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Mexico VOIP: Axtel Conmigo weds Fring: Fixed VOIP goes Mobile

Mexico’s leading telco and fixed line telecom provider Axtel’s new service named as AXTEL CONMIGO has partnered with FRING, the Israel based mobile VOIP app provider,

This VOIP partnership will bring Axtel’s fixed line Internet calls to mobile handsets and Axtel is the first in Mexico to extend such kind of VOIP mobile partnership,

Now the Axtel Conmigo VOIP subscribers too can receive the home phone calls, social networking like Skype, Facebook, GTalk, Twitter etc on their cellular phones, or compatible, mobile devices, PDAs etc,

Fring mobile VOIP app works on both type of telecom networks viz.: Wi-Fi and also over 3G cellular networks, and works on variety of mobile handsets including range of Nokia’s Symbian, Apple’s iPhone, iPod Touch, Google’ Android, Windows Mobiles, and Fring supports unlimited free international FRING to FRING, or SKYPE TO SKYPE calling over 3G or Wi-Fi…

[G] 5 more tips for using Google Buzz on your phone

Official Google Mobile Blog: 5 more tips for using Google Buzz on your phone

Last week we shared some tips for getting the most out of Google Buzz for mobile. We’re back with more ways to help you become a power buzz poster and find the most interesting buzz while you’re on the go. Try these 5 tips for the Google Buzz for mobile web app (buzz.google.com) on your iPhone or Android 2.0+ device.

1. Post buzz with your voice.
You can post your public buzz simply by speaking it. From the Google Mobile App for iPhone or Quick Search Box on Android, select the voice search icon, say “post buzz” followed by the text you’d like to post, and watch your words appear. Before your post is sent, you’ll be able to edit it or change its tagged location.

2. Filter the Nearby tab for a specific place.
From the Nearby tab, you can easily filter buzz by a specific place, such as a sushi restaurant you’re about to walk by, to only see posts from that place. Open the menu showing nearby places, for example “Tartine Bakery and 20+ other locations nearby,” and then select a specific place from the list. Now, you’ll see all the public buzz anyone’s ever posted from that place or you can quickly create a post that is tagged with the place. To go back, just open the same menu and select your current location shown with the blue dot. You’ll once again see all the recently posted buzz around your location.

3. Search!
As you’d expect from any Google product, Google Buzz for mobile has a powerful search feature that lets you search all public buzz for topics that interest you. Open the menu or just select the magnifying glass icon to see the search bar. You can also search specifically for nearby posts by checking the “Search nearby” box before submitting your search (it’s already checked if you’re in the Nearby tab). Now you can find out what people around you are saying about the closest pizza spot or a traffic jam.

4. Post from your city-level location.
Tagging a post with your location is easy and adds context to your buzz posts. Sometimes, your post isn't about a specific place or you'd rather not share your exact location. You can easily show your city-level location, so your post has a general city location tagged and will be browsable in the Nearby view and Maps Buzz layer. When posting, just select the “>” in the location box, scroll down, and select the city-level location option.

5. Refresh your location.
On the other hand, sometimes you really want your location to be exact. When you visit the Nearby tab or want to tag your post with a location, Google Buzz will try to get your location using your phone’s GPS. If you’re not happy with the location accuracy, you’re moving, or you’re just stepping outside to get a GPS signal, hit the ‘refresh’ icon to tell the Google Buzz web app to get your location again. You can also learn more about troubleshooting location problems.

Stay tuned for more tips! Visit our Help Center to learn more or tell us your feedback and questions in our Help Forum. You can also give us suggestions and vote on other people’s on the Mobile Product Ideas page.

