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Global IP Sound (GIPS) today announced the availability of version 2.0 of its iSAC codec. iSAC 2.0 is now optimized for use in hardware devices. This solution allows the makers of IP phones, gateways and chipsets to deliver products that offer the same high quality voice experience that users of software-based VoIP softphones have achieves using GIPS' voice platform. (i.e. GoogleTalk, Skype, AOL are all GIPS customers.)
The latest fixed-point version of the GIPS iSAC adaptive VoIP codec, part of the GIPS Soundware voice processing software suite, is designed to deliver wideband quality in both low- and high-bit rate applications. Several IP-chipset manufacturers including Texas Instruments will incorporate GIPS's iSAC 2.0 codec into their VoIP solutions.
"As a leading enabler of wideband telephony solutions, we realize the importance of technologies that facilitate high quality voice communications," said Fred Zimmerman, executive director, VoIP customer premises solutions, Texas Instruments. "The addition of GIPS' wideband codec to our portfolio further enables us to offer our customers VoIP solutions that deliver an unparalleled user experience that surpasses what callers have grown accustomed to with their traditional phone service."
iSAC was previously only available in floating point code for use in softphones and other applications running on PCs and less resource dependent platforms. iSAC 2.0 is optimized to run on chips embedded within VoIP phones and other hardware devices, guaranteeing high voice quality. This release will also be available in a low complexity version to ease the integration in resource intensive devices like mobile phones. In addition, it facilitates the interoperability of IP phones, gateways, and chipsets with the hundreds of millions of iSAC-enabled softphones and Internet-based voice services that are currently deployed through GIPS' major ISP customers such as Yahoo!,
Skype and AOL.
"The market has not only come to appreciate the benefits of wideband telephony, but prefer it over traditional PSTN" said Roar Hagen, chief technology officer, Global IP Sound. "As manufacturers begin to deploy VoIP enabled hardware, users are going to expect the same full, robust sound they are accustomed to from their softphones. GIPS is proud to be able to deliver this high quality audio on all platforms and devices."
The GIPS iSAC technology automatically adjusts transmission rates, supporting real-time multimedia, conferencing, distance learning, and multi-user gaming applications in a VoIP environment. Due to the nature of wideband audio, iSAC can deliver sound quality that exceeds that of PSTN calls by utilizing a greater range of the speech signal. The codec also handles other challenges, including non-speech audio such as music and background noise.
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The
Google Talkabout blog announced Google's plans to interoperate with Skype. In part it states, "Google and eBay have signed an agreement around text-based advertising and "click-to-call" advertising, in which
Google Talk and
Skype will power voice calls between customers and merchants." Even more interesting is this tidbit from the official press release: "Google will become the exclusive text-based advertising provider for eBay outside the United States." Wow, this is a huge win for Skype/eBay, but I'm not so sure how much of a win this is for Google - more on that later.
It is interesting that there is a caveat in the press release - Google is the
exclusive text-based advertising provider for eBay
outside the United States. Apparently, as part of this deal, Skype/eBay can continue to use Overture or other ad networks
within the U.S. but
must use Google for advertising outside the U.S. This sounds to me like Skype/eBay negotiated hard with Google and threw Google a "bone" by agreeing to use Google exclusively outside the U.S.
According to their
press release, eBay and Google plan to integrate and launch "click-to-call" advertising functionality that leverage both Skype and Google Talk in each company's respective shopping and search platforms. So if I go to Skype's online store, I can expect to see a Google Talk button instead of a Skype click-to-call button? Unlikely. It seems clear from the news announced that Google and Skype wish to give the user the option of which VoIP click-to-call application you wish to use.
Thus, perhaps Skype will modify their famous click-to-call buttons to include an image of both Skype and Google Talk on the same button. Then whichever is your default
callto: application (Skype of Google Talk) will automatically be launched when the button is clicked.
The next question you are probably asking yourself is "Is it technically feasible for Skype, a proprietary P2P VoIP application to interoperate with Google Talk". The short answer is that is quite feasible. Aswath has a
good run down explaining the technical feasability.
