Pat Phelan: Bits, bytes and telecomsA little bit of everything

I can’t believe we are back here again in a discussion regarding Apple blocking voice over 3G.
Voice over 3G is an appalling standard, it just doesn’t work without massive compression.
If any iPhone user runs a standard ping test I would be shocked to see ping times of under 100ms, in fact I have just [...]

During interview with All Things Digital’s Kara Swisher at CES Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein said three of the most incredible things I have ever heard, not only in telephony but in business in general.
Q:How does Palm (PALM) view Apple (AAPL)?
“We don’t pay that much attention to Apple….I know it sounds really strange,”
says Rubinstein.
“Really?” [...]

Some interesting news floating around regarding Apple and its interest in purchasing iCall a USA VOIP provider.
iCall allows iPhone users when in a hotspot to divert calls off of the GSM network and onto the WiFi network. I have been testing it for a few week now and quality appears to be as good as [...]

Today we launched the new MAXroam store.
Its the third iteration and its definitely getting to where we want to be with lots more to come soon.
So whats new?

Lots of phones, a nice selection of the most popular Nokia phones with Sony Ericsson and other models coming soon.
All these phones have never been locked and are [...]

My Htc Hero arrived yesterday, we bought it to test with some new MAXroam stuff and I have to say the improvement in Android since the G1 has been amazing.
Menu layout and movement between applications is quick and intuitive and graphics are amazing.
There is only one slight issue, after an overnight charge and 5 hours [...]

We at Cubic Telecom are absolutely thrilled to announce we have partnered with Shozu.This was a quick turnaround from two A teams with a little bit of magic in the middle.
Full release below
ShoZu and MAXroam Partner to Free Mobile Users Worldwide from the High Cost of Multimedia Social Networking While Traveling
CORK, IRELAND, and LONDON, UK- [...]

Palm have all but confirmed that they have entered into an agreement with 02 for exclusive distribution of their much praised Pre.
From pretty limited sources it appears that the Pre has sold 300,000 units in its first month in the USA, this is quite successful especially in a market where the Iphone has been an [...]

Its like the team the never learns at O2 Ireland
Its beyond disgraceful and they just don’t seem to give a damn about the Irish consumer on the Iphone 3GS launch.
Check the UK prepaid pricing out here
Check the Irish prepaid pricing here
Retail for 8GB iPhone 3GS
Ireland €519
UK €522.77 (Equivalent)
Packages
Ireland: free wifi roaming-Data roaming 99c [...]

This post got me thinking
“93 of top 100 brands don’t control their Twitter name”
I know Zappos have done an amazing job with twitter and I have engaged with their CEO Tony Hsieh who has over 30,000 fans including me.
Shel has been interviewing a number of corporate Twitterers for his book Twitterville but I am yet [...]

At last, at long last
Yellsn0w does the trick- Full instructions here, really quite easy.