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 More options Jan 18 2008, 1:01 pm
From: JP <Joachim.Pfeif...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:01:18 -0800 (PST)
Local: Fri, Jan 18 2008 1:01 pm
Subject: Re: Voice over IP in Android
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Anders,
I see you live in Sweden. You should have UMTS, right?
So... what you describe is not far from reality... or should I say
it's the closest shot that's out there right now that I am aware of.
Get an VoIP capable phone like a Nokia E60 and see if you can set up a
SIP call over UMTS. Unless your wireless Telco block port 5060 you
should be good to go.
The cost side of things might be a different story altogether, and
that's where things get interesting. The traditional nickle-and-dime
approach isn't going to fly if Android is supposed to work as
envisioned (or... how I understand the vision or perhaps hope it to
be).
Just ask the poor people who signed up for an iPhone how their AT&T
Wireless phone bill looks like... or those who took their iPhone
outside the country (US, that is).
Long way to go....
Joa

On Jan 18, 12:16 pm, Anders <i...@blabline.com> wrote:

> Potentially, an Android device could rely on TCP/IP for all
> communications, including telephony. For consumers that could be a
> great benefit. Today cell/mobile phone service providers charge a lot
> of money for just the telephony service including SMS. In fact, they
> make HUGE amounts of money on SMS messages alone. Imagine an e-mail
> application where each e-mail was very limited and that you had to pay
> for each e-mail you want to send. That's how SMS works today!

> New technologies could bring very cost-effective wireless TCP/IP to
> all people. Then the traditional type of cell/mobile phones would in
> theory not be needed any more. Instead of phone numbers people could
> have URLs to their Voice over IP accounts or both.

> The same wireless TCP/IP that Android devices use can be used by
> laptop computers and even stationary computers when (and if) wireless
> TCP/IP will be able to compete not only with current cell/mobile phone
> carrier technologies but also with ordinary cable Internet connections.


 
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