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    VoIP is Hot! - Sony into the Telephone Business

    November 18th, 2005
    Sony-IVE

    Sony launched a free Web-based phone service on Wednesday called Instant Video Everywhere IVE (pronounced ‘Ivy’), designed to link users of the service via their computers. The VoIP service are featuring free, unlimited video and voice service for consumers worldwide. The IVE application can be downloaded for free at www.SonyIVE.com.

    Key Features:

  • Place and receive free, unlimited video and voice calls worldwide with any other IVE user anytime, anywhere
  • Place video and audio calls to cell phones, traditional telephones and other video or audio conferencing systems
  • Communicate face-to-face beyond the home or the office from any broadband enabled location or Wi-Fi hotspot at coffee shops, hotels and airports
  • Some interesting comments at Andy’s VoIP Watch and Skype Journal

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    BlackBerry 7130e the First EV-DO Handset from RIM

    November 17th, 2005
    BlackBerry 7130e

    The BlackBerry 7130e is the first phone-style CDMA BlackBerry and the first to have EV-DO as well. The 7300e has a slightly different form factor but it features the same QWERTY keypad with SureType - predictive text and Bluetooth. It is a business phone with complete voice and web access solutions. No pricing and launch date are available from RIM yet, possible carriers are Sprint-Nextel and T-Mobile.

    Key Features:

  • 1xEV-DO network-enabled
  • Full BlackBerry functionality in a cellphone
  • SureType keyboard technology
  • E-mail, phone, browser, text messaging and calendar applications
  • Bluetooth support for hands-free voice communications
  • 64 MB flash memory plus 16 MB SRAM for application and data storage
  • Easy-to-use navigation trackwheel and intuitive menu interface
  • Large, high-resolution LCD screen (240×260 pixels) supporting over 65,000 colors
  • Via Bell Canada

    Update: Verizon Wireless will carry the new BlackBerry 7130e

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