Posted by Chris Nguyen, Product Marketing, Google Mobile

URL: http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2010/03/5-more-tips-for-using-google-buzz-on.html

Google Innovation- Nexus One Phone

Last class meeting, we discussed the case study about google and how google is shaping not only web search but also people’s daily activities. It is amazing how this web search engine has come up with new innovative applications. These applications include Google Maps, Google Finance, etc. It is just about everything you need with multiple application to assist you in everyday activities. The Google Nexus One phone is truly amazing. I have played around with my friend’s google phone and I think that it is alot better than the I-Phone (sorry if I am attacking I-phone users). The phone has much better camera and video quality and also has voice recognition. For example, you can say your text message out loud and the phone will recognize it and provide it for you on the screen. That is really amazing!

Google is Beginning to Piss Me Off

For the most part, I’ve found Google Voice very useful. It gives me one number that I can have forwarded to any and all phones where I might be (home phone, cell phone, etc.), and if I grab a new pre-paid phone I can just add it and people use the same Google Voice number to reach me instead of them tracking me down or me wondering whether I’ve notified everyone.

The other day, however, I decided that I wanted a new Google Voice number. The old one was mnemonically linked to my now-defunct presidential campaign. The new one is mnemonically linked to me in a more permanent way.

Google charges $10 for a number change (and keeps the old number going for three months so that if anyone doesn’t get the word, they still get through). No problem. I coughed right up.

But now it’s been several days and the new number doesn’t work. Callers get “this number is not in service.” Skype tells me “number does not exist.”

And, as anyone who’s ever reported a problem to Google knows, you’re about as likely to get action, or even an individual response, as you would be if you climbed down into an abandoned salt mine and scrawled your support request on the walls with a chisel.

Normally, I don’t consider that a big deal. Most Google services are free. Most of them are well-supported in a general way, and most of them have active user mutual support forums.

But now that I’ve got actual money — even a small amount — wrapped up in a Google service, being able to share the woe with other unsatisfied users isn’t good enough.

I want my damn number to work. Selah.

5 more tips for using Google Buzz on your phone

5 more tips for using Google Buzz on your phone: “Last week we shared some tips for getting the most out of Google Buzz for mobile. We’re back with more ways to help you become a power buzz poster and find the most interesting buzz while you’re on the go. Try these 5 tips for the Google Buzz for mobile web app (buzz.google.com) on your iPhone or Android 2.0+ device.

1. Post buzz with your voice.
You can post your public buzz simply by speaking it. From the Google Mobile App for iPhone or Quick Search Box on Android, select the voice search icon, say ‘post buzz’ followed by the text you’d like to post, and watch your words appear. Before your post is sent, you’ll be able to edit it or change its tagged location.

2. Filter the Nearby tab for a specific place.
From the Nearby tab, you can easily filter buzz by a specific place, such as a sushi restaurant you’re about to walk by, to only see posts from that place. Open the menu showing nearby places, for example ‘Tartine Bakery and 20+ other locations nearby,’ and then select a specific place from the list. Now, you’ll see all the public buzz anyone’s ever posted from that place or you can quickly create a post that is tagged with the place. To go back, just open the same menu and select your current location shown with the blue dot. You’ll once again see all the recently posted buzz around your location.

3. Search!
As you’d expect from any Google product, Google Buzz for mobile has a powerful search feature that lets you search all public buzz for topics that interest you. Open the menu or just select the magnifying glass icon to see the search bar. You can also search specifically for nearby posts by checking the ‘Search nearby’ box before submitting your search (it’s already checked if you’re in the Nearby tab). Now you can find out what people around you are saying about the closest pizza spot or a traffic jam.

4. Post from your city-level location.
Tagging a post with your location is easy and adds context to your buzz posts. Sometimes, your post isn’t about a specific place or you’d rather not share your exact location. You can easily show your city-level location, so your post has a general city location tagged and will be browsable in the Nearby view and Maps Buzz layer. When posting, just select the “>” in the location box, scroll down, and select the city-level location option.

5. Refresh your location.
On the other hand, sometimes you really want your location to be exact. When you visit the Nearby tab or want to tag your post with a location, Google Buzz will try to get your location using your phone’s GPS. If you’re not happy with the location accuracy, you’re moving, or you’re just stepping outside to get a GPS signal, hit the ‘refresh’ icon to tell the Google Buzz web app to get your location again. You can also learn more about troubleshooting location problems.

