tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500930.post7552718791629933787..comments2024-03-20T22:57:03.923+00:00Comments on Dean Bubley's Disruptive Wireless: 3 + SkypeIn or SkypeOutDean Bubleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05719150957239368264noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500930.post-69219216049324337112007-11-05T10:28:00.000+00:002007-11-05T10:28:00.000+00:00There are a couple of boxes that do indeed convert...There are a couple of boxes that do indeed convert Skype to mobile. You insert a GSM SIM card, and they can automatically forward Skype calls through to your mobile phone using standard mobile to mobile calls (say with an inclusive minutes package). See <B>http://www.ipdrum.com/</B> and <B>http://www.mobigater.com/</B> for products that do exactly this. They need your main PC to be on all the time and act as the Skype gateway.<BR/><BR/>Unlike some of the other Skype adaptors, these are real mobile phones inside, but with a USB connection to the computer instead of a standard microphone and loudspeaker.<BR/><BR/>However, I would think its cheaper and more effective if this is done in the network as a service. I thought I had seen an independent operator offering this somewhere for Skype, but can't recall the URL. Truphone <B>www.truphone.com</B> offers similar capability, but using its own SIP VoIP scheme rather than Skype's proprietary format. Much more integrated into the mobile phone operation and achieves the same low cost, but doesn't yet have the community of support/extensions/membership that Skype has reached.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com