Fill The PDF Void In The Mobile Field.

Thursday, May 12th, 2011

Adobe CreatePDF http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/
Not withholding my dislike to Adobe anything for a long time,  I think for those who care or does not care, CreatePDF is filling a void from the mobile front. On PC’s there are many a ways to create PDFs, Adobe or not but it is hard to do on mobile devices.
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No Free Score Update Text From ESPN For Sprint Customers.

Thursday, May 12th, 2011

http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/
Sprint has quietly introduced a toll fee of one-half of one cent per message from business that broadcast text messages to members, like ESPN. While the charge seem tiny, it will add up if you have millions of customers and sent multiple messages like ESPN sending score updates. But remember Sprint already charges it’s customers [...]

Ice Cream Sandwich Will Bring Together Tablet And Phone Versions Of Android OS.

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

 Android 3.1 Home IceCreamSandwich http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/
Google promised us to narrow the gap between Android Tablet OS (currently Honeycomb (Android 3.0)) and the Android Phone OS (currently Gingerbread (Android 2.3)) later this year with Ice Cream Sandwich, codename for the up coming version of Android OS.
According to Google, Ice Cream Sandwich will bring some of the user…
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