Yesterday, Google added video and audio chat to gmail. There are undoubtedly millions of people that will come to use the system. It may even be as popular as Skype one day.
That's Matt!
Genesi, Manager, Developer Relations
Questions:
1. Will Google talk be extended to traditional phone systems as an outbound calling feature?
2. As the FCC in the USA voted last week to free the frequencies between television channels to create a wireless broadband service (Vote for broadband in 'white spaces'), will we see more WiFi available as fewer base stations are needed for better coverage at lower cost?
Potential results:
1. Tough going for Skype and eBay.
2. Less people will need a mobile phone.
Things sure are moving ahead quickly. How about video email? Just imagine the service options and marketing opportunities...
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4 comments:
It's amazing how fast Google can move on stuff like this.
Regarding the FCC and "white spaces"..
Is this how radio amateurs and private broadcasters felt in 1927 when the FRC was formed and regulated radio? I mean its not far fetched that the FCC will further regulate wifi more and more. At first the FRC/FCC was shown as a good thing too, now look at it.
:) Just playing devils advocate
-Debaser
If it i going to be a while before we see an Efika2, would it be possible to do another production run of the original Efika?
They started to sell a 7" netbook in Germany for around 175Euro
http://www.heise.de/mobil/bilderstrecke/522/am51d24fLzE=
It runs on Linux with a MIPS CPU, some MIPS consume less power than an ARM.
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