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  • From: Ben Teitelbaum <>
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  • Cc: Pradip Patel <>, Tom Kershaw <>
  • Subject: Re: [wg-pic] EQO and Skype partnership lets you run Skype on cell phone
  • Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 14:38:00 -0500

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writes:

>
> I would be happy to help people with the Nokia E-series phones if they
> are able to buy them. These will have SIP software that interoperates
> with Avaya, Cisco, Pingtel, etc SIP registrars. We're going to deploy
> some in my lab, as soon as we can get them.
>

Jamey,

Interesting. Is the notion to support the kind of automatic
WiFi-cellular roaming that VeriSign can do? VeriSign's stuff seemed
very cool, but there was a real lack of good dual-mode handsets 6-12
months ago when I was looking at it. With Nokia building dual-mode
handsets, perhaps that's changed!

On a related note, what's the deal with UMA [1]? It seems to simply
tunnel GSM/GPRS over IP over WiFi, essentially treating a WiFi AP like
a free tower (from the carrier's perspective). Could an app running
on a UMA handset like Nokia's 6136, turn UMA off and implement P2P SIP
or is access to the 802.11 radio on these handsets locked down?

Best Regards,

-- ben

1. http://www.umatechnology.org/


> Jamey
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ext Candace Holman
>> [mailto:]
>>
>> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 3:52 PM
>> To:
>>
>> Subject: [wg-pic] EQO and Skype partnership lets you run
>> Skype on cell phone
>>
>> Though dual-mode cell and voip device convergence is nothing
>> new, it is a little hard to obtain, with many companies
>> promising products that are yet to be released or just for
>> home consumer use, such as Motorola's Residential Seamless
>> Mobility Gateway for example [1]. EQO has released a cell
>> phone plugin "which runs on your computer, connecting your
>> Skype user account to your mobile phone" [2] So a call from
>> your cell to a Skype buddy on your buddy list is delivered
>> over regular wireless phone services using SkypeOut (PSTN
>> connected Skype calls). A bit too Rube Goldberg-esque [4]
>> for my tastes, but they got the job done.
>>
>> Interesting points from the CNET article [3]:
>> * Instead of phone numbers, you use Skype buddy lists,
>> downloaded to your cell phone, to contact others
>> * Your buddy list indicates user "presence" as a device
>> capability, ie whether you can call via Skype or cell
>> * You can place privacy restrictions on your buddy list so
>> you only get calls that you really want
>> * It's not supported on phones that don't run Java J2ME (like
>> Verizon wireless service, which uses BREW)
>> * Eqo says that Skype is just the beginning, and they plan to
>> partner with LinkedIn, MySpace, and others
>>
>> So, are you ready to bite?
>>
>> Candace Holman
>>
>>
>> [1] Roam where you want to! New Motorola Technologies Break
>> the Barrier Between Home and Wireless Phone Services:
>> http://www.motorola.com/mediacenter/news/detail/0,,6258_6213_2
>> 3,00.html
>>
>> [2] Understanding EQO:
>> http://www.eqo.com/download_how.html
>>
>> [3] Service lets Skype users chat on cell phones:
>> http://news.com.com/Service+lets+Skype+users+chat+on+cell+phon
>> es/2100-7352_3-6036663.html?tag=nefd.top
>>
>>
>> [4] Rube Goldberg
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube_Goldberg
>>
>>
>
>

--
Ben Teitelbaum http://people.internet2.edu/~ben/



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