Yippz Voip
join:2005-05-04
Atlanta, GA
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Re: Tips for Running VoIP from a Wireless Connection
said by dzr  :To add to the list of possibilities: PocketPC with SIP software, such as SJPhone. While you may quibble that SIP Software was already mentioned, using a PocketPC is much more portable than a PC. Also, the average reader may not realize that SIP software exists for the PocketPC - so, I'm explicitly mentioning it. I do exactly that. I've got an Axim X3i and using SJPhone and VBuzzer »www.vbuzzer.com I get a free 416 (Toronto,ON) number with unlimited outgoing calls to 416 (My Vonage line has a virtual 416 on it) so I can call friends and family in Toronto as well as my Vonage line in Atlanta from any WI-FI location, such as my local coffee house. The Axim weighs literally nothing and fits in a pocket or on a belt clip. For incoming, I have my Vonage line set to Simul-ring which includes the VBuzzer 416 number, so if my Axim is online I can receive calls as well. -- Total cost for mobility >> $0.00
Sounds is as clear as speaking into a digital recorder and using my stereo headphones, I can hear absolutely everying from the person I'm speaking to crystal clear.
According to another thread, Vonage announced they're going to give out their SIP info so we can use SJPhone with Vonage without having to get a Softphone account, which according to Vonage they're doing away with.
Link to thread >> »[Vonage] Vonage Opening It's SIP Credentials?
Just wanted to let other Axim or HP PPC users in on the mobility details... Enjoy  |
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bellagio
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join:2005-01-02
Yonkers, NY | Your Axim setup is pretty sweet. And you are saying that the quality is very good? What do you use for a headphone or headset? Or do you just use the microphone from the PDA and just any speakers? |
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Yippz Voip
join:2005-05-04
Atlanta, GA
| said by bellagio :Your Axim setup is pretty sweet. And you are saying that the quality is very good? What do you use for a headphone or headset? Or do you just use the microphone from the PDA and just any speakers? Thanks... Just used it from a 2 hotels, in 2 different towns in Mississippi. Since 99% of the places I passed all offer free hi-speed wireless internet this will work pretty much everywhere. In the first place I got about a 57% signal from the room -- the second place had 6 access points around the hotel so I got 100% from everywhere except the elevator, where I got 88%. Pretty nice to walk around the hotel on the VOIP phone without dropping a call... Bye bye cell!!
Using the stereo headphones I use for MP3 play (Sony) I get to hear the call in clear stereo (amazing how much you really hear!!) The Axim I have doesn't allow for a headset mic so I hold the Axim or place it on a table when speaking. Callers say the quality is so life-like that both people I spoke with compared it to ''being on an extension in the same house''.
With both hotels the calls never dropped (total call time for both days was over 2 hours) and the battery on the Axim went down to around 70% both days at maximum processor speed (400 mhz).
Bottom line -- can't beat a free US-CAN phone from anywhere in the world... |
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bellagio
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join:2005-01-02
Yonkers, NY
| That is awesome man. I can't wait to try it out. The axim I have does not have built in wireless however so I have to either get a wireless card for it or sell this pda and get a pda with built in wireless.
Does your PDA have built in wireless? Do you recommend any wireless cards for PDAs? |
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Yippz Voip
join:2005-05-04
Atlanta, GA
| My Axim is a X3i with built-in wireless. I have heard that the wireless cards that plug into the SD slot in the top of the unit work just as well.
I find amazing that it works so well. Now if Vonage will just open their SIP info I'd really be rockin'. When I was in downtown Vicksburg, MS their downtown area was covered in WI-FI ZONE signs... Wish I had tested it while walking around the historic downtown area.
Post your experiences when you test it. It's just so cool!! |
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