Soon, Skype will offer its users the option to download the Google Toolbar, to which Skype will add a custom button. There is no mention whether Google would add Skype to the Google Toolbar in return. This would be a huge win for Skype, but would also upset Google's fans that don't hate "bloatware". Of course, Google could offer a check box before downloading to include/exclude the Skype software.
So what's in this for Google? The
New York Times states that mortgage brokers are willing to pay $8 to $15 for each call from a Web searcher, which is roughly 10 times more than they will pay for a Web site click. As part of the Google-eBay/Skype deal, money paid by advertisers for calls completed through Skype would be split between the two companies. Indeed, mortgage brokers are one such potential revenue source from click-to-call applications. However, there has to be a lot of trust between the customer and the mortgage broker. How many users, tech-savvy or otherwise, are willing to trust talking to a mortgage broker using Skype or Google Talk, especially when trying to broker a $350,000 deal? Even if the voice quality is superb, do you really want to deal with a mortgage broker whose identity is unknown due to the use of VoIP? There is a level of trust with dialing an 800/888/877 toll-free number that VoIP just hasn't earned yet. Especially with
Spam over Internet Telephony (SPIT) concerns. Thus, I don't believe Google isn't going to make much "shared revenue" at all as part of this deal - at least in the short term, until some sort of "trusted VoIP source" program is instituted. People just aren't going to use click-to-call for $8-$15 click-to-call transactions. On the other hand, users might use click-to-call for ordering a pizza or some other "low-level trust transaction" - but these advertisers are probably only willing to pay $0.10/click - roughly the same as a regular advertising click. They might be willing to pay a bit more, but certainly not $8-$15/click. I can foresee the potential for massive fraud with this unless Skype/Google implement some complex billing auditing. They will need to at least track IP addresses and not charge advertisers for clicks resulting in any phone calls less than 2 minutes.
Of course, eBay through their acquisition of Paypal has their
buyer protection program, which helps allieve some of the concerns over fraud. So perhaps eBay can extend their Paypal buying protection program to VoIP click-to-call advertisers. Perhaps they can "vet out" these advertisers and give the consumer a level of trust with VoIP that would not otherwise be there. That in essence is the what will give Google and eBay/Skype a future advantage in VoIP, if they play their cards right.
More:Andy disagrees with my position that this is an eBay/Skype win and thinks Google instead got the better part of the deal.
I agree with Russell Shaw's assertion that this deal
is signalling modest plans for Google Talk.
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Sony's Mylo ("my life online")
personal communicator is a new gadget that provides users access to online instant messaging services, Web pages (fully-featured Opera browser), e-mails, play music, and view photos. Most interestingly, the mylo communicator comes with
Skype software built into it for VoIP calling. It also has
Google Talk and
Yahoo! Messenger embedded, but it's not clear if these two applications will only support IM or VoIP as well. Like a competing gadget, the
Nokia 770 internet tablet, the Sony Mylo skips a SIM card in favor of WiFi only.
Sony Mylo with and without thumbpad displayedNo that's not a Sony PSP, but they sure damn look alike. The slim, oblong-shaped device features a 2.4 inch color LCD (measured diagonally) with a slide out QWERTY keyboard for comfortable and quick thumb typing. The product includes JiWire’s hotspot directory listing more than 20,000 WiFi networks in the United States. so you can find a hotspot near you.
Using the mylo you can send and receive text emails with web mail services like Yahoo! Mail and Gmail. 1GB of flash memory is available on the mylo personal communicator to store music, videos, and images. It supports the playback of MP3, ATRAC or WMA (secure and unsecure) files. The mylo communicator has a built-in speaker for listening to music so you can share your music with those around you. You can also view MPEG-4 personal videos by transferring files via USB cable or with Memory Stick Duo media. You can also store JPEG pictures from the Internet or your digital camera.
The mylo device uses a lithium-ion battery that offers up to 45 hours of music playback, around seven hours of chatting and web surfing and more than three hours of continuous Skype talk time. It comes with a microphone, stereo headphones, a USB cable and a neoprene case.
