I’ll Hate The iPhone A Little Less With VoIP

by Garrett Smith

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A few weeks ago I posted 11 reasons the iPhone is the worst cellphone I have ever owned.

I am not writing you today to retract those statements. I still think the iPhone is the worst cellphone I have used since the early 2000’s, but with news that Apple is okay with third party developers releasing VoIP applications that leverage the iPhone’s WiFi capabilities, I will hate it just a little less in the near future.

I expect that, with 27% of the North American smartphone market share, the iPhone will see plenty of VoIP applications coming very soon, which should prove to be a boon for Mobile VoIP service providers.

Here are a few company’s that i expect to see iPhone VoIP applications from:

{ 6 comments… read them below or add one }

1 pat phelan 03.09.08 at 6:52 pm: Forgot Talkplus, Challenger mobile and about 20 others Garrett, bit like facebook voice apps and we were are all bowled over by their success.
Lots of koolaid no revenues
2 Ted 03.09.08 at 7:46 pm: I’m hoping to see Cisco as well, but then I’m a Cisco bigot
3 kracker 03.10.08 at 9:34 am: The QOS will be terrible.
4 Garrett Smith 03.10.08 at 5:14 pm: Pat:

I knew someone would call me out on missing some folks! I agree that the promise is big…I hope that the companies can start showing some real revenues before the incumbents take notice and start offering the service themselves.
5 Garrett Smith 03.10.08 at 5:15 pm: Ted:

I am sure you will see something from Cisco…but it won’t be SIP and it won’t be free.
6 Garrett Smith 03.10.08 at 5:15 pm: kracker:

Maybe, but I have used a variety of Mobile VoIP services and have been surprised at the call quality.

I’ll Hate The iPhone A Little Less With VoIP

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