In the world of Mobile and Desktop VOIP, not many VOIP / SIP services can talk to Skype protocol. There are definately some who do it efficiently including Fring and Tringme. Today, we found one more called HipSip.
HipSip is a free SIP service which lets you connect to Skype from your mobile phone. The only unique thing about HipSip is you don't need a special SIP Softphone to connect to their SIP service. However there is something called "Hipsip Bridge application" which you need to install on your PC to create a bridge between your Mobile Phone-Skype-PC. Wohoo. I almost gave up at this stage. Why do I have to do all this? just to make free skype calls? I can as well make these calls from Fring or Tringme without any such tedious setups. On top of it, to use Skype features, you must leave a computer connected to the Internet
I am confident 85% people won't go ahead with this complex setup. On top of it, Their SIP/ Skype calling is only available in Germany, Norway, Spain, Sweden, United Kingtom and United states.
At this stage, the only thing that a positive about HipSip is you don't have to download any special VOIP softphone client for your mobile and its a free SIP service. I still don't understand why did they bother to start a SIP service with no value addition. Can someone enlighten me?
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