Q. I’ve had quite a few questions about the new Sprint ‘BaseStation’ and Femto technology - how does it work? Will it be the ‘New Standard’ for home lines, etc. 

A. Although I started my technology career at a local phone company, it has been 15 years since I was in the trenches with  telephony.  I, too, have long wondered whether the cell phone wouldn’t become the core of the residential phone system.

As more and more of the poeple I know have abandoned land lines in favor of a combination of broadband and cell phone, it doesn’t take a visionary to know that with the home base-station based on femto technology - the land line is poised to lose entire sections of their customer demographics.

For more information, let me point you at the sources I use to gather data. First, the Femto Forum, which is tech-savvy and often reads like an industry white paper. Second, Martin Sauter has published a series of posts about femto that while somewhat techie are very accessible and honest in both language and approach.

As for the question - is it time to give up my landline?For many people, the reliability and freedom of the landline has still not been outweighed by the mobile offerings.

But as for me? Well, I canceled my landline today.

Q. I ordered my new MoGo XXX weeks ago, and still no delivery, can you help?

A. Delivery times are based on where your order was in the queue as the new MoGo products went into production. There was a backorder list that was the first addressed.

As the weeks have progressed, production is meeting the orders with quicker and quicker turnarounds.

However, if you feel there is a problem with your order and you haven’t had a proper response from the retailer, PLEASE feel  free to contact either customer  support for MoGo or even to email me directly.

We are here for you.

Q. …Additionally, regarding the x54 Pro: What is being sent to the computer?(leftarrow, right arrow, B, ., +, etc.) Are the commands sent if powerpoint is not running or not in the foreground?

A. As I said last week, I am researching this. In fact, I am one of the ones waiting for my own x54 Pro so I can road test your questions for myself.

Stay tuned!

On Fridays, MoGo Mobility’s Elizabeth will seek to answer your MoGo (and non-MoGo) technical questions.
Elizabeth is an IT Geek who has worked every job in the industry from hooking up ISDN lines to managing high-end SAN builds. Thousands have attended her seminars in the US & Canada on subjects ranging from basic PC maintenance to data storage solutions. To answer your questions over the years, Elizabeth has gladly put herself and her own equipment to the test: she’s washed keyboards in the dishwasher, installed spyware on her own systems, and MacGyvered every bit and bob in between in the search for real-life solutions to IT problems.

Got a question? Ask Elizabeth.

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Ipevo has rolled out its next generation Skype phone. Coming in at under $45, it is slim, easy-to-use and has a handy-dandy little feature that’s causing some serious buzz.

The feature?

With the touch of a button, you can record your conversation in real-time to your computer’s hard drive.

Skype is a phone-over-Internet service. Calls between two Skype phones are usually free with calls to a regular ‘land-line’ often incurring some kind of fee. This handset has separate hot buttons for making free calls on the Skype calling service and for Skype Out calls to regular phones.

Overall, using Skype instead of the traditional phone line can mean huge savings - especially for people who make a lot of global calls during peak hours. And the technology means that the calls are much clearer and free of the little bugs that made many early ‘Voice Over IP’ phones clunky to use.

Many companies like Ipevo are taking advantage of Skype’s popularity to markets its peripherals and tools.

This is the first one to take advantage of the direct-connect to your computer system with this little Spy vs. Spy enhancement…

With the Ipevo phone, you can save conversations as MP3’s once you install the necessary drivers. Then, with a push of the button you can save the contents of your call to a manufacturer asking for changes to your order, or of your relative’s story about a meaningful time to your family, or any other important conversation.

With MP3-to-text software, it’s just another step to build a transcript of the call.

It’s another ‘the future is now’ moment.

Before you go out and buy that cloak and dagger, though - remember, secretly recording calls is illegal in many states. To make sure these laws are followed, Ipevo has configured a warning alert to appear on the screen of the other person’s computer (for Skype calls) or a beep to be regularly heard (on calls to regular to phones) during recording.

The phone is compatible with PC using Windows XP or higher and Macs with OS X 10.4 or higher (although the drivers for recording calls using a Mac haven’t yet been released).

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