Stay tuned for more tips! Visit our Help Center to learn more or tell us your feedback and questions in our Help Forum. You can also give us suggestions and vote on other people’s on the Mobile Product Ideas page.

Posted by Chris Nguyen, Product Marketing, Google Mobile

Phone Mishap

SPHM560GNSThis is my new phone it is a Samsung Reclaim, and it was free. My is green and Kevin’s is grey. It is made with 80% recyclable materials. It has a camera and keyboard. I like it. I have had it for about 2 weeks and I keep it in my back pocket. Last Wednesday at school I was using the bathroom and when I sat on the seat, into the toilet went my phone. Right away I took it apart and dried off all the parts, took out the battery. I tried charging it, nothing seemed to happen. I was so upset, my new phone broken. When Kevin came home he said google Phone in toilet so I did, and hair dried my phone for about 15 minutes and it was fine.

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Google Nexus One phone for India with stripped features

Google Nexus One phone for India with stripped featuresIndia is about to gain the latest Android smartphone out of Google, the Google Nexus One; however, India may be left wanting in the way of Nexus One features as according to an article over on infocera, Google is going to strip down the features on the Nexus One for India.
This stripped down version of the Nexus One is for developing countries much like India and Russia, but on the up side of this, less features also brings a lesser price for this developing counties Nexus One smartphone version.
The slimmed down Nexus One is set to launch in India in the last quarter of 2010, and speculation has placed the Nexus One price in India at more than Rs. 24,000, although that is still only speculation.
So far there is no word in just what features the Indian Nexus One will lose, but word has it that it will not be similar to its US avatar, and as far as I am aware there’s no work on just who will offer the Nexus One smartphone in India.

Free Overseas Call to Twitter Contacts: twit2tel.com

*******7 Stars: A Real, easy and mind blowing wonderful FREE OVERSEAS CALLING phone service, is strongly recommended by us Talkfree7: The VOIP Blog…

Twitter + Phone = FREE Twit2tel International Voice call and Voice mails

Twitter is the hottest of all online social networks and 140 words microblogging platform, everybody seems to be on Twitter nowadays and is Tweeting his way : )

But we know web world is generally a ’silent’ media and many times people here needs to raise their voice, so now you can TALK free or send a FREE voice mail to your Twitter contacts using: www.twit2tel.com

You do not need to have the phone number of the guys on Twitter, to whom you wish to make a FREE call, as this free call app gives each Twitterer its own voicemail! And this voicemail links directly to his account and phone number on Twitter. It’s all Free, just make a free sign up via your Twitter > link your phone number with your user name.

When you wish to make a FREE voice call to your Twitter pals than make a tweet @twit2tel call or just go to http://twit2tel.com and sign in and fill the twitter user name of the guy you wish to call, than Twit2tel will make you free connect with the username tweeted!

Free Call (local, overseas or anywhere in the world where the Twitter user lives) are limited only to 4 minutes (do not worry you are free to make any number of calls as you wish) the both of the users should have linked their respective phone numbers to their usernames!

Also the free voicemails could be heard via Twit2Tel and also could be downloaded, also if someone has not signed into Twit2tel.com still he will receive the voicemail via a URL / link sent to their Twitter.

This Free International calling works 200+ countries which includes: USA / North America, South America, Asia, and Oceania also includes: USA, Canada, UK, Mexico, Brazil, France, Australia, China, and India.

Everybody on Twitter can use Twit2tel to send FREE voice messages to any Twitterers around the globe and / or make a FREE voice call for 4 minutes duration and these 4 minutes call can be done as many times, (just robey / emember the time zones while making a free voice call as this service really works and is WONDERFUL!),

… and yep this Twitter free calling app really works seamlessly with a EXCELLENT voice call quality followed by a small advert which supports their free calling, I tried it, nice FREE INTERNATIONAL CALL SERVICE via Twitter, I am sure it will make this world crazy : )


If this free international call service could survive, I can see it as one of the Skype alternate of some kind, as it calls phone to phone for FREE, though using Twitter and perhaps it also will work from UAE etc where VOIP is blocked and is in much demand due to high rates overseas call rates,

thank you by heart, twit2tel team!

