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Om Malik is reporting that Nokia removed VoIP from their latest N-series models. Both the N78 and the new N96 are not VoIP enabled, so that also services like Truphone or Gizmo5, which rely on Nokia’s SIP stack, are not working on those devices (as Om verified by himself).

This move doesn’t surprise me at all. Previous models such as the Nokia N73 and the Nokia N93 didn’t have a complete SIP stack on board so VoIP was not allowed on those phones (as I reported last year while testing those phones).

At the same time, unlike E-series (typically for the business market), where VoIP seems to be on board in the latest models too, N-series are targeted to the consumer market like Truphone or Gizmo (to name some), that are not “friends” of the carriers which Nokia makes agreements with (Om points out the fight between T-Mobile and Truphone which took place last year). Is it a sort of “protection” for Nokia? Hey mobile carrier, my phones protect you against those new mobile VoIP services… are you happy?!?

Om’s post highlights other interesting points about this subject too, it’s really worth a read.

Technorati Tags: gizmo5, luca filigheddu, Mobile, n78, n96, Nokia, om malik, truphone, VoIP

I just wrote about Jajah Managed Services a couple of weeks ago and now I’m here again to report that Michael Robertson’s Gizmo5 chose Jajah Managed Services for PSTN termination, billing and Customer care.

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The main benefit Gizmo5 obtains from this deal is that they can now focus on marketing and on their set of fully-featured softphones for Windows, Linux, Mac and mobile platforms.

On the other hand, Jajah is now joining forces with players that were perceived as competitors in the near past, but thanks to Jajah’s new approach they are now important partners and can get great value from each other.

Congrats to the Jajah team and to Michael Robertson and his team for this important deal! Voice 2.0 is more and more about collaboration rather than competition, big players continue to join forces to improve their offerings and services with huge advantages for customers.

Technorati Tags: gizmo5, jajah, luca filigheddu, michael robertson, Voice 2.0, VoIP

Michael Robertson announces on his blog that a new feature is available on the mobile version of Gizmo5. He told me about this feature when we met during my last trip to the Bay Area and I’m happy to see that it didn’t take too much to see it released.

With Gizmo5 you can now send IM, SMSs and emails to your contacts from the same interface. If a user is not available on IM, you can choose an alternative method and send an email or SMS. 

It would be great, as I suggested to Michael, if the recipient could choose the method of contact he prefers in a certain moment. I can be available by IM, but I can set my presence to force people who have me in their contact list to use a specific means instead of IM. So it is not the sender who choose, but the recipient. This feature would bring the effectiveness of this feature to its best.

Technorati Tags: gizmo5, luca filigheddu, michael robertson, VoIP