New software from iSkoot will let cell phone users use Skype and GoogleTalk
iSkoot has launched a simple software download designed to let cell phone users use VoIP services such as Skype and GoogleTalk.
The 100k piece of software is a Java-based thin client application that operates with a network server. Users need a dual mode phone that supports both Wi-Fi networks and GSM/CDMA networks.
The new technology solution will connect also with AIM, Microsoft Messenger, and Yahoo Messenger among others. The software operates with three network connections: Wi-Fi, 3G/GPRS data, and GSM/CDMA. In U.S. these connections are offered by Cingular Wireless and T-Mobile. However, the solution apparently doesn’t operate with Verizon Wireless and Sprint.
Recently Skype’s chief executive Niklas Zennstrom had quoted in press reports that technical difficulties and the lack of suitable cell phones has held up its mobile VoIP deployment.
While iSkoot hasn’t discussed the new software with Skype, iSkoot’s chief executive officer Jacob Guedalia said that this new technology can prove to be a way to connect Skype users in a mobile manner. “Our products are completely complimentary with Skype,” he said.
He also quoted, “We offer a major advantage to carriers, end users and device manufacturers, namely that they can enjoy the advantages of fixed-to-mobile convergence without making the large infrastructure investments required in other solutions.”