Jason Dunn
07-30-2002, 10:53 PM
<a href="http://www.pocketpcsummit.com/press/072702.php">http://www.pocketpcsummit.com/press/072702.php</a><br /><br />I got a chance to use their product a little, and it was quite impressed. Voice over IP has been the holy grail for quite some time now, but up until fairly recently the delays and low quality made it useless for the average person (there were some industrial-strength implementations that worked well though). This product is quite interesting and worth checking out if you're looking for a VoIP solution.<br /><br />"Rather than rent walkie-talkies for the successful Pocket PC Summit trade show, MultiMeteor, Inc. has selected Vedic Technologies’ VedicPhone for show manangement communications during the upcoming Summit, October 21-24, 2002 in Hollywood, California. Previously, show management had been using standard two-way radios for communications among staff members. ”We’re proud to have Vedic Technologies as a Technology Sponsor of our next Pocket PC Summit event,” said John Tidwell, co-founder of the Pocket PC Summit. “One of our missions is to apply and implement handheld technology in the production of the event through our Technology Sponsorship. For the first two Summits companies such as Symbol Technologies, Compaq (now HP), Anycom, and MARGI Systems have helped achieve this mission. Vedic is helping make this vision a reality for us,” he continued. <br /><br />The VedicPhone turns your PDA (or laptop) into a wireless, mobile, office phone. You can walk around your office building and accept or make telephone calls. And you can easily join a conference call, be pulled into an impromptu conference or transfer calls to other staff members without being stuck to your desk. The PDA-based Internet phone uses WiFi (also known as 802.11b). The user dials the extension of another user, who answers the call by clicking on a button. They use earphones as speakers, and talk via the built-in microphones. The sound is clearer than walkie-talkies or cell phones and, unlike walkie-talkies, the VedicPhone is full-duplex. The best part is that the call is free, using the wireless connection. They even engage in ad-hoc conference calls on the trade show floor! “We are happy to see the PocketPC Summit organization using a leading edge application on their PDAs,” said Percy Rajani, CEO of Vedic Technologies. “It shows the power of our solutions, and it showcases the PocketPC Summit as the technologically advanced conference and trade show that it is.”