The mylo personal communicator will be available in September for about $350 online at sonystyle.com, at
Sony Style retail stores
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Google Talk
launched a major release that includes voicemail, file transfer capabilities and it shows what music track you are playing in your client. Just make sure to stop playing Barry Manilow
before you call your friends.
Google is one of the simplest "no frills" IM/softphone client you will find - which is
why some love it and some hate it. You can get the update
here and you can read more about it on the
GoogleTalk Blog.
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Andy had the
goods yesterday on Sixapart's Live Journal and
Gizmo Project in a deal that would enable one of the largest blogging community to be able to IM & VoIP each other. Well, today, it's official.
The co-branded “Gizmo Project for LJ Talk” software will enable LiveJournal friends to call each other for free, send instant messages and see each other's online presence (available, away or offline). Some nice features include free “Call me” and “IM” buttons on journal pages to initiate calls and instant messages from the web, as well as point and click “voice posts", which allows Gizmo Project for LJ Talk users to post audio recordings (podcasts) on their blog. The partnership also stated that Gizmo Project for LJ Talk users will be able to make low-cost PSTN calls in addition to buddy-to-buddy PC calling. Gizmo leverages the SIP standard for outbound dialing.
Six Apart today simultaneously announced it has created an open source Jabber server, a modular, scalable, server that enables others to integrate their services with Jabber and LJ Talk, LiveJournal's new instant messaging and voice service. The new server provides smoothly integrated IM and voice capabilities, and is now available for any company or service provider to use for free.
Google Talk, which is Jabber-based is able to connect to Six Apart's Jabber server. Similarly, Gaim, Adium, iChat, Trillian Pro, and Pandion S, all Jabber-based should be able to connect as well.
Are Skype's proprietary days numbered? They don't use SIP, they don't use Jabber, their video is proprietary, and they don't allow other client's to connect.
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Camrivox has announced that it has added support for
Google Talk to its range of Flexor IP telephony adapters and IP phones. The Flexor line of products allow users to register a SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) account and a Google Talk account simultaneously on the same VoIP device. The Flexor line also supports analog FXO/FXS ports, so it can also make/receive landline/PSTN calls. Interesting that you can do SIP, Google Talk, and PSTN in/out all from one ATA (analog telephony adaptor). Indeed, it looks like the Flexor 151 and 201 are both nice converged ATAs -- all from a company I just learned about today. They also carry IP phones, such as the Flexor 500, but I didn't see any photos of the Flexor 500 on their website.
"We believe that Camrivox is the first company to add this capability, and our Flexor range is therefore the first devices that enables Google Talk to be used without a PC," said David Moorhouse, VP of Marketing at Camrivox.
The Google Talk capability is supported by Camrivox's complete range of VoIP products including the Flexor 500 IP phone, and the Flexor 201 and Flexor 151 VoIP telephony adapters.
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I recently discovered
Hotty.com, a website that is offering a new SIP VoIP Softphone,
Megapin Inc. has developed a few SIP and Jabber products that they offer to service providers and wholesalers to OEM, with full "skinning" capabilties. One of their prodis
M2-UA, a SIP softphone application and the other is
M2-IM, which has both SIP and Jabber IM/presence support. The M2-IM product will support
Yahoo! Messenger, MSN Messenger, AIM, ICQ, and
Google Talk. Their softphone products feature standard voice codecs including G.711, GSM, and Speex.
I was actually checking out the Hotty.com website last week, but now their homepage shows a 55 day countdown till the product launches. Where'd the content I saw last week go? Fortunately, I keep a very lengthy browser "cache", so I was able to copy the screenshots from my cache folder.
I still haven't figured out why Megapin, Inc. is using the domain name
hotty.com for a softphone application. Sounds like a porno site if you ask me. And if you look at the black background with the coundown clock it certainly has the feeling of a porn site to me. Either that or a hacker site, which often use a black background. Black is cool in hacker world. Maybe their softphone application will be targetted at online dating sites or perhaps sites with female "
hotties" taking inbound VoIP calls for some Phone Sex over IP (after you give your credit card number of course)
Well, only 55 more days till we find out what this is all about...
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