Gizmo

Abramson recaps the year

December 24, 2005

Andy has done a recap of 2005. It’s an audio post, and works quite well. He’s still talking "me too, me also, me different ", but this time in the context of all the VoIM clients that are flooding into the market. A year ago, Skype had the space to themselves, today that is no [...]

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PhoneGnome and Skype? Just use Gizmo

December 16, 2005

Stuart Henshall asks "Should Skype have a PhoneGnome Strategy".  The answer is a resounding yes. However, Skype’s proprietary protocol is a real handicap in this scenario.  Many of the benefits of the strategy Stuart advocates are already available with standards-based solutions, such as Gizmo Project. Stuart says some of the benefits would be: Home Phone numbers to [...]

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Jason Droege: He Cares!

December 15, 2005

Jason Droege is the top dog at SIPPhone.  Recently, three of us have have experienced a problem with Gizmo consuming more resources than it should.  So, at 2:04 I sent Jason a piece of email outlining what we were experiencing, and at 2:15 I had a reply from him that his engineers were looking into the issue.  [...]

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SIPPhone to Offer Free US Phone Numbers

December 14, 2005

Buried in all the excitement over 1 cent per minute calling yesterday was an even more exciting announcement.  Michael Robertson’s SIPPhone will offer free US Phone Numbers as well, in the new year.  Phone numbers have traded for about $.05 to $.10 per month on the market for the last year or so. They are basically free already, which [...]

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Dumping IM

November 14, 2005

In Giving up on Instant Messaging, long time Instant Messaging user Luis Suarez notices that his IM usage has shifted from AOL, Yahoo, MSN to Skype, Google Talk, and Damaka.   I’ve noticed the same.  I rarely message people on MSN Messenger anymore, but choose Skype or Gizmo Project instead. 

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Gizmo Fix is in

November 11, 2005

The Gizmo presence bug I wrote about yesterday is fixed.  SipPhone, the creators of Gizmo, sure are responsive.  Thanks!

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Gizmo Bug Sighting?

November 10, 2005

Andy has blogged about a potential bug in the new Gizmo Project which he and I spotted yesterday.  If you’re a PC Gizmo user who has to communicate with Mac Gizmo users, you probably shouldn’t upgrade until this one is fixed.  The feature in the new release which I was looking forward to the most (Outlook import) is still a [...]

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New Gizmo Out

November 9, 2005

A new version of the Gizmo Project softphone went live this morning.  It now includes the ability to import your Outlook Contacts, customizable voice mail greetings, SMS notification of new voice mails, customizable ring tones, and call forwarding.  I, for one, will get tremendous use of the Outlook contact import.  Even better — integrate Gizmo [...]

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Nice Review of Skype for Outlook

November 4, 2005

Jim Courtney has written a nice review of the Skype for Outlook toolbar over on the Skype Journal Website.  He even gets in a nice mention of how this relates to Voice 2.0.  Skype for Outlook is a part of my daily routine as well.  These days, however, I am finding myself using Gizmo Project more [...]

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Unlimitel: Customer Service Kings

October 18, 2005

Unlimitel is a regional VoIP carrier, operating a network stretching from Montreal Quebec to London Ontario.  At Iotum, we buy our VoIP connections from them.  I was chatting with Stephan Monette, the owner, earlier today.  I wondered why he didn’t support peering with SipPhone.  At 11:39 PM tonight, I was chatting with Andy Abramson, and mentioned [...]

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