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Last week, I discovered—quite by accident—that the version of iSkoot for the Nokia N95 was sending the entire session in the clear. In short, your Skype credentials, and everything you were using iSkoot for on Skype, was being sent unencrypted from your mobile phone.

For those who don't know, iSkoot provides the ability to use Skype from a mobile handset. IM is supported directly from the handset. Voice calls go over the standard voice network, but are redirected through iSkoot's gateways so you can use your Skype minutes to make those expensive international calls much cheaper.

While this isn't such a big deal on the cellular networks, where it is not as easy for people to see what's being sent, it becomes a problem with dual-mode handsets over WiFi. It's also just the principle of the thing.

I reported this problem on my blog on a Friday night. By Saturday afternoon, with some help from my friends Andy Abramson, Jim Courtney, and Dan York, I had the attention of iSkoot's CEO, whom I sent more details to confirm my findings. By Sunday afternoon, we had a confirmation they see the problem and will fix it. Today, I confirmed their new client was available and did not have the issue.

The update to the iSkoot client should be forced, but if not, go download the latest version for your S60 device. iSkoot clients on other platforms are unaffected.


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While those of you who read the The Mobile Technology Weblog are undoubtedly aware of the cellity Communicator, mobile software that allows you send free text messages and make cheap calls to foreign countries, not everyone is—particularly in the United States. cellity decided the best place to demonstrate the app was at the recent CTIA conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, which included some expanded functionality.

The app will allow you to send an email to a mobile phone without needing to know the recipient's email address as well as encrypted emails. Not quite sure how that will work, but that's what the press release says.

The expanded cellity Communication application is not available yet. It is expected at the end of April 2008.

This post is sponsored by cellity – tune your phone! Becoming a mobile activist need not be expensive with cellity worldCALL, cellity freeSMS, cellity Twitter and cellity groupCALL.

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While those of you who read the The Mobile Technology Weblog are undoubtedly aware of the cellity Communicator, mobile software that allows you send free text messages and make cheap calls to foreign countries, not everyone is—particularly in the United States. cellity decided the best place to demonstrate the app was at the recent CTIA conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, which included some expanded functionality.

The app will allow you to send an email to a mobile phone without needing to know the recipient's email address as well as encrypted emails. Not quite sure how that will work, but that's what the press release says.

The expanded cellity Communication application is not available yet. It is expected at the end of April 2008.

This post is sponsored by cellity – tune your phone! Becoming a mobile activist need not be expensive with cellity worldCALL, cellity freeSMS, cellity Twitter and cellity groupCALL.

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Sponsored Post: Send free text messages worldwide with cellity freeSMS – 19 November 2007

Sponsored Post: Mobile Phones the New Social Activism Weapon – 21 January 2008

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Social Technologies like Blogs and Wikis which are already popular on the consumer Internet have steadily been making inroads to the other side of the firewall as well.  Everone from Large enterprise clients to small companies are already using these with varied success rate or are considering using these technologies/tools.
So if you are one of those [...]

While Nokia has had a number of different external blogging efforts going on, Nokia now has an official blog called Nokia Conversations. It is written by Nokia employees, or people paid by Nokia, to articulate the stories going on throughout the company.

Nokia Conversations will not only highlight the great stories inside the company, but it will highlight some of the conversations going on around the blogosphere. There is a del.icio.us bar along the side with a number of references to other blog entries written about Nokia. People are also encouraged to comment, of course.

Given that the site has been under development for a while, there is a huge archive of articles already available on the site. Have a look and join the conversation!

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Rather than wait for iPhones to start shipping with application support, the folks at Fring have decided to release an iPhone version of their IM and VoIP client. This means, for the moment, you must have a jailbroken iPhone to install the software.

Fring provides the ability to make and receive VoIP calls over WiFi, and on non-iPhones, the mobile operator's data network. You also get support for IM as well through the usual networks.

I wonder if Apple is going to allow this app in iTunes once the applications start being official and all.

Crossposted from The VoIP Weblog

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Truphone, known more for enabling WiFi calling and SMS on Nokia handsets than being a traditional wireless carrier, is now going to be just that. Truphone recently announced they have acquired the assets of SIM4travel, a UK-based mobile virtual network operator. SIM4travel is very similar to Pat Phelan's Roam4Free service which substantially cuts your mobile roaming rates.

Prior to this acquisition, the only thing Truphone didn't have was the ability to make calls over GSM natively. They already did SMS-a major step along the way to being a mobile phone operator-and of course they operate on mobile phones, albeit Nokia ones over WiFi. It's the first carrier I am aware of that will support GSM and WiFi using SIP.

I can't wait to get my Truphone branded SIM

(Crossposted from The VoIP Weblog)

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Every once in a while, I run across a human-interest story that's both touching and sad. It's also not often we hear of a mobile network operator doing the right thing by someone, either.

The report from FOXNews is that an 80-year old widower was calling his wife's voicemail on Verizon Wireless daily-just to hear her say her name. However, in a recent upgrade of the Verizon Wireless voicemail system, her greeting was erased!

Fortunately, the fine folks at Verizon Wireless found an old archived recording of his deceased wife saying her name and restored it to the voicemail system. Now the widower can continue to hear her wife's voicemail greeting—at least until the next Voicemail upgrade.

Via Geeksugar, MobHappy.

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Charging cellphone is no big deal if you're in a place with steady supply of electricity. But there are places on this planet where it is of serious concern given the scarcity of electricity.

You might remember Karaj, a small village in India where its residents have to walk about 20 kilometers just to charge their mobile phones.

The good news is that there are a number of solar chargers developed specifically to answer this concern. One such product comes from G24 Innovations and its lightweight G24i Solar Charger Series, family of solar chargers that work using the power of light (indoors or outdoors) and is initially available in 1/2 watt and 1 watt configurations.

Its product called G5 is created for developing markets and claims to extend talk time up to 15 minutes after an hour of charging. The G10, on the other hand, can double talk time after one hour of charging. Both can also charge other gadgets like MP3 players and digital cameras.

Though I haven't personally tried these products, it simply shows there are now alternatives to electricity that might further extend the use of mobile technology in the far-flung areas.

via Smart Planet

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A new research from Gartner advocates the need to design mobile phones that will answer the needs and wants of the women and children segment.

Though men comprise only 32% of the world's population, most mobile phones are designed for this gender. Not to mention that most handset designers are also men. Gartner's research VP, Monica Basso, pointed out:

“Mobile products will have to address gender diversity and demographics, evolving and differentiating into a range of consumer products. This trend, together with the consumerisation of IT and progressive evolution of the worker population towards younger individuals and women will force user organizations to rethink their working structures, environments and processes.”

Very true. As mobile technology evolves, handset makers should learn to ride the wave of the future. If such is the case, it's possible there might be a profitable niche among the homosexual segment as well.

via Silicon

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