This is the downfall of asking questions about devices i do not own myself, i just got really excited at the idea of not having to have any Provider whatsoever. But alas, AT&T will have me for a while yet.
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Voice Over IP on the iPhone
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This is the downfall of asking questions about devices i do not own myself, i just got really excited at the idea of not having to have any Provider whatsoever. But alas, AT&T will have me for a while yet.
iPod Touch has a mic and speaker. The left earbud has a built in microphone and of course the right earbud could be the speaker. If the app balanced the audio all the way to the right side, maybe that would create a sort of phone. Not that anyone would really want to talk like that for long though. iPod Linux used to allow me to record memos through the left earbud.
AT&T can't complain, because people aren't using their network for the data transfer; private wireless networks are being used. If the VOIP calls we being made over EDGE, then AT&T could scream. With making phone calls over Wi-Fi, they aren't using the cellular bandwidth so AT&T can pipe it to other customers, boosting their service.
I'll let yo all figure out the implications of this but, you know asterisk has been ported to Mac OS X.
http://www.asterisk.org/support/about
It would be fun if asterisk run on the iPhone but that's unlikely to happen soon.
http://www.asterisk.org/support/about
It would be fun if asterisk run on the iPhone but that's unlikely to happen soon.
Soon enough they'll release a nice version for the iPhone I'm sure...
I think all the development teams and hackers are just waiting for the 1.1.1 firmware before they spring into action and start hacking it to bits.
I think all the development teams and hackers are just waiting for the 1.1.1 firmware before they spring into action and start hacking it to bits.
It's really a good thing for AT & T
I know that the general impression is that AT&T is against a VoIP for the iPhone, however I think they have it wrong.
The biggest laugh is how much AT&T claim they have the best all over network. Well, I still get complete crap reception in my house, in my work place, and in just about in building around.
If I'm outside, okay, AT&T is good.
Which is why VoIP is good for them. 9 times out of 10, when I'm in a building, I'm connected to a WiFI.
What I think might be holding them up is that they will want to find some kind of pricing on this. Afterall, they don't want to give up on free minutes, right?
I know that the general impression is that AT&T is against a VoIP for the iPhone, however I think they have it wrong.
The biggest laugh is how much AT&T claim they have the best all over network. Well, I still get complete crap reception in my house, in my work place, and in just about in building around.
If I'm outside, okay, AT&T is good.
Which is why VoIP is good for them. 9 times out of 10, when I'm in a building, I'm connected to a WiFI.
What I think might be holding them up is that they will want to find some kind of pricing on this. Afterall, they don't want to give up on free minutes, right?
It's exciting stuff, but I'm worried this will be thrown up on the list with free ring tones and SIM unlocking, as things that Apple "do not want!" <insert picture of steve jobs and white grammatically incorrect text here>
Sigh. There is no mic in the left earbud. What is happening is that the speaker's polarity is being inverted and is becoming a mic. Basically, the speaker stops receiving audio signals and starts sending them to iPod. This is why it sounds terrible and is fuzzy, because it was designed as a speaker not a mic.
this is cool and all, but what's even better is to do this on at&t's network. so att sees it as data, and since you have unlimited data......