do all these messenger support jaws? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vikas Kapoor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Access India" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 2:09 sunny Subject: [AI] SKYPE IS NOT THE LIMIT
> SKYPE IS NOT THE LIMIT > > When Skype was introduced, it justifiably created a buzz. After all, there > weren't a lot of options to conduct a one-on-one voice chat. Then came the > voice > feature on Yahoo, ICQ and MSN, but even as you were juggling with your > contacts on various messengers and not quite coping with typing, voice > chat seemed > the obvious choice. While more and more people are joining Skype, a > growing number is also trying to get away from it for one or the other > reason (too > many online contacts or just to try something new). For this growing > tribe, here are my three favourite alternatives. > > Gizmo (gizmoproject.com): Like Skype, Gizmo offers unlimited PC-to-PC > calls to anyone with a Gizmo. It also enables you to remove other > messengers and put > all the contacts into a single messenger. Features such as calling a > regular landline (also known as Skype Out) and mapping a number in the US > or any other > country (Skype In) are also available. However, what's unique about Gizmo > is its All Plans Free scheme, which will help you make free PC-to phone > calls. > > > Another feature which makes it score over the others is the provision of a > free call-in number from the US area code 775. So your phone number will > begin > with 1-775 and your friends in the US can call you through their landlines > even if they don't have a Gizmo-all for free. To set up 775, however, you > will > require a credit card. If you sign up for Gizmo, it will also give you 25 > cents (US$ 0.25) in credit to make outgoing calls. Currently, Gizmo does > not > support video chat, but will do so in the next release. It works on Mac / > Windows and Linux and on cell phones with GPRS connectivity. > > Open Wengo (openwengo.org): Wengo Phone also allows you to get rid of > other messengers and add your Yahoo/ MSN/ ICQ accounts here, and much like > Skype and > Gizmo, you can make as many PC-to-PC calls. It also supports SIP and will > let you access your corporate IP PBX, if you have one. > > A good option is its ability to hold an audio conference similar to a > conference call among multiple PC-to-PC call users. Wengo too supports > PC-to- phone > calls which are paid for, but does not have the incoming call facility > yet. It also scores over Wengo with its Video Chat, which is operational. > > What I particularly like about Wengo is its relevance indicator in search. > So if you are trying to look up someone, chances are you will find the > right > person. In its next release, Wengo will offer a Create your Own Directory > option, and if you own a company, you can create an internal directory of > users > too. It works on Windows / Linux / Mac. > > OoVoo (oovoo.com): If you are through with simple voice chat and audio > conferences and want to video chat with several people at the same time, > get yourself > an account at Oovoo. Here, for free, you can video chat with up to five > people in real time. As you need a good bandwidth for multiple video > conferencing, > make sure you have a 512 KB or a 1 MB broadband connection. Where Oovoo > lacks is in its inability to eliminate other mesengers, but a good feature > is that > you can send video messages to your contact list, put graphic effects and > emoticons in your video, send files, and move the entire bar to the side > so that > you can video chat and work on a document simultaneously. If you sign up > for Oovoo by April 1, you will be entitled to 500 minutes of free calls to > the > US and Canada. It works only on Windows and Mac. > > http://www.indianexpress.com/story/281920.html > > Vikas Kapoor, > MSN Id:[EMAIL PROTECTED], Yahoo&Skype Id: dl_vikas, > Mobile: (+91) 9891098137. > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