Google to offer stripped-down Nexus One phone in India?

Google may be preparing to launch a stripped-down, low-cost version of its Nexus One smartphone in India, and possibly other developing markets, according to speculation on multiple Indian technology sites. The rumors appear to have originated in a tweet from a TV show producer. But irrespective of how it got started, it sure highlights the importance that Google is placing on the developing markets.
Apple has historically focused on building high-margin products and slapping the legendary Apple Tax on them, but this strategy hasn’t found many takers in markets such as India. Indeed, many would say Apple has priced itself out of the market. In India, the iPhone 3G 8GB model is priced at about $680, while the 16GB variant is priced at about $790 (the 3GS has not yet been released, possibly due to the limited uptake that the 3G version has met). However, Google’s entry into the mobile handset space has to do with more than just device margins. The company is trying to increase the avenues by which consumers can interact with its services. Be it in the mobile space through Android or through its attempts at experimental fiber networks. And it is in this context that emerging markets such as India represent a large market that Google can ill-afford to ignore.
India is adding close to 18 million mobile subscribers every month, and the Indian telecom regulator TRAI estimates [PDF] there were around 127 million wireless subscribers accessing data services (essentially GPRS/EDGE based mobile data services) at the end of September 2009. That is a sizeable number, and one that continues to grow. Mobile advertising, too, is beginning to make its presence felt. Admob metrics [PDF] from January 2010 show India accounting for over 5% of all ad requests, behind only the US and ahead of many other developed mobile markets including Japan and the UK.
Moreover, Google already has some strong traction in the market. A Comscore September 2009 report estimates that Internet users in India spent up to a third of their online time on Google sites, a figure that is over three times the global average. Given such strong usage indicators of its services, Google will want to build on its brand strength, while simultaneously tapping into the fast growing mobile space. Google is already experimenting with multiple mobile products for its Indian audience, including Google Phone Search (search using voice calls to a toll-free number, with results being sent as a text message), Google SMS Search (search using text) and Google SMS Channels (SMS-based mobile communities). Putting a feature-rich, yet low-cost phone into the hands of its users appears the right next step.
It is in this context that a stripped-down version makes sense from Google’s perspective. Google has previously signaled that it considers India an unfriendly marketplace for smartphones. One can only speculate on what components might be tossed, but there are a few low-hanging fruit. India does not yet have 3G networks, given that the required spectrum has not been auctioned yet (although that will likely change soon, hopefully). Similarly, GPS and WLAN chipsets could be on the block, if Google is looking at cutting down on the radios. The display, too, could be swapped out for a less expensive and smaller LCD screen as opposed to the OLED display that the Nexus One currently boasts.
The resulting device would definitely not be what Google calls a “Superphone“, and therefore would not qualify for its online webstore. However, that might do a world of good to Google if it were indeed to launch such a phone in India where online commerce is still finding its feet. Apple found out the hard way that in a large country such as India, having a presence at the neighborhood handset retailer store is critical to driving uptake (Apple’s iPhone is primarily available only at select carrier-owned distribution stores, which are very limited). While Google might not have the experience of dealing with large third-party distributors, it has shown that it does not shy away from such challenges. Indeed, the very fact that it chose to launch its own distribution channel for the Nexus One in the US is testimony to that.
India would likely not be the only target country for such a stripped-down version. Brazil comes readily to mind as another good candidate. For Google to translate its successes on the desktop to the mobile web, a strong presence across devices will be inevitable, be it through carrier partnerships or through Android-based phones, or better-still, a Nexus-One style device where Google exerts significant control. And emerging markets such as India with its large mobile base are probably the right entry point.
Tags: INdia, nexus one
Companies: Google