Archive for July, 2007

Upgrading to Gizmo 3.1.0.77 on Nokia N770

I installed the upgrade for Gizmo Project version 3.1.0.77 on my Nokia n770 today. It didn’t go well. After installing the update, I couldn’t seem to send or recieve any calls. I tried with Grand Central, I tried with Gizmo Project directly with GizmoOut minutes. When I dialed a number, it would ring once and [...]

Ooma does what now?

I was reading Andy Abramsonson’s blog where he talked about a new service called Ooma. As I hadn’t heard about it before, I decided to see if I could find out more about it. One of those things where you try to go read all the different blogs and read about all the different opinions [...]

Gizmo Call and Free Inbound numbers

After my post yesterday about using free PSTN access numbers to call a gateway and enter a SIP number, I read about a feature Gizmo has implemented that is supposed to assign you an incoming number that anyone you call can use to call you back. In principal, it basically gives the person you are [...]

Another thing Skype can’t do because it is non-standard

I have been planning write a post about calling SIP numbers from the PSTN telephone network for awhile. As I thought about it, it made me realize that while access numbers at the moment are somewhat limited to major cities and such, this is another huge reason why an open standard SIP based VOIP phone [...]

Are $30 DVD players a good thing?

One of our DVD players quit the other day. The drawer wouldn’t eject the disc anymore. Probably nothing more than a loose belt or a weak motor. It could probably be fixed pretty easily. Is it worth fixing? When we bought our first DVD player maybe 10 years ago it cost around $300. That would [...]