Gizmo5 4.0.0.266

• License:

  Free

• Editor's Rating:

  4.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  1.0 stars (out of 2 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  1,825

• Operating Systems:

  Mac OS X 10.5 Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 Intel, Mac OS X 10.5 PPC, Mac OS X 10.4 PPC, Mac OS X 10.3.9

• Additional Requirements:

  No additional requirements

• Limitations:

  No limitations

• Date Added:

  July 30, 2008

• Previous Versions:

  Select a version Gizmo Project (OS X) 2.0.3.195 Gizmo Project (OS X) 2

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Publisher's description of Gizmo5

Formerly known as the Gizmo Project, Gizmo5 is a free Internet phone for your computer that makes calling as easy as Instant Messaging. Using best-of-breed audio codecs such as GIPS and employing media relays around the world to route calls through the most efficient path, Gizmo Project will give you crystal-clear voice quality. Gizmo Project provides the lowest possible per minute International calling rates and active Gizmo Project users may qualify for the All Calls Free calling plan.

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Editor's review of Gizmo5

• 4.0 stars

• "Get your chat on"

• Reviewed by: CNET Staff
• Version reviewed: Gizmo5 4.0.0.266

Does the world really need another VoIP client? Here's one Gizmo that thinks so.

Gizmo5's interface is compact and rectangular, with tabs on the top just below the Menu bar and a series of ancillary commands like Chat and Add Contact available at the bottom. There are very few differences between Gizmo's design and its biggest competitor's, and a little originality could've gone a long way here.

Also similar to Skype, Gizmo provides free VoIP for computer-to-computer voice chatting as well as text chatting. It also allows for computer-to-telephone voice chatting for both mobile phones and landlines. It has one feature that Skype lacks: it lets you conference call with multiple PCs by entering in a random, shared number. Overall, the sound clarity and quality was excellent, with no lagging nor echoing. Gizmo also says it provides asymmetrical chat-client VoIP, so you can use Gizmo and your headset to talk to somebody on Windows Live or Google Talk. We couldn't get that feature to work, but it's a smart idea and we hope it gets debugged soon.

Overall, Gizmo's got some good stuff and some room for improvement. If you despise Skype or are just interested in alternatives, you might want to give this one a try, but otherwise we'd recommend holding off.

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  Version: Gizmo5 4.0.0.266

  "over extended, too ambitious,"

  by fredclancey on January 19, 2009

  Pros: vision is great but ideas get far ahead of sound implementation

  Cons: doesn't do the basics well

  Summary: help has become near-non-existent
  I've invested a lot of time and I'm going with Truphone

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