Comments on: A Head-to-Head VoIP Review: Skype Vs Gizmo http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/a-head-to-head-voip-review-skype-vs-gizmo/ Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Abe http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/a-head-to-head-voip-review-skype-vs-gizmo/#comment-410695 Abe Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:25:26 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=22224#comment-410695 Yes....Gizmo5 uses SIP which is an open standard for internet telephony.... and that's one of the main reasons I would prefer Gizmo5 to Skype any day. Think about it: How sad it is when for argument sake you could only call phones connected to your teleco company ONLY! Please help support the use of open standard for a higher interoperability. not to mention Gizmo5 can now easily call any Skype/MSN(live)/GoogleTalk/AIM user! QuteCom (the old WengoPhone) is apparently another nice VoIP phone, but unfortunately its development seems to get into a halt... Yes….Gizmo5 uses SIP which is an open standard for internet telephony…. and that’s one of the main reasons I would prefer Gizmo5 to Skype any day. Think about it: How sad it is when for argument sake you could only call phones connected to your teleco company ONLY! Please help support the use of open standard for a higher interoperability.

not to mention Gizmo5 can now easily call any Skype/MSN(live)/GoogleTalk/AIM user!

QuteCom (the old WengoPhone) is apparently another nice VoIP phone, but unfortunately its development seems to get into a halt…

]]> By: slick http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/a-head-to-head-voip-review-skype-vs-gizmo/#comment-409500 slick Wed, 07 Oct 2009 06:04:28 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=22224#comment-409500 There are some important technological differences that you didn't mention. Gizmo5 uses the SIP protocol which is an open standard. You can call any SIP number for free, and now a days many business are connecting their office VoIP networks to the Internet. There are also many other SIP providers and the Gizmo5 client (softphone) can connect to these services as well. The skype protocol is proprietary and only skype uses it. The skype protocol also uses a bandwidth sharing model, much like bittorrent. You said that call quality is about the same. It may be at the beginning of a call, but my company stopped using skype because on long conference calls the audio quality gets worse as the call gets longer. This doesn't happen with the SIP protocol. There are some important technological differences that you didn’t mention. Gizmo5 uses the SIP protocol which is an open standard. You can call any SIP number for free, and now a days many business are connecting their office VoIP networks to the Internet. There are also many other SIP providers and the Gizmo5 client (softphone) can connect to these services as well. The skype protocol is proprietary and only skype uses it. The skype protocol also uses a bandwidth sharing model, much like bittorrent. You said that call quality is about the same. It may be at the beginning of a call, but my company stopped using skype because on long conference calls the audio quality gets worse as the call gets longer. This doesn’t happen with the SIP protocol.

]]> By: Hitesh http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/a-head-to-head-voip-review-skype-vs-gizmo/#comment-406703 Hitesh Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:16:02 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=22224#comment-406703 Wait please also have a look at this www.iptel.org and a softphone with IM and lots more..... Wait please also have a look at
this

http://www.iptel.org

and a softphone with IM and lots more…..

]]> By: Free International VOIP Calls WorldWide http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/a-head-to-head-voip-review-skype-vs-gizmo/#comment-397933 Free International VOIP Calls WorldWide Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:02:28 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=22224#comment-397933 Thanks for all the info Thanks for all the info

]]> By: Free International VOIP Calls WorldWide http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/a-head-to-head-voip-review-skype-vs-gizmo/#comment-397932 Free International VOIP Calls WorldWide Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:00:48 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=22224#comment-397932 Nice article. I think gizmo partnered with google voice is very powerful. My site features a hack to call using those services from anywhere in the word and also recieve calls. This will revolutionize the industry Nice article. I think gizmo partnered with google voice is very powerful. My site features a hack to call using those services from anywhere in the word and also recieve calls. This will revolutionize the industry

]]> By: sippy http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/a-head-to-head-voip-review-skype-vs-gizmo/#comment-397211 sippy Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:18:02 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=22224#comment-397211 This point may not be in the scope of the article but it is relevant to the features that the Gizmo Project offers. You can request a SIP phone number and integrate it with gizmo and a voip router so you can call any other SIP or landline number. As someone previously stated, Google Voice (grandcentral) is also compatible. The variations on what you can do with voip phones are are plentiful. More details can be found at http://sipphone.com/ This point may not be in the scope of the article but it is relevant to the features that the Gizmo Project offers. You can request a SIP phone number and integrate it with gizmo and a voip router so you can call any other SIP or landline number. As someone previously stated, Google Voice (grandcentral) is also compatible. The variations on what you can do with voip phones are are plentiful. More details can be found at http://sipphone.com/

]]> By: jmazur http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/a-head-to-head-voip-review-skype-vs-gizmo/#comment-397184 jmazur Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:33:20 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=22224#comment-397184 try ooVoo.com it works very well. try ooVoo.com it works very well.

]]> By: Adrain http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/a-head-to-head-voip-review-skype-vs-gizmo/#comment-397119 Adrain Wed, 05 Aug 2009 06:35:05 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=22224#comment-397119 i have found both suitable on my PC. but on my mobile i prefer <a href="http://www.vopium.com" rel="nofollow">Vopium </a> as it gives me free 30 minutes and SMS i have found both suitable on my PC. but on my mobile i prefer Vopium as it gives me free 30 minutes and SMS

]]> By: Buffet http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/a-head-to-head-voip-review-skype-vs-gizmo/#comment-397019 Buffet Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:51:16 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=22224#comment-397019 Ryan - Thank you sir. Ryan – Thank you sir.

]]> By: Ryan Dube http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/a-head-to-head-voip-review-skype-vs-gizmo/#comment-396980 Ryan Dube Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:53:52 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=22224#comment-396980 Hey Buffet - yes. You have a few options. - Use a computer headset and make all of your calls using your computer. You can even purchase a bluetooth earpiece that connects to your computer USB port through Bluetooth. You can walk around your house talking wireless on your PC - it's a cool setup..but I've found the range isn't the greatest. - Buy a Skype phone, this uses your broadband connection but doesn't require your computer to be on all the time. Don't forget your other options, your broadband Internet company may actually offer you broadband phone service, and in that case you can hook up a regular phone to the service and all your household phones just use your Internet connection. If you have broadband - you've got *lots* of options available to you for phone service! Hey Buffet – yes. You have a few options.

- Use a computer headset and make all of your calls using your computer. You can even purchase a bluetooth earpiece that connects to your computer USB port through Bluetooth. You can walk around your house talking wireless on your PC – it’s a cool setup..but I’ve found the range isn’t the greatest.
- Buy a Skype phone, this uses your broadband connection but doesn’t require your computer to be on all the time.

Don’t forget your other options, your broadband Internet company may actually offer you broadband phone service, and in that case you can hook up a regular phone to the service and all your household phones just use your Internet connection. If you have broadband – you’ve got *lots* of options available to you for phone service!

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