TalkPlus isn’t a VoIP service per se, but it does let you do some pretty cool things. Phil Wolff and Jeff Black show how in mere seconds, you can assign a virtual phone number to one of your Skype contacts and signal them from your mobile phone. Yeah, it’s not the most practical thing VoIP lets yo…

After a short hiatus, I’m just catching up on the news around the VoIP blogosphere. Here are some articles I found particularly interesting:1. Skype 3.0 beta goes “Live”The new version will have click-to-call, where any text phone number in your website browser will allow you to go it to manufactur…

If you can’t stand typing on those teeny-weeny QWERTY keyboards (thumbpads?) on your mobile phone, Samsung hears you. They just showed off that monster of a “mobile convergence device” (don’t you dare signal it a phone) at the Mobile WiMAX Summit 2006 in South Korea. Featuring a full fold-out keyb…

I’ve been using Raketu for a few weeks prior to that review. This newcomer to the VoIP arena made its debut on September 12, 2006, and it shows definite promise. Their goal is to do no less than to overtake Skype as the leader in World Wide Web voice communications, with the following strategy:1…