Google now offers two separate operating systems: Android OS – used by smartphones out there, ported by companies onto a bunch of other consumer electronic products including netbooks. Chrome OS – a browser-based operating system, which essentially lives within the browser. Oh, and people are starting to think of placing it on netbooks as well. Why would any sane company go and invest their resources on two operating systems that just… do the same? Which OS would
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By Tsahi Levent-Levi | January 28th, 2010 | Filed under Technology
It’s not every day that an opportunity falls in my laps not only to talk about something dear to me, but also to have a press release accompany it. And when opportunity knocks, who am I to say no. If you haven’t noticed, we’ve published a press release about MediaTek selecting our 3G-324M stack for their system-on-chip solutions for handset vendors. I thought I would share with you a short story of what went on behind the scenes… A
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By Tsahi Levent-Levi | January 20th, 2010 | Filed under Clients
There are three ways in which a service can be provided on a mobile handset these days: it can be integrated, downloaded or served from “the cloud”. The multi-Million dollar question is – which one is going to rule? A few years back, the only real way for a service to be noticed on a mobile device was by having it as an integrated part of the handset from day one. But these days, especially after the iPhone became the
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By Tsahi Levent-Levi | December 14th, 2009 | Filed under Clients, Technology
I am definitely not a gadget freak – the mobile phone I use is the corporate Nokia 6120 classic and I am happy with it (!!!), but I am a workaholic – so, at home, my laptop is always open, the VPN is always connected, and I check my corporate email account frequently. Why am I telling you that about myself? Because some people think WiFi VoIP is going to replace 3G calling. Michael Graves, for instance, thinks DECT is
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By Tsahi Levent-Levi | November 5th, 2009 | Filed under Technology
Ran has written about standardizing human behaviors in the past, but I think he missed an important question that has surfaced with the latest hype of the Media Phone: who drops the call? I apologize in advance if this sounds like a long rant… My Cisco IP Phone In my office I am the proud “owner” of a Cisco IP Phone. A piece of robust technology, that has been assisting me in my daily work for years now. It
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By Tsahi Levent-Levi | October 14th, 2009 | Filed under Technology
I wrote my views on Modu when it launched its handset in July. Since then, I’ve had the time to continue and ponder about it, most recently during the World Innovation Summit 09 I attended here in Israel. One of the keynotes was given by Dov Moran – Founder, Chairman and CEO of modu – who provided his views on the future innovation in the mobile arena in general, as well as the innovation by modu. Basically, Modu’s innovation according
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By Tsahi Levent-Levi | September 21st, 2009 | Filed under Clients
This is just a quick note: a few days ago, we published the August issue of our Realize VoIP newsletter. This time, it’s focused on the use of VoIP in emergency and first response communication networks. I’d like to focus your attention to 3 specific parts of this newsletter, which I believe might be useful for you: 1. Seminars We’re now providing face-to-face seminars to companies who wish to know more about VoIP and it’s implementations in various federal communication
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By Tsahi Levent-Levi | September 3rd, 2009 | Filed under Around the net
I already made a point or two regarding my obsession with the software vs. hardware debate (and I probably have a few more about the subject somewhere). This time around I’d like to talk about modu, a new phone that was just been launched in Israel (by an Israeli start-up) and its stark counterpart, the one that no mobile post can live without, the iPhone. modu is a new mobile handset manufacturer based in Israel, founded by Dov Moran, the
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By Tsahi Levent-Levi | July 29th, 2009 | Filed under Clients
In the race for the perfect (best?) mobile phone, we have forgotten what a phone really is. We started out by having a large, clunky mobile handset, and focused on downsizing it until we reached the point of absurdity. The big challenge seemed to be maintaining the basic phone features, like voice calling and texting (SMS). Then, PDAs started popping out, and the debate shifted from “who has the smallest phone” to “who will win the day: phones or PDAs”.
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By Tsahi Levent-Levi | April 9th, 2009 | Filed under Clients
Michael Mace at Mobile Opportunity complains about market share statistics – he is so right, and it’s not only the smartphones market, it is for virtually any market and any product. Rich Tehrany from TMCnet states that VoIP isn’t Internet Telephony – I’d say that IPTV is not Internet TV or or that there is no such thing as UC, Social Media, Web 2.0 or Phone 2.0. It’s only semantics. Important ones, but still semantics. Josh Bernoff, one of the authors of groundswell, writes in his blog about his bad experience at Hyatt Regency Philadelphia. It’s not VoIP related, but a great read, especially if you’re on the road a lot. It might even make some rethink the video conferencing solution to reduce business trips J IP Business reports that Comverse is launching an application store. This one is targeted at service providers to deliver new application. Once IMS happens, such stores will prosper as it standardizes the network architecture and allows rapid development and deployment of services. I have started a similar roundup of interesting posts related to visual communications on my talking video blog as well. You’re invited to read it as well.
By Tsahi Levent-Levi | February 19th, 2009 | Filed under Around the net
