Samsung unveiled its M8000 WiMax handset at the CES. M8000 is a Windows Mobile handset with a built-in sliding QWERTY keyboard and supports the WiMax technology which is branded as WiBro in Korea. Touted to be one of the worlds first mobile handsets to support the WiMax technology, the Samsung M8000 is an ideal mobile tool that will provide entertainment and communication on the go using the high speed broadband connectivity offered by WiBro.

USRobotics, a leader in Internet access and networking known for quality, innovation, and performance, announced the availability of its Skype-certified USB Internet Speakerphone, the newest in the companys family of Skype products. The speakerphone will be available through resellers later this month and is priced at $49.99 (MSRP).

Uniden America has teamed up with 8?8 to develop an extensive new home VoIP package that can give everyone in a household their very own VoIP lines. Costing $130, the Uniden UIP 165P, is a 5.8-GHz cordless communication system. It has the ability to link up to 10 Wi-Fi VoIP phones to a single wireless base station, and give each user their own distinctive ringtone

Broadcom Corp yesterday announced what it touts to be the first WiFi video phone chipset for desktop IP phones and mobile handsets.
The chipset, which uses the companys VoIP, wireless LAN and multimedia technologies, promises affordable, low-power video phones. While Irvine, California-based Broadcom did not announce any customers for the product, the company hinted that was currently in discussion with several partner OEMs.

SyChip, a Texas based manufacturer of wireless mobile components, is making it easier for other manufacturers to include VoIP capabilities in their Windows Mobile-based mobile phones. They have announced the release of the VWLAN7100 wVoIP module at CES today. The module, the first in the SyVoice family of products, allows talk times of up to 8 hours and stand-by time of more than 100 hours.

Microsoft has teamed up with Royal Philips Electronics and Uniden to create cordless handsets that work both as conventional POTS (plain old telephone service) and VoIP devices using the Microsofts soon-to-be-released Windows Live Messenger service, the successor to MSN Messenger.

VOIP is growing day by day, from a technical buzz word now it is a whole industry. We found out at CNNMoney.com an article regarding the business behind VoIP. If you are a consumer shopping for VOIP, welcome to the land of confusion.

Skype has earned a lot of fame as being a premier Internet phone service. They are looking to expand and D-Link is helping them out. In a recently formed partnership, D-Link will be producing an adapter that will attach to a PC via USB that will allow you to plug any analog telephone into it and be able to make calls using Skypes VoIP services.

Zingo, Inc., a Florida-based IP communications service provider servicing residential and commercial clients is coming to Canada.

Still think Cisco Systems is just a router and switch company that sells to business customers? Think again, because Cisco wants to play a bigger role in your living room. The companys Linksys arm this week is announcing a series of new products like security cameras and networked DVD players at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.