iSkoot
Okay, so I heard about this think called iSkoot, and let me just say….I think this one is a keeper…
What it does is that it allows you to use…let me quote them:
“PC Calling services such as Skypeâ„¢ are empowering people to affordably communicate with friends, family and business associates using their broadband Internet connection. iSkoot extends the reach of PC Calling by allowing users to make and receive PC Calls using only their regular cell phones.
With iSkoot, a mobile phone user gets the power of PC Calling as part of their normal communications capabilities. iSkoot eliminates the need for special hardware, headsets, microphones, broadband connections, USB phones and even PCs, and consumers don’t have to go looking for a WiFi hot spot.
Our iSkootMobile phone application, a free small and simple piece of software, and our network gateway connect your voice network with a PC-PC network so that you can use your Internet phone service from a regular cell phone. Everything you can do with online phone services, you can now do on your cell phone powered by iSkoot.
Currently, iSkoot’s phone application and network support the Skypeâ„¢ service, but iSkoot will be expanding support to new platforms and services, including Google Talk and Yahoo Messenger.”
So yeah…it’s pretty cool. To recap…you use your cellular phone to make Skype calls. I tried it out with my MDA and it works pretty well! For phone calls it uses your minutes (but before you start turning away) just think you’re paying out of your minutes for those international calls as opposed to minutes plus international charges. I know on T-Mobile if I were to call parts of Europe (western) it’ll be at least $.99/minute. For you skype chats it’ll just use your GPRS/EDGE connection, so yeah it’s pretty cool.
So give it a try…worst case scenario you don’t like it delete it.
My setup:
T-Mobile MDA
MIDlet Manager
An account at iSkoot
iSkoot for Motorola V3 RAZR
And just FYI, right now iSkoot has a free trial period so get while the gettin is good. I’m sure you’ll be pleased.
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