3 fresh softphones
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Everyone wants to get a piece of the VoIP cake these days. The result is simple: more and more softphones popped out on the Internet. Many of them are in beta version, some even stuck in alpha, or remain unknown.
We tried our best to pick those that could grow into a fantastic VoIP software or already shows interesting features. Here is our list, which might complete a bit the feature and well-appreciated post entitled “10 Skype alternatives“.
Neuf Talk
The VoIP client is a glimpse of what the VoIP clients will look once the media convergence done. Neuf Telecom is a telecommunications company operating in France and a great competitor to France Telecom. They own Wengo, the software company behind Firefox OpenWengo extension and the Wengo softphone. And the Neuf Talk software incorporates some of the OpenWengo source code.
Now, its features: you can talk from PC to PC, freely, with a headset or a webcam if you video-conference. You can also reach landline or mobile phone users and send SMS. The greatest advantage is the phone number portability, meaning that you keep your phone number. That makes sense. After all, you don’t need more as all your services come through the same broadband Internet access. Currently, the Neuf Talk service is restricted to the telco power users. It should be opened to every Neuf Telecom users. More information could be found here.
Zap!
The project tagline is nothing less than “the Mozilla SIP client”. Zap equals the SongBird project for Internet telephony, as they both are built on top of the XUL toolkit, which powers Mozilla Firefox. Zap is available for Windows and Linux platforms, but, quite restrictive for an open source softphone, only speaks the SIP standard. You can download it here.
SJPhone
A powerful softphone that supports both SIP and H.323 protocols. Windows, Mac, Linux users can install it. SJPhone is claimed to provide extensive interoperability with major VoIP vendors and ITSPs (Internet Telephony Service Providers). SJ Labs, the company which brought it to life, was part of the Spring VON 2006 edition in San Jose. They work with some well-known VoIP service providers, such as Vonage, and a bunch of other IP phone companies. If you decide to try SJphone, bear in mind that the softphone wouldn’t work until you get an account with a ITSP or run your own VoIP server.
Apr 6, 2006 | By Nuno
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very good
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