It turns out that closing the Emerging Telephony (ETel) early registration period in the first week of December isn’t a good idea–a lot of you wrote in and said “but we’ll have money in January from the new year’s budget!” Never let it be said that we’re deaf to your pleas–we’ve pushed the end of early registration back to January 9th. O’Reilly: You Talk, We Listen. (The exact opposite of Bill O’Reilly, in fact–heh heh).
I’ve also made a commando-style mission to the North Pole, infiltrated Santa’s sleigh, and come back with a 40% ETel discount for you (yes, Virginia, 40% discounts do exist!). Register with the code etel06fnf and soak up the early Christmas present bliss. Batteries not included, not suitable for small children or voice recognition experts with irritable vowel syndrome.
We’re still packing in the content so you’ll come away not just saying “wow, I didn’t know you could do that!” but also “I can’t wait to add that to my app!”. Some recent additions to the ETel program: YackPack (web app sensibilities with a voice component), Voxeo (IVR systems vendors with an eye on the small developer), and LiPs forum (Linux phone standards). Enjoy!