[Geowanking] iPhone Geolocating technology?

Mike Liebhold mnl at well.com
Thu Jan 11 12:34:59 PST 2007


Maybe you're right about the VOIP part  Dennis.  I noticed, though, that 
you did not refute the speculation regarding  a Google WiFi geolocation 
app   --- no worries, we all understand that larry and sergey wouldn't 
want you to say anything either way :-)


Dennis Crowley wrote:

> ps:  no way does Cingular let Apple throw a VOIP client on the iPhone 
> - that's gotta be part of this deal.   i can't see Cingular putting 
> themselves at risk to  cannibalize their voice minutes by offering a 
> solution that also sucks up all their bandwidth.
>
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> On Jan 11, 2007, at 3:01 PM, Joe Germuska wrote:
>
>>
>> On 1/11/07, *Mike Liebhold* <mnl at well.com <mailto:mnl at well.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     A Skype stiyle VOIP app will be a nice addition  too.
>>
>>
>> I suppose by the time Apple buys Cisco off, they will have probably 
>> bought the right to include VOIP whether or not Cisco's (Linksys) 
>> iPhone plays in the same space.
>>
>> In fact, although I know that phones (and iPods) traditionally are 
>> closed anyway, I had wondered if one reason this is a closed platform 
>> was to prevent outside developers from porting Skype or something 
>> like it and compromising Apple's ability to claim that their iPhone 
>> doesn't compete directly with Cisco's. 
>>
>> Probably not.  Probably just a control freak thing.
>>
>> Joe
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