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SvSIP has been successfully ported to iPod Touch, so an iPhone version will surely appear in next days.

A enthusiastic post mentions the successful port being able to make and receive IP Calls. There is very little information curreently, only several screenshots, but I think it’s a beggining.

For all of you who doesn’t know what SvSIP is, here is the official explanation of the application, directly extracted from its website. Enjoy it!!

SvSIP is a software that you allow to use your Nintendo DS like phone. For this, it uses SIP protocol. This protocol is an open standard for creating, modifying, and terminating sessions with one or more participants. It is widely used as a signaling protocol for Voice over IP.
This software is under development, it currently allows:

• to call to number with figures,
• to receive calls,
• to question IVR by using DTMF tones.

Via NoticiasTech
Links SvSIP Website , iPod Touch port screenshots

More and more rumours and spreading all over internet about the almost certain coming of the GPhone.

A previous debate subject was to establish the GPhone either a iPhone or a Windows Mobile Competitor but now everybody is talking about the future struggle between Google and the mobile carriers.

It’s obvious that Google is suggesting a bussiness model totally opossed to the actual one, where applications can be freely used in every handset, especially VoIP (which is free and the carrier greatest threat). In addition mobile software develpment is gaining momentum day after day, with more and more people working in giving mobile phone a broader functionality. What will be the impact of this (almost) certain release?

Read more in this article for the Wall Street Journal

Last week everybody was speaking about the a possible Skype VoIP phone. So we did .

Finally its release has been confirmed to november the 2nd in U.K. and some time later in Australia, Austria, Denmark, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Macao and Sweden. The price will be about 71€.

 Moreover technical specifications and pictures have been published:

• 2″ screen
• 16 mb interal memory
• MicroSD expansion slot
• 2 Megapixels camera
• Size: 100 x 44 x 13.6 milimiters
• Weight of 86 grams
• Battery life: 320 h. standby / 270 min talking.
• Bluetooth 2.0 compatible

Watch a sample video here.

It is no secret that VoIP calls is about to become a threat to regular home and office calls business.

While its main advantage is clear, it is “free”, it used to have many drawbacks:

• A fast connection is mandatory.
• User needs a handset capable of processing  VoIP.
• Operators probably will do everything in their hands to avoid losing their revenues from regular calls….

While WiFi hotspots are spreading all around many cities, handset processing power is having an exponential growth. Moreover, Skype (which is obviously focused on VoIP) is about to launch its own mobile phone. Does this mean that VoIP is finally going to overthrow regular phone calls?

It is not clear. Although it has many strong opportunities (i.e. international calls,  far cheaper than regular calls), the sell of this phone will be a hard one as some operators like AT&T have already banned VoIP in some of their handsets…

Personally, I’d like to watch the success of VoIP over regular calls as a triumph of technology over money. What do you think?

Via Businees Week