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:
- Truphone
- Mobivox
- Rebtel
- Skype
- fring
- Vyke
- Yeigo
- Mobiboo
- MobiVoIP
- TeraSip
- JAJAH
- SightSpeed
- GizmoProject
- GoogleTalk
- AIM
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6 responses so far ↓
pat phelan // Mar 9, 2008 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
Ted // Mar 9, 2008 at 7:46 pm
I’m hoping to see Cisco as well, but then I’m a Cisco bigot
kracker // Mar 10, 2008 at 9:34 am
The QOS will be terrible.
Garrett Smith // Mar 10, 2008 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.
Garrett Smith // Mar 10, 2008 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.
Garrett Smith // Mar 10, 2008 at 5:15 pm
kracker:
Maybe, but I have used a variety of Mobile VoIP services and have been surprised at the call quality.
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