Is Gizmo Really a Skype-Killer?

This post is by Michael Pollock, the original owner of Small Business Branding. Yaro Starak now owns and produces the latest content for this blog.

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Gizmo is being billed as a Skype-killer. In case you’re not aware, Gizmo and Skype are basically internet telephone programs that allow you to make free phone calls to other members or very low cost (like $.02 per minute) calls to non-members.

The big benefit of Gizmo is it gives you the option to record conversations. And if you’re doing any podcasting or telephone interviews etc., that’s a big benefit. Yes, you can use HotRecorder to record Skype or connect a digital voice recorder to your telephone (both of which I’ve done), but that’s one more step that Gizmo eliminates completely. Gizmo gives you some other free features as well, and you can check those out at the Gizmo site.

I gotta believe the Skype folks can get this feature in there. I really don’t want to give up my Skype, but in the interest of simplicity and productivity, I’ll use Gizmo when it comes to recording internet phone conversations.

C’mon Skype. Get with it. We all love you and want to keep you, but Gizmo’s got it goin on. Can you say “Gizmo Me?”