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...what exactly constitutes a phone these days. Never mind that the shapes and functions of cell phones change monthly, or that it?s now okay in certain cases to call a USB keychain a ?phone.? There are now devices that connect to Wi-Fi networks to provide low-cost, Skype Internet phone service. They?re not portable like cell phones, since you need to be in a Wi-Fi network to use them, but they can be handy at home (that is, a home with a broadband connection and a Wi-Fi router) or in public places that do offer...
...developers looked at T-Mobile?s Sidekick and said, ?We should build that, only sleeker.? To be fair to the Sidekick, the Mylo can?t make standard cell calls, nor does it handle e-mail at all, but it does have a web browser, several instant messaging programs and Skype phone service. If you have a free Skype account, you can just enter your username and password, and it will bring up your contacts list. You can add any additional contacts on the fly. Many Skype users pay for credits to allow them to call standard phone numbers...
...planet. You can use your mobile phone to pay for parking your car, buy bus tickets and check your children's school grades. More than 80% of taxpayers file their declarations online, wi-fi hot spots are ubiquitous - and free - and the nation's most famous start-up is Skype, the Internet phone titan, which was acquired last year by eBay for $2.6 billion. That amount is slightly more than the annual output of the entire Estonian economy 15 years ago. The economy, once a basket case, is now one of Europe's most dynamic, racing along...
...drivers are all being lured to higher-paid jobs abroad, leaving some gaping holes at home. Still, for 15 years, Estonia has shown that it can improvise and adapt. "We're a very small country and the No. 1 question is always: Do we have the resources?" says Skype's Tamkivi. "That means we just have to be efficient." They've managed...
...VoIP providers, including Skype, declined to comment for this story. But the technology's spread has clearly revitalized a dying democracy movement. Five years ago, the number of Vietnamese dissidents had dwindled to a few dozen aging stalwarts, says Hanoi-based human-rights essayist Nguyen Thanh Giang, and they found it hard to organize or gather more than a dozen signatures for petitions. But when activists created a new umbrella organization?dubbed "8406 Group" because it was formed on April 8, 2006?they trumpeted it on VoIP forums and quickly got 2,000 members, many under...