As frankps sees the world!

The last couple of days rumors have it that something is brewing between Google and Ebay’s Skype. I am a frequent user of Skype and it is the solution that we have chosen for VoIP and video conferences at my faculty. But, I had problems with seeing how Skype could bigger money and what Ebay saw in Skype. Skype’s two major problems have been that they had to make PC-to-PC calls free (to compete with MSN, Yahoo and Google Talk) and the second problem was to compete with traditional […] Continue reading →

I recently took over the ownership of the Jabber for BeOS source code, originally developed by John Blanco (Rapture from Venice). The IM client is now renamed to Jabber for Haiku, and the source code released under MIT (same license as Haiku) on OSDrawer.net. I have asked Andrea Anzani to maintain the code, but any one interested in working on the code are encouraged to make contact with me or Andrea. Today we would like to give the community a small Easter present. We hope to see you […] Continue reading →

It’s finally here: I can finally get rid of the stinking AIM client on Windows. Simply go in to the Gmail Settings, under the tab Chat, enable your AIM account! […] Continue reading →

Are you one of the many that recently have bought a HTC phone? I am at least, it’s my work phone. Privately I am using Nokia E60. It was with great joy I read that Fring now was made available for Windows Mobile 5 and 6. The Windows Mobile version has the same features as the Symbian one. In short, free calls over the following protocols: Fring, Skype, Google Talk, MSN and SIP. It was just as easy to set up the Windows Mobile version as the Symbian one, and I should really have a look […] Continue reading →

I tend to pop in read the blog aggregator at Skype once a week, reading about the development of the VoIP client. It is still my prefered way of communicate, simply cause most of my friends and colleagues are using it. But is far from the best, Google Talk seems to be superior when it comes to sound quality. What worse is that Skype tends to become bloated, the developers behind it are adding more and more useless features for the most of us. The possibility to charge somebody when calling […] Continue reading →