NimBuzz takes all social networks and aggregates them into one contact list on the mobile phone; it allows you to access all of your social networks from one place, to instant message for free and to call them for free.
Neal Fullman gave us a demonstration of how NimBuzz works in his mobile phone. It is having great success in the market!
Global IP Solutions announced support for a mobile operating system, allowing Android mobile application developers to quickly create applications with HD voice inside. Building first-rate VoIP-enabled clients is now possible with GIPS VoiceEngine Mobile.
GIPS VoiceEngine allows Android developers to build VoIP-enabled applications that offer HD voice, while tackling all the typical IP network issues – such as delay, jitter, packet loss, bandwidth constraints, noise and echo.
VoiceEngine family consists of VoiceEngine PC (voice processing solution optimized for softphone applications on PC platforms), VoiceEngine Mobile (adds VoIP capabilities to mobile applications; includes echo cancellation technology designed for difficult mobile environments), VoiceEngine ATA (enables residential gateways with VoIP capabilities) and VoiceEngine IP Phone (delivers suite of voice processing technology to IP Phone manufacturers).
“Today, mobile users desire a smartphone that offers a unique experience, which includes the ability to have great quality communication. With GIPS engineering expertise, developers can quickly and effectively build their applications enabling them to concentrate on their core business,” said Roar Hagen, GIPS’ Chief Technology Officer.
GIPS also announced that Nimbuzz, a free mobile social messaging application, will be the first customer to offer HD voice (VoIP) on Android phones using GIPS voice mobile solution.
“We’re thrilled that Nimbuzz will be GIPS’ first customer to deploy their application on Android mobile phones. Nimbuzz continues to offer their users a distinctive unified social messaging application that connects popular social and instant messenger networks into one simple, user-friendly offering,” added Hagen.
GIPS already offers mobile versions of its voice engine to developers on the iPhone and Symbian platforms.
With nearly 3 billion users worldwide, the mobile phone has become the most personal and ubiquitous communications device. Research firm Gartner has predicted that Android will become the second most popular smartphone by 2012 with 14.5 percent market share and iPhone with 13.7 percent market share.
STORY UPDATED: see below
Skype is now available for the iPhone – and will be coming to BlackBerry in May.
The VoIP app on the iPhone will only work over Wi-Fi and not 3G.
It will allow iPhone subscribers to use phone numbers in their existing iPhone address book – without the need for duplicate lists.
As always, it allows free calls between Skype users and charges for calls to landlines or mobiles.
The free application began appearing in the app store early on Tuesday.
UPDATE: Since being released on Tuesday it has emerged that Skype on iPhone does works over 3G, despite being intended only for use with WiFi.
Users report it working over the 3G data connection if the beta 3.0 firmware is being run.
Since VoIP over the 3G cellular is clearly forbidden in the SDK rules, it’s obviously due to a bug on 3.0 that it works.
This raises the question of how long it will be before Apple closes the hole?
But also, how did was the app "approved" and certified by for the App Store without first "testing" if Skype would work on the 3G connection?
STORY UPDATED: see below
Skype is now available for the iPhone – and will be coming to BlackBerry in May.
The VoIP app on the iPhone is intended to only work over Wi-Fi and not 3G. It will allow iPhone subscribers to use phone numbers in their existing iPhone address book – without the need for duplicate lists.
As always, it allows free calls between Skype users and charges for calls to landlines or mobiles.
The VoIP app allows iPhone subscribers to use the phone numbers in their existing iPhone address book – without the need for duplicate lists.
News of the VoIP client coming to the iPhone and Blackberry was first reported by Gigaom ahead of this week’s mobile-centric CTIA conference in Las Vegas.
The application for the BlackBerry platform will work in a similar fashion to that for the iPhone.
The iPhone and Blackberry apps are being seen as part of Skype’s efforts to expand beyond its PC stronghold.
Skype Chief Operating Officer Scott Durchslag said getting the app onto the iPhone was the top request from customers.
He said there was "pent-up demand" for the service on the Apple handset.
Skype has already been announced for Nokia and Android phones, as wel as handset operating Windows Mobile.
The service will also work on later versions of Apple’s latest iPod Touch device, which has Wi-Fi links but no cellular connection.
While Skype video is very popular with desktop customers, Durchslag said that the company is still considering whether it will offer video for the iPhone or other phones.
"We’re considering video carefully but we have a really high bar on the quality," and how the user interaction will work with other applications on iPhone, he said. "If we do it we will have to do it incredibly well."
Some other pieces of functionality are missing.
While Skype is certain its native client will provide superior audio quality – there is no need to route through another server and transcode audio – the app is missing text messaging, file transfers and integrated voice mail.
This will undoubtedly help multi-function apps like Fring and NimBuzz maintain a healthy presence on the iPhone, which famously doesn’t allow for multiple programs running concurrently.
UPDATE: Since being released on Tuesday it has emerged that Skype on iPhone does works over 3G, despite being intended only for use with WiFi.
Users report it working over the 3G data connection if the beta 3.0 firmware is being run.
Since VoIP over the 3G cellular is clearly forbidden in the SDK rules, it’s obviously due to a bug on 3.0 that it works.
This raises the question of how long it will be before Apple closes the hole?
But also, how did was the app "approved" and certified by for the App Store without first "testing" if Skype would work on the 3G connection?