SIPphone: Gizmo plug-in a faster route to VoIP

SIPphone is launching a service called Gizmo that allows people to make Internet phone calls without having to use a traditional software client.

Using a downloadable flash plug-in, SIPphone's Gizmo Project lets consumers simply type a number into a special field and click a call button to connect. The plug-in lets people call most landline or mobile phones from anywhere in the world using any Internet browser.

Gizmo is different from Internet-calling applications such as Skype in that its basic service doesn't require a traditional software download or account registration. It is a potentially great VoIP solution for travelers making calls from Internet cafes and kiosks.

Users get 5 minutes of calling per day for free. If they register, they can get 10 minutes per day for free, the company said. To make more calls, users can purchase Gizmo Call Out minutes in $10 increments.

Gizmo is available for Windows and Macintosh operating systems, with Linux operating-system support expected within a month. Gizmo works with Internet Explorer, Opera, Firefox and Safari browsers, and it requires Adobe Systems' Flash 9 to be installed on the computer.

[kimala-acer]

this is not flash

you still have to download a software. It is not offering anything more than SKYPE, even the call out rates are more expensive than SKYPE out.

[wiggsdannyboy]

Won't install on Vista

I have Vista RC2.
During install Gizmo warns that it supports 2000/xp or better and aborts.

WDB

[markrob35]

Just launching? I don't think so.

Gizmo Project has been active for at least 18 months that I'm personally aware of, and probably longer. To state that it's being launched now is a misstatement.

[imagolfer]

Link is wrong. Should be to Gizmocall.com

This article links to GizmoProject.com, should be to
GizmoCall.com. Gizmo Call is the flash product

[vinnythejinny]

Read this better review

This review is giving a wrong link. I wonder if they do check the website just publish a PR promotional content.

Anyhow check the real and far better review along with some cool way to get 10+ minutes FREE.

<a class="jive-link-external" href="http://voipguides.blogspot.com/2007/01/gizmocall-web-browser-based-free-call.html" target="_newWindow">http://voipguides.blogspot.com/2007/01/gizmocall-web-browser-based-free-call.html</a>

[vinnythejinny]

Read this hack

read this hack to make 20 mins call.

<a class="jive-link-external" href="http://voipguides.blogspot.com/2007/02/gizmocall-hack-to-make-20-minutes-calls.html" target="_newWindow">http://voipguides.blogspot.com/2007/02/gizmocall-hack-to-make-20-minutes-calls.html</a>

[feelyou]

if a good program, but there are other more important as it mobivox which until 10 minutes of free calls

<a class="jive-link-external" href="http://www.messiphone.com/softphone/mobivox.html" target="_newWindow">http://www.messiphone.com/softphone/mobivox.html</a>