Gizmo Updated, Offers Interesting Future
Gizmo Project, for those not aware, is a VOIP client that uses SIP. Frankly I have no clue what SIP means, but I know that Gizmo allows you to make phone calls over the internet for much cheaper than you normally could (specifically internationally) and allows free calls between Gizmo users. I have Gizmo installed on my PC, N800 (and soon N810) Internet Tablet, and just installed the recently updated version for my N95. Gizmo now supports adding IM clients such as AIM, Yahoo!, and MSN, with Jabber and iChat coming soon.
Why do you care? Personally, I think Gizmo offers an incredibly robust and convenient future for Nokia devices. Currently the only way to make Tablet-To-PC video calls is through Gizmo. I used this in December while I was in Amsterdam and it worked beautifully to allow me to keep in touch with my fiance. If I can pull all of my IM clients into Gizmo, then I can have ONE application open on my desktop that allows me to IM any of my contacts, and allows them to IM me, though one interface, regardless of what IM protocol they’re using, and also regardless of what platform (mobile, tablet, pc) they or I am using.
I can also have the same account on my Nokia S60v3 handset. That means I have IM on my phone, for free, as well as presence and VOIP calling capabilities. With an HSDPA or WiFi connection on my mobile, what’s to stop Gizmo from setting up video calling from mobile phone to Tablet, and from mobile phone to PC? Or even mobile-to-mobile? Why hasn’t any company delivered video calling between S60v3 handsets over high-speed networks? I can use Flixwagon to stream video live to the internet. Why can’t that video be sent directly to another Flixwagon user, as opposed to the Internet?
I like that Nokia and Gizmo are working together to ensure that there are up-to-date clients for Nokia’s Nseries and Eseries product lines. No matter what device you’re using, they’re definitely ‘connecting people’.
Hey Ricky, I only installed Gizmo on my N95 yesterday, and found a use for it, in my little world. http://s60blogger.com/?p=63
Never previously been a fan of VOIP, but maybe Gizmo is changing my opinion……
i instaled gizmo a while ago and as i sip client it is good. However, as it integrates with the contacts which is a great feature I found that it made the already slow loading of the contacts even slower. Besides, truphone calls are free and dont seem to cause as much slowness as gizmo
hmmm mayb this might be a reason to install and try out gizmo.
I have tried to use video calling through my n95 using my n800. I am on the AT&T network at 3G speeds. It is not the actual speed of the 3G connection (FTP Downloads usually max out at 140K/s) which is more than fast enough for a video call through gizmo using the horrible quality camera of the n800. Unfortunately (and I haven’t figured out why yet) I have been unable to use AT&T/3G + n95 + n800 to video call my PC at home. Has anybody tried this yet? If so, did it work? I would love to be able to video call home to talk to my little son while I am at work or away. This seemed like a valid solution until I tried to get it to work for quite a while and it hasn’t work. I am able to make voip calls to Gizmo contacts on the n95 over GPRS great. It works just fine. So why would I have a problem doing it from the N800 that is using the N95 to connect?
Sounds backwards to me. There must be something that I am missing here. I’ll continue to search for an answer but until I find one I will just assume that N800 to N95 to 3G to PC Gizmo contact at this time does not work.
BTW: Using Gizmo with my n800 on my wifi to a friend in Ohio (I’m in IL) worked great. So it’s not the n800’s ability to do it. Something over the AT&T network is a little jacked up, or maybe there is a port issue that I can not figure out.
Regards.