December 2013 - luv-talk

Tablet ergonomics
by Petros 05 Dec '13

05 Dec '13

Hi, I have kids which have to use iPads. I see them crouching over the tablets and it looks very unhealthy. I learnt something about desktop ergonomics but do you know about healthy posture, usage pattern and other issues related to use them properly? I am unhappy with it from back to front in many ways. I don't think there was any critical thinking in the decisions made, some of the "selling points" to the parents are coming straight from the Apple website.. Anyway, some ideas about ergonomics would be helpful. I think we are raising cripples if I look at them. Do you know any? Thanks Peter

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skype etc
by Russell Coker 03 Dec '13

03 Dec '13

I'm looking for free VOIP options for Android phones. Google Hangouts has free video calls but it seems that the ring time usually isn't as long as the time taken to establish a connection so the caller often has it ring out before the recipient is notified of a call attempt. Skype seems to demand a Hotmail/Microsoft account before it can be used. https://www.pennytel.com.au/personal-voip/plans/free-access Pennytel says that they aren't currently accepting new signups. When they do they apparently allow free calls to other users of the same service. http://www.voipbuster.com/en/mobile_voip VoipBuster also apparently allows free calls to other users. My aim is to have free calls to relatives who have Android phones. Many of my relatives are using Aldi with the $15 for 2G plan, so they pay for calls but 2G of data is way more than most of them will use in a month - essentially the marginal cost of data is zero. How difficult is it to install Asterisk nowadays? Also how much bandwidth is required for two Asterisk clients talking to each other? -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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I'm looking for free VOIP options for Android phones
by Tim Hamilton 02 Dec '13

02 Dec '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Russell Coker <russell(a)coker.com.au> > To: luv-talk(a)luv.asn.au > Cc: > Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2013 16:27:35 +1100 > Subject: [luv-talk] skype etc > I'm looking for free VOIP options for Android phones. > > Google Hangouts has free video calls but it seems that the ring time > usually > isn't as long as the time taken to establish a connection so the caller > often > has it ring out before the recipient is notified of a call attempt. > > Skype seems to demand a Hotmail/Microsoft account before it can be used. > > https://www.pennytel.com.au/personal-voip/plans/free-access > > Pennytel says that they aren't currently accepting new signups. When they > do > they apparently allow free calls to other users of the same service. > > http://www.voipbuster.com/en/mobile_voip > > VoipBuster also apparently allows free calls to other users. > > My aim is to have free calls to relatives who have Android phones. Many > of my > relatives are using Aldi with the $15 for 2G plan, so they pay for calls > but > 2G of data is way more than most of them will use in a month - essentially > the > marginal cost of data is zero. > > > How difficult is it to install Asterisk nowadays? Also how much bandwidth > is > required for two Asterisk clients talking to each other? > > -- > My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ > My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ > > > _______________________________________________ > luv-talk mailing list > luv-talk(a)lists.luv.asn.au > http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-talk > > Have you thought about mobile specific apps that use their own network like Viber? I've not personally had the need for such an app so haven't looked into them myself but have friends that use them heavily as they say they work well on both wifi and 3g data. Cheers, Tim

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