Nokia and Google Partner with Wi-Fi Tablet Phone Service

Another good piece in The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) about the just-announced partnership with Nokia and Google to deliver Google's voice product over Nokia's tablets device for WiFi hotspots. This device apparently has no cellular capability as yet. I am increasingly coming to believe that VoIP will be the killer application that will drive broadband to its next level. It seems like such a simple thing. But the proliferation of IP calling platforms is getting almost dizzying. AOL is getting in the game. I got an e-mail just this morning from Skype announcing free outbound calling in the US and Canada through the end of the year. I realize their cost factors must be pretty low, but wow. This will drive broadband adoption like nothing else I believe. Increasingly you need broadband just to function in our society. Tim Sanders tim@thefinalmile.net www.thefinalmile.net www.wimaxglobalnews.com

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