Raspberry Pi + GVmate = what we want once Google ends support for XMPP
Haswell1150:
With Google ending support for XMPP in less than two months, why doesn’t Obihai make a new Obitalk that’s a combination of Raspberry Pi and GVmate?
GVmate is a USB device that connects to a computer then it connects to a phone; and best of all it doesn’t use XMPP. So it will work after May 15, 2014. The only downside to GVmate is that it must be connected to a Windows computer and the computer must be on in order to make and receive calls. Now this is where Raspberry Pi comes in.
Since Raspberry Pi is a computer, all Obihai would have to do is integrated GVmate into Raspberry Pi and voila. Now you’ve got a standalone device that doesn’t need to be connected to a desktop or laptop, and that will work once Google ends support for XMPP.
If Obihai plays their cards right, Google ending support for XMPP could be the best thing that ever happened to them. All Obihai would have to do is make an Obitalk 2.0 that’s Raspberry Pi + GVmate. Then bang, you’ve now gotten all of your customers to buy your product again.
I would pay for a new Obitalk that doesn’t need to be connected to a desktop or laptop, and that will work after May 15, 2014
gderf:
Quote from: Haswell1150 on March 16, 2014, 04:18:10 pm
.......Then bang, you’ve now gotten all of your customers to buy your product again.
This brings new meaning to the word optimistic.
drgeoff:
I'll put it politely. :)
I very much doubt that there is any technical problem which Obihai could not overcome to enable the current Obis to work with GV after 14 May. The OBis already contain a computer.
Marty.ba.calif.usa:
Quote from: drgeoff on March 16, 2014, 04:57:53 pm
I'll put it politely. :)
I very much doubt that there is any technical problem which Obihai could not overcome to enable the current Obis to work with GV after 14 May. The OBis already contain a computer.
So, they would need to be able to run Google Voice in a browser on an Obi, and somehow magically control it without the use of any APIs to make it work? That sounds like a pretty good trick - how will they be able to do that?
drgeoff:
Quote from: Marty.ba.calif.usa on March 16, 2014, 09:49:40 pm
Quote from: drgeoff on March 16, 2014, 04:57:53 pm
I'll put it politely. :)
I very much doubt that there is any technical problem which Obihai could not overcome to enable the current Obis to work with GV after 14 May. The OBis already contain a computer.
So, they would need to be able to run Google Voice in a browser on an Obi, and somehow magically control it without the use of any APIs to make it work? That sounds like a pretty good trick - how will they be able to do that?
In a similar way to how Sipsorcery does it now or how it used to be done in Asterisk.
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