Gizmo 4.0.5.398

Rated 30/50 by VictorAnderson at Feb 14, 2008

I'm going to give it a 3 because of their tech support. All I've wanted to do for the past 6 months is ONE thing: Use my gizmo account with native Windows Mobile 6 VoIP. I've got it 99.9% working - only problem is that is very hard to hear the person I'm talking too - and I'm pretty sure that's a problem with the codec I'm using. If anyone out here (or Gizmo developers - you giys reading this) has a clue for me that would be great!

Rated 50/50 by inmiaminow at Feb 17, 2008

What a relief to be done with Skype/ebay/ Paypal et.al. I find Gizmo's quality better, the interface more pleasing, the functionality superior and the customer service worse....but hopefully there won't be much need for them. The Gizmo Project is like the iphone of virtual phones. I was reluctant to give up my Skyplein after two plus years but am now pleased I did.

Rated 50/50 by jrtheinert at Feb 28, 2008

This is not really a review, but provides some helpful info on other ratings. First, I am one of the developers for Gizmo Project, which has been rebranded as Gizmo5. Version 4.0.0.338 is our first official release with video and IM gateways. Any reviews of 4.0 prior to 338 were done as beta releases. There have been significant improvements in stability since those betas. I invite all users of Gizmo Project/Gizmo5 beta to upgrade to version 338 and write a new review. FYI, we are planning a maintenance release for next week which will fix a few more minor issues.

Rated 40/50 by netean at Apr 11, 2008

I use gizmo on two laptops and on my nokia mobile phone. It works and works well. If you buy call out, it stays on your account until you use it (unlike Skype where it "Expires"!!!) The only downside is the interface, it's bloody awful.. the icons at the bottom are meaningless and it's impossible to easily see what network a contact is on: is it google talk, msn, skype, or gizmo... Openwengo, looks much much nicer, pity I can't seem to dial anywhere with it!

Rated 50/50 by some guy at May 22, 2008

nice clean non bloat great !

Rated 50/50 by legion at Jul 26, 2008

Skype killer :)

Rated 50/50 by Tao2005 at Jul 28, 2008

LOL, I agree with legion. How ever, if that where so, it would have to offer the gateways for free, instead of fee.

Rated 20/50 by dgtlchlk at Jul 29, 2008

Looked like a great alternative right up until the moment I started up version 4 and it logged into all my IM accounts it had saved from version 2. It then proceeded to message every single one of them with a message proclaiming that I was using Gizmo and they should give it a try. It had much promise but for the blatant lack of choice it just has to go.

Rated 10/50 by pep086 at Sep 2, 2008

full of advertisement, it is not friendly, in fact if u want to make a conference you have to follow some steps, and it stills doesn't work. use the skype that's the best user friendly VOIP program, its a pity that you have to pay for the calls but its the best one

Rated 50/50 by BrentARose1 at Feb 6, 2009

I had no problem with this software. All features worked fine, the calls were clear, and I especially liked the fact that you could record with it, making it much easier to use for Podcasting than Skype. The interface is not quite as slick as Skype, and it would be nice if it recorded to an mp3 format instead of just a wav format, but otherwise very good. With conference calling built in, recording abilities, even hold music, this program is much more featureful than Skype. Of course, the downside is that Skype has a much larger user base, meaning you'll have drastically more Skype contacts than Gizmo5 contacts. Whereas Skype gave me problems with the mixer board I was using for podcasting, Gizmo5 had no problems at all. This is good software, and I'd recommend it highly over Skype, so long as you can convince all your friends to use it.

Rated 30/50 by Aegis69 at Mar 10, 2009

Anyone tried this? http://www.internetcalls.com/en/index.html Other than that, I liked OpenWengo but it appears to be gone now.

Rated 10/50 by StreetGuru at Jun 2, 2009

This was the worst on-line shopping experience I've ever had till date. I bought a $35 DID number with Gizmo5 through google checkout. There was a delay of almost 24h until the number finally show up on my gizmo account page and when it finally does, it doesn't work at all. There is no customer support number for gizmo5 or any direct email addresses - the only contact platform with the company is through an online form on the website. After contacted they tell me that they acquire this numbers from different vendors and were contacting the one in question to find out what the problem was. One day later i am told that the number was erroneously posted as available on the website but that they would offer me a replacement. I accepted their proposed number but after that I hear nothing else from them until 3 days later - in spite of my repeated attempts to contact the company - when they tell me that the replacement number is no longer available!!! They then offer me yet a different replacement number, this time from a completely different area code and far inferior to the one purchased initially - and on the condition of having to pay an additional 100% of what i had already originally paid. I have since been writhing to them demanding either an equivalent replacement number or a refund and have no answer at all. In the meanwhile the original number was taken out of my account page and no refund offered. This people are a very bad joke, stay well back!!

