Gmail Trying to be like Skype? New Call Feature.

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  • Semi-Retired-Dave
    Too lazy to set a custom title
    • Apr 2004
    • 11190
    #1

    Gmail Trying to be like Skype? New Call Feature.

    Just saw this link in my Gmail today.
    Free calls for all of 2010.

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    • Amputate Your Head
      There can be only one
      • Aug 2001
      • 39075
      #2
      Too little, too late.

      Google missed the boat on this one. Skype owns the googster.
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        • Semi-Retired-Dave
          Too lazy to set a custom title
          • Apr 2004
          • 11190
          #3
          Originally posted by Amputate Your Head
          Too little, too late.

          Google missed the boat on this one. Skype owns the googster.
          I love skype, it's the only messenger I use.
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            • Amputate Your Head
              There can be only one
              • Aug 2001
              • 39075
              #4
              Originally posted by CyberAge-Dave
              I love skype, it's the only messenger I use.
              yep, same here. skype & email.... and GFY of course.
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                • gmr324
                  Confirmed User
                  • Aug 2006
                  • 1199
                  #5
                  Skype is da bomb. I just wish the call forwarding feature would let you get text messages from Skype forwarded to your Blackberry. As far as I read, you can only forward voice calls through Skype to your cell phone. Is this possible and I missed it in the documentation?

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                    • Amputate Your Head
                      There can be only one
                      • Aug 2001
                      • 39075
                      #6
                      Originally posted by gmr324
                      Skype is da bomb. I just wish the call forwarding feature would let you get text messages from Skype forwarded to your Blackberry. As far as I read, you can only forward voice calls through Skype to your cell phone. Is this possible and I missed it in the documentation?
                      One thing I don't like is, if skype forwards a call to your cell and you reject it, the caller can then leave voicemail on the cell. I would prefer they got rejected back to skype voicemail, but it just don't work that way. So I generally don't forward unless I'm definitely gonna be gone for a good while. (as opposed to just letting everything go to skype voicemail.)

                      sorry, I realized this in no way addresses your question.
                      Last edited by Amputate Your Head; 08-25-2010, 01:04 PM.
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                        • Horny Joe
                          Confirmed User
                          • Jul 2004
                          • 2661
                          #7
                          Skype rules, but I am a google-whore so....
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                            • myneid
                              Confirmed User
                              • Jan 2003
                              • 736
                              #8
                              i'm excited to be able to answer my google voice number from gmail
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                                • quiet
                                  we'll miss you our friend. RIP
                                  • Sep 2001
                                  • 25115
                                  #9
                                  Google is becoming sort of like 'mother' from Alien/Aliens. it's a little scary, but i just don't care lol
                                  we'll miss you our friend. RIP

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                                    • TheDoc
                                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                                      • Jul 2001
                                      • 13827
                                      #10
                                      I use Google Voice.. It's my local phone number and I use it as a text / message service. Then with Google Chat within gmail or the software can both do Video/Voice and Phone calls like Skype does. Just click the person in your address book and call them, you can use the software or your browser. Myself and Tanker have used it before... it works perfectly fine unless you close your browser by mistake.
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                                        • Amputate Your Head
                                          There can be only one
                                          • Aug 2001
                                          • 39075
                                          #11
                                          I have to ask this dumb question though...


                                          is it pronounced "skipe", like "pipe"?

                                          or like, "skippy" ? like, skippy peanut butter...
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                                            • Semi-Retired-Dave
                                              Too lazy to set a custom title
                                              • Apr 2004
                                              • 11190
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by Amputate Your Head
                                              I have to ask this dumb question though...


                                              is it pronounced "skipe", like "pipe"?

                                              or like, "skippy" ? like, skippy peanut butter...
                                              There is never a dump question.

                                              It's like Skipe, that domain must have been used when they started.
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                                                • PornMD
                                                  Mainstream Businessman
                                                  • Jan 2007
                                                  • 9291
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by Amputate Your Head
                                                  I have to ask this dumb question though...


                                                  is it pronounced "skipe", like "pipe"?

                                                  or like, "skippy" ? like, skippy peanut butter...
                                                  If I'm not mistaken, the name is basically a play on scape but with sky, so it'd just be "skipe".
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                                                    • Amputate Your Head
                                                      There can be only one
                                                      • Aug 2001
                                                      • 39075
                                                      #14
                                                      that sucks..... i was hoping it was skippy.
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                                                        • TheDoc
                                                          Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                          • Jul 2001
                                                          • 13827
                                                          #15
                                                          Skype (pronounced /ˈskaɪp/) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype
                                                          ~TheDoc - ICQ7765825
                                                          It's all disambiguation

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                                                            • _Richard_
                                                              Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                              • Oct 2006
                                                              • 30991
                                                              #16
                                                              once someone calls you screwing themselves with a dildo via video call

                                                              you'll never not use skype

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                                                                • Ayla_SquareTurtle
                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                  • Sep 2005
                                                                  • 3550
                                                                  #17
                                                                  I have no desire to download and use YET ANOTHER communications program (Skype) but if I can do something new from within gmail, I just might.

                                                                  I can't be the only one.
                                                                  gone. long gone.

                                                                  aylasquareturtle .."a"t".. gmail dawt com

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                                                                    • Amputate Your Head
                                                                      There can be only one
                                                                      • Aug 2001
                                                                      • 39075
                                                                      #18
                                                                      Originally posted by Ayla_SquareTurtle
                                                                      I have no desire to download and use YET ANOTHER communications program (Skype) but if I can do something new from within gmail, I just might.

                                                                      I can't be the only one.
                                                                      Skype is one of those things that falls in the "too good to be true" category. It instantly had me sold for life. And I'm pretty persnicketey about apps, and especially these types of apps. Skype is the real deal all around. ICQ is a dinosaur.
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