How do you make sure your website works on mobile phones? One solution is the dotMobi's consortium's free test suite. Today the group released an upgrade to the ready.mobi tool that, among other things, provides additional mobile phone emulators and better reporting. German IP phone manufacturer snom hopes to incent developers to build applications for snom 3xx phones with its “eXtreMeLy snomlified!” contest. First place winners get a snom 370 phone and an invitation to either Fall … [Read more...]
A Big Never-Mind From Palm
Remember Palm? You know, the guys who made "Palm Pilot" synonymous with "handheld." They haven't been trendsetters for a while, but some of us who are still fans were very hopeful with the ballyhooed preview of the Palm Foleo ultra-mobile more-than-a-phone-less-than-a-PC device. It turns out they should have called it the Folie. Today Palm aborted the Foleo without ever shipping one. Which may prove that the Internet appliance and Tablet computing segments remain elusive. According Palm … [Read more...]
CommBytes 8/31/07
Gaboogie conference calling is reinventing itself as Lypp. The new service, which features a completely re-architected platform, will debut later in September in an invite-only beta. All existing Gaboogie members will be invited to join and use the Lypp service for free. The company says that the changes "will ensure reliable, high quality calls and eliminate the dependencies on partners whose service has caused us and our users to experience some growing pains," according to Gaboogie's … [Read more...]
PhoneGnome Customers Can Breathe Easy
PhoneGnome customers can relax. The feared service interruption that users were alerted to last night likely won't materialize. And besides, if the VoIP service doesn't work, with PhoneGnome you always have the fallback POTS. Yesterday evening, the company sent out a notice that one of its providers was shutting down operations on August 31 — TelEvolution deserves credit for coming out with the information before customers experienced problems. Because this provider hosted a significant … [Read more...]


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