Rated 10/50 by StreetGuru at Jun 2, 2009

Absolutely None No customer support;No contact numbers or platforms with the company;Selling non-existent products;No refund;No reply to customer complaints This was the worst on-line shopping experience I've ever had till date. I bought a $35 DID number with Gizmo5 through google checkout. There was a delay of almost 24h until the number finally show up on my gizmo account page and when it finally does, it doesn't work at all. There is no customer support number for gizmo5 or any direct email addresses - the only contact platform with the company is through an online form on the website. After contacted they tell me that they acquire this numbers from different vendors and were contacting the one in question to find out what the problem was. One day later i am told that the number was erroneously posted as available on the website but that they would offer me a replacement. I accepted their proposed number but after that I hear nothing else from them until 3 days later - in spite of my repeated attempts to contact the company - when they tell me that the replacement number is no longer available!!! They then offer me yet a different replacement number, this time from a completely different area code and far inferior to the one purchased initially - and on the condition of having to pay an additional 100% of what i had already originally paid. I have since been writhing to them demanding either an equivalent replacement number or a refund and have no answer at all. In the meanwhile the original number was taken out of my account page and no refund offered.This people are a very bad joke, stay well back!!

Rated 10/50 by acyacy at Aug 13, 2009

"Unethical Company, Worthless & Nonfunctional Service" Nothing is good about this. The product doesn't work. Multiple pleas for service are ignored. They refuse to refund money. Any of the reviews praising this company should be suspect. I am proficient with computers and cellphones but couldn't get this service to work despite trying for a long time. Beware.

Rated 50/50 by ethanthekiwi at Aug 14, 2009

"Works with Google Voice" It is the only Voip service that will work with Google Voice (as of 090814). It is compatible with any device/OS that has an SIP client (which is most of them) including Windows, Mac, Maemo, iPhone (jail broken), and more. The Google Voice integration over wireless internet on mobile devices like the Nokia n810 is not very good. It usually doesn't work. It is good for PC to PC talking (even over wireless)You can even call Skype users from Gizmo5 using their opensky feature.

Rated 10/50 by drakedane at Aug 23, 2009

couldn't find many in the other reviews seems like customer support is a real problem! Based on other reviews, clearly this is NOT a company that anyone should deal with. I literally could not find one review that would lead me to even give this a try - with the single exception of the cnet review, which is really why i'm posting: how is it that cnet's review of the product is SO out of step with all of the customer reviews?? can we trust ANY reviews from cnet? i hope the Gizmo5 company reads these and decides what's important!!!

Rated 10/50 by peter_asap at Sep 11, 2009

I can not come up with any. Skype is much better. Customer service really suck. Go with Skype or whatver just stay away from them I bought a virtual number in Australia with them. AFTER the purchase they said I need to provide a copy of PASSPORT with them. I refused to provide my passport to some unknown guy somewhere on the planet. They refuse refund. I never got the number. Stay AWAY from them. One of the most horrible companies I dealt with.

Rated 20/50 by netean at Sep 17, 2009

U used to like Gizmo, it was a decent alternative to Skype. Credit purchased thru gizmo lasts forever, wheras Skype's didn't (don't know if that's still the case?) Call quality used to be excellent. But Skype's has improved no end of late. Sadly the big let down is: The interface: just terrible, confusing and irregular - somewhere in there are my IM contacts, but hard to tell where or what they are As previously mentioned. The auto spamming of my IM clients telling them I'm using Gizmo (not good, not good at all - just don't do that!) Also on the downside. I think Skype has upped it's game a lot of late, and I think, got a million times better than it was. For the record Openwengo has changed it's name to Qutecom http://www.qutecom.org/ but it's absolutely terrible at present. very very buggy. If you want free voice /VOIP I'd stick with any of these: Google Talk WIndows Live Messenger Skype I really wouldn't bother witih gizmo anymore. Sadly!

Rated 50/50 by navid4 at Sep 30, 2009

"Its Superb!!!!" Perfect Perfect Perfect Perfect Perfect N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Rated 10/50 by larsenkirk63 at Nov 25, 2009

"couldn't use" check website first they're not allowing new registration....something nice to know before I had downloaded it wouldn't know cause i couldn't use it