07-30-2002, 10:53 PM
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Vedic Technologies' VedicPhone As Walkie-Talkie Replacement
http://www.pocketpcsummit.com/press/072702.php
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.
"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.
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.�
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07-31-2002, 02:54 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
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How about a bluetooth solution
my wife and I both have ipaqs. I was thinking if I can use the bluetooth technology to use ipaq as walkie talkie, it would be great.
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07-31-2002, 05:55 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2002
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I'd love to try this out in my warehouse.. I have a pile of IBM Z50's with Lucent 802.11 cards collecting dust that would be perfect walkie talkies.
Can I download trial software somewhere for this? I couldn't find it on the Vedic website.
-Nishka
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07-31-2002, 08:02 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
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Re: How about a bluetooth solution
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Originally Posted by kinged
my wife and I both have ipaqs. I was thinking if I can use the bluetooth technology to use ipaq as walkie talkie, it would be great.
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Hmm..I don't think it would work that well with bluetooth. Considering that the best possible range that BT has is about 40-50 ft line of site. Add walls and other objects and the distance will be greatly reduced. I have a 3870 and a BT enabled printer. The best I get in a 800 sq foot apartment is about 30 feet. Which also depends on where I'm standing. But with my symbol 802.11 card on the ipaq. I was able to go about 300 feet and 3 floors down and still was able to stream 128k/bitsec encoded mp3s with no problem.
Now, with 802.11 , you might have better luck in terms of using it as a walkie-talkie.
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07-31-2002, 09:31 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2003
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Re: How about a bluetooth solution
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Originally Posted by kinged
my wife and I both have ipaqs. I was thinking if I can use the bluetooth technology to use ipaq as walkie talkie, it would be great.
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Hmm..I don't think it would work that well with bluetooth. Considering that the best possible range that BT has is about 40-50 ft line of site. |
Not just the range, but the speed. BT is under 1mb while WiFi is 2-11mb in the .b standard and much higher with .a and .g
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