Truphone dials Google Talk
By Vivek | February 7th, 2007 at 10:32 am ET
Truphone today announced that it has added support for Google Talk. The new feature enables mobile users to call their friends on a pc and vice versa. All these calls are for free! Truphone has yet to add presence for the Google Talk contacts on your mobile.
Fring and Nimbuzz already support calling to Google Talk and Skype users. As always, all updates get added to the dynamic Mobile VoIP cheatsheet.
On the other hand, it seems that SIPphone/Gizmo is struggling to define direction and gain traction with users. SIPphone is now giving the web-based Gizmocall users 5 minutes of FREE calling per day without registering, or 10 minutes per day when they register. Even Mino is giving some rebates for its mobile service. I am not sure what will be the shelf life for the half-way technologies like Jajah, or Mino, or Gizmocall, when Fring, Nimbuzz, and Truphone are rapidly expanding their feature set and device coverage, and enable unlimited-time calls for free.
on February 7th, 2007 at 1:44 pm
Gizmo and GizmoCall call direct.. they do not use callback like Jajah.
on February 7th, 2007 at 2:40 pm
I should have checked my own cheatsheet
. Anyway correction has been made. Thanks.