Gizmo5 Defends Nokia VoIP Intentions
August 27, 2008
By Doug Mohney
In an email CC'ed to FierceVoIP, Gizmo5 CEO Michael Robertson comes to defend the honor of Nokia with tech talk.
Robertson, also the founder of Linspire, MP3tunes and REEF, has never been shy about sharing his opinions. In the letter, addressed to Om Malik of GigaOm fame, Robertson says the Nokia N78 phone runs the latest version of the Symbian operating system, which changes how VoIP is supported in the OS framework.
"It actually adds more VOIP support to the OS so developers will need to do less work to build VOIP capable programs. This means that VOIP software which previously worked with Symbian 3.0 and 3.1 devices such as Gizmo will not run on these devices without being altered to account for this new VOIP structure."
Robertson goes on to say work is underway to make Gizmo compatible with Symbian 3.2, which will enable VoIP calls on devices such as the N78. He also points out that Nokia is nice enough to feature Gizmo on the e71 phone under its "Setup Internet Tel" application and Symbian 3.1 OS.
Michael says "...as the software applications and operating system come into sync, I expect the support to actually improve as core VOIP functionality is embedded even further into the OS. Remember, Nokia now owns Symbian." Gizmo5 continues to see "constant growth" as more WiFi enabled devices are sold.
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