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June 24, 2006

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Gizmo Project goes 2.0

Posted Jun. 24, ’06, 2:13 PM PT by Dan Moren
Category | Software » Updates

Gizmo ProjectGenerally, when I’m looking to do cross-platform VoIP on the Mac, I turn to Skype. But there was a brief period last year when that program was giving me no end of trouble, so I fell back to an alternative, Gizmo Project. Gizmo has some advantages over Skype, among them built-in call recording, but other features, such as its handling of conference calls, left something to be desired.

Today, Gizmo Project launched version 2.0, with the following enhancements:

  • Integration with the Asterisk office PBX
  • Improved buddy list presence display
  • Support for “Growl” notifications (Mac)
  • Call-routing improvements for greater reliability
  • Conference-calling improvements
  • New low rates on International calls
  • Improved audio quality for home networks
    • Not all what you might call sexy improvements, but I’m glad to see Growl support built-in. I’d still like them to improve conference call support to something as good as Skype’s, and maybe touch up some of their UI (brushed metal is so 2002).


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