SippySkype is a FREE Java software (Skype/SIP Bridge/Gateway/Proxy) which allows you to make and receive calls using your SIP/VoIP adapter.

Here are some features of the software:

• Call Skype Users using speed dial or use Skype out.
• SIP to Skype authentication/denial mappings via SIP caller ID and IP blocks – 1.1 or higher
• Skype to SIP authentication/denial mappings via incoming Skype User ID – 1.1 or higher
• Support RFC2833 touchtone decoding (DTMF) – 2.0beta or higher
• Could be used as an endpoint with Asterisk
• Auto play pre-recorded file(s) to SIP callers – 2.0beta or higher
• Incoming SIP Pin number authentication and dialing – 2.0beta or higher
• Open Source – You can modify/fix it if you like.

System requirements:

• Skype Client
• Working Java 1.6.0 or better runtime
• mjsip/mjua 1.6 http://www.mjsip.org/ – Use those included with SippySkype as some bugs have been fixed.
• Skype4Java 1.0 https://developer.skype.com/wiki/Java_API – Unmodified
• SIP/VOIP adapter such as a spa-3102 to make and receive Skype calls or register with a provider or Asterisk.
• Should work where Skype4Java works (windows/linux/osx). (I’m using it on Windows XP)

Download SippySkype 2.0 beta2

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Skype has released version 2.7 for Mac. The latest version is Leopard compatible which means you can use Skype with confidence if you have have the latest Mac OS X 10.5.

Make calls from your computer – free to other people on Skype, cheap to phones and mobiles across the world. And the sound quality is great, too – keep it running all day, and it’s like you’re in the same room as the person on the other end.

Standard Skype features:

If you and your friends, family or business contacts are using webcams, you can also make free video calls. You can even call landlines and mobile phones at really cheap rates.

• Make free Skype-to-Skype calls to anyone else, anywhere in the world.
• Call ordinary phones and mobiles at pretty cheap rates per minute.
• See who you are talking to with video calls.
• Send SMS messages to friends on the move and set up call forwarding so they can contact you.
• Group chat with up to 100 people or conference call with up to nine others.
• Search the web with the Google Toolbar (optional install).
• Free to download.

Click here to download a copy

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The launch of Skype for PSP in Japan, which is originally scheduled last week of January will be delayed for a simple reason that “two microphone products did not meet the Skype specifications“. Because of this event, Sony has decided to delay the Skype feature in Japan. The good news is that the US and Europe launch will not be affected by this setback.

Please read the official announcement below:

SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT JAPAN TO POSTPONE THE RELEASE OF MICROPHONE PRODUCTS FOR PSP® (PLAYSTATION®PORTABLE)

Tokyo, January 23, 2008 – Sony Computer Entertainment Japan (SCEJ), a division of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) responsible for business operations in Japan, today announced that it would postpone the release of two microphone products for PSP® (PlayStation®Portable), SINGLE PACK (with one microphone, PSPJ-15010) and TWIN PACK (with two microphones, PSPJ-15011), scheduled to be released in Japan on Thursday, January 24th, 2008.

SCEJ planned to release the microphone along with the introduction of Skype™ features for the new slim and light PSP (PSP-2000). However, it was found that the microphone did not meet the Skype specifications in part to obtain certification and SCEJ has determined to postpone the release of the microphone. New release date will be announced as soon as decided.

With this, SCEJ has also reached a decision to postpone the introduction of the Skype features and services in Japan, scheduled in late January as part of the system software update for PSP. Solutions to enable users to start using Skype features and services on their PSP are being sought for and will be announced in due course.

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Since November 2006, there have been suggestions in Skype forum about Skype running on Sony PSP. Looks like the suggestions are already being implemented or will be implemented by Sony and Skype. According to Sony’s CES (Consumer Electronics Show) website, they will be bringing Skype to the PSP. In the PSP system features, Sony announced “Call friends, talk trash to fellow gamers or catch up with acquaintances via Skype for PSP system“. Calling your friends via VoIP while playing with your PSP in a Wi-Fi hotspot would be a very hot and interesting thing to do for the Sony boys out there.

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