While IM (Instant Messaging) clients with VoIP capabilities are immensely popular (used by several hundred million people collectively), they may be left behind by a new generation of soft VoIP plugins that work within other applications such as web browsers. You see a phone number on a web page, click on it, and a callContinue Reading
If you’ve seen the aurally annoying animated VoIP commercial that Vonage runs, you just might like this alternative (above) for a softphone called iPhox. I guess Sex still sells in the UK (the background does look like the UK). What’s even crazier is that apparently you can call the young woman in the video forContinue Reading
SightSpeed is an SIP-based soft VoIP app for Windows and Mac OS X that allows users to make free PC – PC video calls, free PC – PC internet phone calls and cheap PC – landline calls. It has garnered quite a few active users who use SightSpeed as a very capable Skype alternative. WhileContinue Reading
Abbeyphone have released 2 extensions for Firefox and Thunderbird that are tighly integrated into the popular browser and email client. The toolbar allows you to make free internet calls directly from your browser / email without any extra software to be installed. The final version will also be available in 3 different versions according toContinue Reading
Looking for an alternative to Skype or Gizmo? Have a look at Hullo, hailed by some as the slickest soft VoIP implementation yet. Now why would it deserve praise like that? Well, it covers all the basics with ease. But where it shines is in how it can integrate your PC, cell phone and landlineContinue Reading