On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 3:31 PM, Christopher Allsop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So I am looking for some advice for those of you who may already have either > of these two devices. Have you gotten a SIP client successfully set up on > either the BlackBerry Bold or the iPhone. When I did some searching, I > found more VoIP software for the iPhone that looked to include true SIP > clients, but I had some problems finding the same for the BlackBerry. I > know there are fewer programs for the Bold when it comes to VoIP, but I > wanted to see if anyone was able to set up an instance of it on their phone.
Christopher, This isn't an answer, unfortunately, but might give you some hint as to a reason for the scarcity of BB VOIP apps. When I was researching Fring a few months ago, I looked into whether there was a Blackberry version. It's something that comes up in their forums a lot. Whenever it gets asked, regulars get annoyed, there's a sticky for it, etc. The Bold is multimedia focused and so this may not apply, but I'll tell you what the Fring folks say. The answer they give is that the Blackberry does not allow an application to simultaneously record and play at the same time. As a result, a full duplex VOIP soft phone is not possible on that platform. http://www.fring.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1463&page=2 (see the post from Support half way down the page) The folks at Fring aught to know their stuff but it seems incredible that this device wouldn't support full duplex audio apps. One reason it seems odd is that newer BBs support UMA. That is, hand off between a Wifi call and a GSM call. (for more info, see the Rogers Hotspot). If you find something that works, I'd be very interested to hear it. Best regards, Dave Donovan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
