Monthly Archives: May 2011
Getting the message
Thursday, May 26th, 2011 at 10:26 PM EST
Once upon a time I had a regular landline and an answering machine. The only nice thing about it was that I could listen to someone leaving a message and only pick up the phone if I wished to. The “not nice” part was what happened if I wasn’t home – which after all is [...]
Do Work Calls Affect Your Family?
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011 at 11:28 PM EST
I was reading an article over the weekend by Darrell Etherington about how mobile workers spend more time on their phones working then employees who work in an office. 3,500 people from 1,100 large companies worldwide were asked about their habits and I found it a bit shocking. One shocking statistic is that mobile employees [...]
Meet MAX BOULAVARD – Phone.com’s Best Customer!
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011 at 6:48 PM EST
.info-table th { color:#768f2a !important; width: 150px !important; } About Max: Name Max Boulevard Greatest Flaw Too trusting Age 41 Best Quality ‘Never told a lie’ Height 5’11″ (He believes he is 6′+) Born United States Weight 210 lbs. Hometown Cleveland, OH Hair Color Brown/Gray Current Residence Pleasantville, NY Skin Color Light Tan Education High [...]
International Calling with Phone.com
Monday, May 23rd, 2011 at 5:41 PM EST
Do you conduct business overseas? Maybe to the north in Canada or south in Mexico or Central/South America? Do you call there and not worry about the cost or call and cringe each and every time? I have been known to go through some ridiculous steps to call for cheap or even ask people to [...]
A Younger Generation Is Eager For Mobile Payments/NFC
Friday, May 20th, 2011 at 5:36 PM EST
I was reading this week on ReadWriteWeb that MasterCard recently did a survey and found that 63% of 18-34 year olds are ready for NFC payments. This number doesn’t shock me at all, it’s actually a bit low, I would have thought it would have been higher. But none the less ⅔ of young people [...]
Phone.com’s New LinkedIn Group #Small #Business #Telephony And Our First Post
Thursday, May 19th, 2011 at 4:39 PM EST
We’ve recently started a LinkedIn Group called Small Business Telephony. The purpose of our group is to talk about communications in the small business environment as well as anything else that might relate. We want to include topics from across the spectrum so please feel free to start a chat, post your thoughts on current [...]
What Does An Even Smaller Sim Mean For Apple?
Wednesday, May 18th, 2011 at 4:22 PM EST
According to a blog post I just read today by Darrell Etherington, who wrote on the AppleBlog, Apple wants smaller sim cards in their upcoming iPhone and iPad, what does this mean? Prior to the iPhone’s 4th interation it had been using the standard sim card size that had been in circulation since the mid [...]
Do You Check Your Phone Before Getting Out Of Bed?
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011 at 10:54 PM EST
Gary Kim wrote on TMCnet that 35% of all US Android and iPhone users check apps such as Facebook before getting out of bed in the morning. I asked a 16 year old cousin of mine if he checks his phone before getting out of bed because he doesn’t have FB or any apps that [...]
Paging all Polycom IP Phones
Monday, May 16th, 2011 at 9:59 PM EST
Is your office using our Polycom IP phones? You are? Then this is for you. We’ve just added a great new feature called Phone.com – Paging. It allows you to Page all your Polycom phones at once. For example if you wanted to call an All Hands meeting or tell everyone there’s pie in the [...]
HD Conference Calls From Phone.com
Friday, May 13th, 2011 at 3:58 PM EST
HD Conference Calls From Phone.com I got to use the Phone.com HD Conference Call service today for the first time in a long time. It was such a pleasure. I’ve made my fare share of conference calls and the Phone.com bridge was by far the easiest to use by a long shot. I called the [...]