So I have found an alternative to Skype that seems pretty interesting, it's called iCall. You may have heard about it before, but I didn't so here's the story. Oh, and sorry for all you Mac users, you can only use iCall on Windows.
I was at home and needed to get a hold of my BF but, to my dismay, my celly was in the truck, which he was using. Since I don't have a home phone and didn't feel like getting all chummy with my neighbors (and quite possibly there are no longer any payphones) I didn't have a way to call him. So, I first go to Skype to see if you can make phone calls and yes you can, but you only get 1 free call and then have to pay for any more calls. So, I use my free phone call and, I call the wrong number on accident! Dang, and, I am not about to pay for more airtime.
Whelp! Now what?? Well, I went online to see if there was any way to make calls to phones from your computer and I happened upon iCall. I check it out first as I don't want any viruses etc, and it looked to be okay. So I install it and to my wonderful surprise, you can make FREE, I say FREE outgoing calls to local numbers (as well as video calling like Skype)! Yay!! So, I call, he answers, and GRRRRRRR my internal microphone doesn't work!!! So, upon the continuing list of things that don't work on my my computer, I am adding microphone.
Well, in any case, I am now able to share this wonderful knowledge with all of you. So feel free to take advantage!
Pri, thank so much for sharing this option. As a Mac user I can't try it out, but am eager to have those who can give a try.
ReplyDeleteAll users can also make free calls within the USA and Canada using your Google accounts (both personal and UMD accounts). I just made a short Jing video showing you how to do this. See it at: http://screencast.com/t/hEZFKn9oC9
Hello it was great to see you this past weekend, have a great holiday season
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