What happens when you cross controversial peer-to-peer file-sharing technology with regulation-debated Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone capability? Meet the new, free PocketSkype software, which enables VoIP-based calls on the Skype network using a WiFi-enabled PocketPC handheld device. Skype, which has its desktop VoIP software deployed to nearly 10 million users who save on long-distance and other charges using the Internet telephone alternative, announced PocketSkype — a “thin” version of the PC software — specifically for PDAs.
PocketSkype Offers Free VoIP for PocketPCs
Posted by: Jay Lyman April 7, 2004 11:17 AMWhat happens when you cross controversial peer-to-peer file-sharing technology with regulation-debated Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone capability? Meet the new, free PocketSkype software, which enables VoIP-based calls on the Skype network using a WiFi-enabled PocketPC handheld device. Skype, which has its desktop VoIP software deployed to nearly 10 million users who save on long-distance and other charges using the Internet telephone alternative, announced PocketSkype — a “thin” version of the PC software — specifically for PDAs.