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My PC Skype client just got an upgrade and I decided to read the EULA (emphasis mine): No Emergency Calls: Skype Software does not and does not intend to support or carry emergency calls. Please also see paragraphs 3.6 and 6.2 below. 3.6 No Emergency Calls: The Skype Software is not intended to support or [...]

DisclaimerThese tests were done on a 1st gen iPod touch in Canada. Skype results may not be accurate as Skype is not supported in Canada. Fring has just released a new version of their iPod Touch/iPhone client that includes push notification support. I thought I’d try it out using my 1st gen iPod touch (no [...]

A new version of Fring that enables push notifications has just hit the app store. This will allow you to receive VOIP calls on your iPod touch or your iPhone’s wifi through Fring without having to have the app running.

Okay, so I just got my invite and I got Google Voice to work. In Canada. Sorta. Here’s how to get it to work from a non-US location: 1. Getting the Invite: https://services.google.com/fb/forms/googlevoiceinvite/ in case you haven’t already. 2. Wait You just have to wait for an email invite… I know of no way to [...]

The @googlevoice twitter account has a tweet about getting google voice apps for blackberry and android. Head over to http://m.google.com/voice to find out how. A follow-up tweet mentions going to http://google.com/voice/m for iPhone and other non android/blackberry users to manage your account. Also on the iPhone app store is an app called gvmobile. It’s a [...]

“Invites still going out (FIFO, so be patient). Remember that GV is only available in the US. Invites won’t work outside the US” GV Twitter

Pretty funny youtube video about Fring and the iPod Touch:

Fring just updated its iPod touch/iPhone client to include push notifications. Anyone have a line on a SIP service that supports notifications (ringing) via push? update: Apparently push was cancelled at the last minute according to the fring blog “As some of you might have noticed, originally this latest version was to include Apple’s new [...]