Skype close to launching PC to phone calling
I've used Skype only once I think. The concept is good, the problem is that Skype becomes yet another
IM-like tool. I feel that I can keep only so many apps like this
running on my machine at one time. I have three apps like this
running right now :Convoq ASAP, Chatango, and Miranda (for AIM, Yahoo, and MSN), and I think that's enough.
So for me Skype is going to be one of those once and a while
tools. Like switching from e-mails going back and forth to IM,
same thing e-mail to Skype or IM to Skype.
Skype Technologies SA, which offers
software that allows users to make free phone calls over the Internet,
said Friday that it is closer to launching a new prepay service in
which users can make cheap calls to any phone around the world from
their PCs.
Hi Tris
To a degree I agree with you re having yet another application open. But I've been using Skype for a while now – even before they allowed calls to landlines – and I absolutely love it. I have family all over the place – and on PC to PC calls to Australia where my younger brother lives, it's brilliant. I loaded ?10 on it and made some landline calls and it works really well. I'm even considering getting the USB phone that goes with it – and using that for my landlines calls only.
Very nice little app, and it works.
Just my two pence' worth 🙂
Riaan
London
Riaan,
Thanks for the feedback. Since I've only used it once, I haven't had the opportunity to see the benefits. But it sounds like Skype very well could become a way to communicate with friends, family, and clients. Hopefully they will have an OS X client soon. (maybe the Linux client works, I don't know)
I was just talking with a client/nieghbor about VoIP, so this is timely. I'm going to have to try having it open more now.