Ok, I’ll bite. After reviewing the details on the Ooma Telo VoIP phone adapter and service, I can’t find anything not to like. For $249.99 the Ooma Telo, which needs to be connected to a router with a high-speed Internet connection and is compatible with standard corded or cordless telephones, provides FREE phone calls nationwide and international calls at competitively low rates. In addition, users get caller-ID, call-waiting, 911 service linked to their current address, and other features at no additional charge. Ooma even lets you port your existing phone number for a one-time fee of $39.99 (free with annual subscription to Ooma Premier). Check it out. Ooma Telo is available now at 1,200 retail locations nationwide and online. MORE »

Interesting development from the AT&T residential camp. The company has recently launched a new product bundle called AT&T HomeManager ($499 without contract, $299 with U-verse VoIP service) that provides users a wireless 7-inch web tablet / speaker phone (which they call a “frame”), that’s tied to a variety of AT&T information and communication services, a touchscreen DECT phone, and a wireless base station that connects to your router. However, the most compelling feature of the frame is its nice widgetized interface that gives one access to email, contact lists (the system is capable of synchronizing with your AT&T mobile phone), YELLOWPAGES.COM directory (set favorites, view maps / directions, email a contacts details), real-time news / weather updates, call logs, voice mail, and more. Full press release and video review below. MORE »

Now that’s what I’m talking about! Intel has just announced that next month consumers will start seeing motherboards featuring their new embedded Remote Wake technology that enables consumers to “wake up” their home PC from an energy-efficient sleep mode to access all their media, anytime, from any internet-connected device. The technology also works with VoIP to accept incoming calls. To help put this in perspective, PC users will no longer be locked out, and have certain media and communication applications be inaccessible, when their computers are powered down to S3 sleep state to save electricity. MORE »

I was just browsing T-Mobile’s website and noticed that the company is now offering unlimited (day/night/weekend) nationwide home phone service for just $10 bucks a month. That’s huge! The $9.99 plan requires the purchase of a T-Mobile @Home HiPort Wireless Router that you can connect up to two standard phones and/or a T-Mobile HotSpot enabled phone. Granted, you have to have a working high-speed Internet connection for the service to work. But, hey… what a deal.

Service includes: call hold, call waiting, caller ID, voicemail with message alert, and discounted long distance calls to Canada and Mexico. Optional CallerTunes, for customized ring tones that your caller hears, is also available.

D-Link, the end-to-end networking solutions provider for consumer and business, today introduced the newest product in its award-winning RangeBooster N® line of 11n Wi-Fi solutions, the DIR-628, a competitively priced solution for creating a powerful home network optimized for high-definition (HD) video streaming, file sharing, VoIP calls, gaming and Web surfing. MORE »

Cable, satellite TV and now even telephone companies have been heavily promoting a variety of new services, ranging from high-definition video to movies on demand. But communications industry leaders believe the best way to attract and keep customers is by providing the fastest Internet speeds, according to a new Pike & Fischer Broadband Advisory Services survey. MORE »

Unlike ordinary IP webcams that you can access on your PC via a web browser, the ZyXEL V750W has another trick up its sleeve that makes it an even more compelling offering — you can call it and have a video chat (well, almost). All you need to do is ring it up like you would another Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) client (think Skype, but a with SIP client that uses the industry’s open VoIP standard — i.e. Gizmo, Ekiga, and others) and it will pick up and begin a video chat session, with two-way audio. What’s more, users can control pan, tilt, zoom with their dial pad keys and even program the V750W to call you (remember, with live video) when motion is detected and/or set off an alarm. The full press release provided after the jump. MORE »