Surveying the world of VoIP

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Kudos to well respected S60 tipster Antony Pranata for going the extra mile and trying out all the various Voice over IP solutions for smartphones, comparing EQO, Fring, Gizmo, iSkoot and Truphone, with Fring and Truphone seeming to come out winners, depending on your requirements. Also of note is that Truphone's new v3.0 is now available in a full beta.
From the review: "As I said earlier, none of the current VoIP applications satisfy met yet. Some of them have issues with usability, especially user interface. Some others are not reliable. Sometimes, they just drive me crazy because it is so difficult to initiate a call. All of them suffer from sound quality.
 EQOfringGizmoiSkootTruphone
Web siteeqo.comfring.comgizmoproject.comiskoot.comtruphone.com
TechnologyVoIP over cellularSIP, proprietarySIP, Jabber (for IM)VoIP over cellularSIP
IM supportMSN, Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk, ICQ, AIM, JabberSkype, MSN, Google Talk, TwitterSkype, MSN, Yahoo! MessengerSkypeGoogle Talk (limited)
Import contactsYesYesYesNoYes
Native/Java applicationJavaNativeNativeNativeNative
Emergency callNoNoNoNoNo
Supported S60 phonesAlmost all S60 phonesS60 phones with 3G/WiFi supportS60 phones with SIP support: Nokia Eseries, Nokia N80, N95Nokia 6680, 6681, 6681, N73, N80, E61, E62 (may be more)S60 phones with SIP support: Nokia Eseries, Nokia N80, N95
Price to call UK land line2.4 cent/min + local call2.4 cent/min (SkypeOut)2.0 cent/min2.4 cent/min + local callFREE
Score (1 - 5)2.53.5134