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Call Skype users from any cellphone, VoIP phone with OpenSky
If you thought that Skype was a disruptive technology because it allows users to make free or cheap voice and video calls around the world, then you ain't seen nothing yet. Because Gizmo5 just launched OpenSky, a service which lets you connect with Skype from virtually any web browser, computer, or mobile phone,.Here's how it works. Basically OpenSky creates an alias for every Skype user. So if you want to call Skype user "echo123" (the Skype test call number), all you have to do is dial "echo123@opensky.gizmo5.com" from any SIP aware device. Want to give it a try without installing or purchasing anything? Just visit the GizmoCall web site where you can dial a number from the web using a Flash interface.
Now here's the really cool thing. Once you're signed up for a Gizmo5 account, you can also use any mobile phone to communicate with Skype users. All you have to do is send a text message to 1-941-421-9832 and start the message with the Skype user you want to send a message to. Your SMS message will show up in their chat window. If you want to make a voice call, just enter the recipient's Skype name and leave out the text message. Your phone will ring and once you pick up, you'll be connected for a voice call.
You can make OpenSky calls of up to 5 minutes for free. For $20 a year you can make calls of up to 2 hours.
[via GigaOM]
Comments
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Subscribe to commentsaFeb 10th 2009 2:51PM
I thought it was cool until you started talking about money.
SoCoolCurt (PSN: KillaKornbread - XBL: SoCoolCurt)Feb 10th 2009 4:27PM
same here. i thought they were talking about it like it was free. still very cheap though either way.....but not free.
BebeFeb 10th 2009 8:39PM
It seems like you got paid to post this. dam it sounds like a sells pitch.
always towards the end you get the hit. you just wasted 2 minutes of my life i will never get back...
NexusFeb 11th 2009 8:23AM
Why are you all complaining? Don't you get paid to work yourselves? You guys want every single thing for free, and you don't want other people to eat. Read the story again - you get calls for up to 5 mins FREE. It's a free download. They're saving you from having to run Skype's bloated software. It will save you money on calls to Skype subscribers. Anything you can't say in 5 mins (like what?), just ring back. With your attitudes, no wonder shareware doesn't work. I bet you complain that your new computer isn't free.
NexusFeb 11th 2009 6:14AM
Why are you all complaining? Don't you get paid to work yourselves? You guys want every single thing for free, and you don't want other people to eat. Read the story again - you get calls for up to 5 mins FREE. It's a free download. They're saving you from having to run Skype's bloated software. It will save you money on calls to Skype subscribers. Anything you can't say in 5 mins (like what?), just ring back.
With your attitudes, no wonder shareware doesn't work. I bet you complain that your new computer isn't free.
Andrew PollackFeb 11th 2009 8:23AM
Not everything has to be free -- I know as someone who does all their own telephony by way of asterisk servers, this may give me a nice connection method that I don't now have.
I'm glad you posted it, and I'll have a look at their pricing options -- maybe it will work out for me, maybe not.