Gizmo for Mobile beta arrives

GizmoformobileAs a long-time Skype user, I’m constantly asked why I favor Skype over other VoIP clients such as Gizmo. Truth be told, I’ve had a Gizmo account for around two years and in the rare situation I do use it, it works very well. I typically only use it when a contact has a Gizmo number and not a Skype number. The main reason I’ve stuck with Skype is because they’ve had a mobile client available for so long. Gizmo has taken strides to catch up on the mobile front and Download Squad caught wind of their latest effort: Gizmo for Mobile.

This downloadable Java client is for mobile phones but you’ll have to see if yours is supported by pointing your phone’s browser to www.gizmo5.com. I just hit up the site on my T-Mobile Dash and see many of the big-name handsets there: BlackBerry, LG, Motorola, Nokia, O2, Palm, and Samsung to name a few. One key feature that’s great when you’re on the run: you can text chat with contacts on AIM, MSN, Yahoo, Jabber and of course Gizmo. Two points of concern: the fees for VoIP calls aren’t abundantly clear and it also appears that your standard cell minutes get used here. Perhaps this will work over WiFi, which would alleviate my second concern, but we’ll have to try it and see.

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