May 22
Oldschool Ericsson ringtone for the iPhone!
Back in the mid-nineties I had an Ericsson GH688. As with most Ericssons at the time there were two unique things that I really loved about it..
How to make your phone calls sound better!
Quite often people hear me, someone else or the press banging on about “wideband telephony” or “HD phone calls” and have a ton of questions about what this new phenomenon is, so I thought I would start a series of posts on my blog to try and explain in laymen’s terms, with as few acronyms and nerdwords as possible!
Apr 28
Vegetable Soup – Mmm!!
When I was growing up mum used to always make this vegetable soup that was really nice. I don’t know where she learnt to make it and really never met any other mum that makes vegetable soup that tastes the same. I figure it’s probably got to do with the presence of baconny goodness (more on that in a moment) than anything else since most other people keep true to the namesake and ONLY put vegetables in theirs.
Apr 16
Delicious Cake for fatty
After dinner I was still feeling a bit peckish and since Laura went out for coffee with a friend tonight I thought I’ld hunt around in the pantry and graze for additional nomnoms. Suddenly I remembered a delicious 5 minute cake recipe I saw on Mactalk awhiles back and the game was on!
Apr 15
Siemens introduces Mute to the S685IP.. yay!
I talked a little about the Siemens S685IP phone yesterday but didnt really mention the new firmware release a couple of days back. This had a widely-anticipated feature, that almost every other phone in the world has had for years: A mute function!
Apr 13
Siemens Gigaset IP phones
Thought I would mention the Siemens Gigaset IP phones because quite a few people have asked me recently for a voip-centric alternative to having a desk phone or some sort of analogue phone attached to an ATA. Particularly in the home environment, people want to have the flexibility that a DECT cordless phone provides; but rather than investing money in obsolete technology, they’d like to buy a cordless phone that has the smarts built-in to offer the cost savings and other benefits that SIP offers.
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