Andres Valera

Gmail calls Vs Skype calls

Today I installed the recent firefox plug-in from google to obtain voice and video chat capabilities with gmail, and I may say that it works great. I use (or used?) skype for work at least during 45 minutes a day, so this is a really great thing for me, because it’s also integrate with my companies google apps account.

The video and audio quality it’s as good (if not better) than skype. Also the calls are pretty stable and options for full screen video and move and minimize your video window are good.

BUT (there’s always a but) the only thing so far in which case I prefer skype it’s the option to start or end the video in a call without ending the call.

Of course, the option of having the voice and video inside the browser makes the gmail option more appealing.

Gmail voice and video chat

Tags: gmail, Review, Skype

iPhone 3G – The Good, The Bad & The Ugly [My Review]

Yesterday was the big launch of the new iPhone 3G and later in the afternoon I had the opportunity to play with one for a few hours and even take some photos to write this small review.

The Good

One of the major hit of this new iPhone it’s, of course, the 3G connectivity, which during my tests works a lot faster that I thought it was going to be.

First of all I start watching some YouTube videos using my buddy’s home wireless network and the load time of the videos were pretty decent. Then I turned off the wireless connectivity to load other videos of similar duration through 3G, and they load faster, which impressed me.
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Tags: IPhone, Review