Why the voice call doesn’t work in Google Talk, Skype or other IM software?

It is quite annoying when you start Google Talk, Skype or other IM software on a new computer to make voice call and find that there is on sound can be heard.
The reason is pretty simple:

Most recommended third party software on Nokia N900

The market release date of Nokia N900 is getting closer and closer. Here is the translation of inside view from a developer of the brand new Maemo 5 system.

Review of Talkonaut, a mobile IM software supporting multiple SIP providers

Talkonaut used to be my favorite mobile IM software before it was replace by Fring and Nimbuzz. I am a little bit surprised about why it is not as successful as Fring and Nimbuzz. Let’s have a look about what Talkonaut is doing better than other mobile IM software and what keeps users away from [...]

Pros and cons, review of Nimbuzz

Nimbuzz is my backup choice of Mobile IM program after Fring. In fact, I started to use Nimbuzz even before Fring, since the initial version of Nimbuzz was based on Java ME and when I was still using my Motorola E680i, Fring didn’t has J2ME version yet. Though Nimbuzz has a shorter history than Fring especially on smartphones, it developed very quickly and make itself a serious competitor of Fring. Here is a brief summary of Nimbuzz’s advantage and disadvantage

Palringo, a mobile IM software supporting multiple accounts on the same community

Fring is the mobile IM software I use mostly, but it has some limitations. For example, it only support one account on one IM network. In Other words, if you have several Gtalk accounts, you can use only one at the same time. This restriction is also on most other mobile IM software, such as [...]

TiViPhone, another mobile IM software supporting video call for free

Though very few mobile IM software support video call, OctroTalk is not the only choice. After spending more time to search on internet, I found another mobile IM client that can be used for video chat. It is called TiviPhone. TiviPhone is also not so well known and it seems that the developer didn’t put [...]

Contacts on Ovi from Nokia as mobile IM client

I used many different IM software on my mobile phones, including Morange, Talkonaut, Fring, Nimbuzz and others that are not so popular. Till now, Fring is the one I used most. Now there is another choice, Contacts on Ovi from Nokia. The different between Contacts on Ovi and third part programs is that it is [...]

Use Skype to search potential business clients

Skype is not only an excellent free IM/VoIP software, but also a powerful tool to search potential clients to extent your business.

Talkonaut allies with Talkster to make free international calls

Since recent, Talkonaut released 4.x, which are native Symbian S60 and Windows mobile applications with real VoIP stack. Now to further promote this excellent mobile VoIP software, Talkonaut tightly integrated with Free World Dialing feature of Talkster.

Nimbuzz — Free Mobile IM/VoIP Java Client Supporting Skype (1)

There come dozens of free Java IM/VoIP clients on mobile phones, but few of them support Skype. Nimbuzz is a Java application that can be used to chat with Skype on mobile phones.