July 24, 2006
Gizmo Project vs Skype?
Last week, SIPphone announced that Gizmo Project softVoIP users would be able to talk free to other Gizmo users in up to 60 countries. It's interesting that Michael Pollock of Solostream was asking, back in July 2005, is Gizmo is really a Skype-killer?
What's more interesting to me is that Pollock stated back then that one of Gizmo's advantages is built-in VoIP recording, but that Skype should be able to do the same thing natively. Well, one year later, Skype still has not done that, resorting to third party plugins and standalone software (e.g., HotRecorder). While there's nothing wrong with that per se, Skype users do have to resort to downloading an extra piece of software.
Service-wise, when the free North American Skype calling (specifically PC-to-PSTN to numbers in Canada and the US) ends just before New Year's Day 2007, I'm wondering if there'll be a surge of VoIP users transferring to the open source SIP-based Gizmo Project. However, with less than a million Gizmo users and over 100 million Skype users (or 280 mln, depending on who you believe), Skype does not have much to worry about. Yet.
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