Sametime 2 Skype… and more

Yes, it has been quite a while since I have posted…

But, my slack time is over! There is so much going on…

I’ve been using a couple of plugins for Sametime — Sametime 2 Skype and Sametime 2 Jajah, both from Pentos . I can strongly recommend both. Go to Skype. Go to Jajah.

The Sametime 2 Skype plugin enables you to use Skype directly from within Sametime (7.5 or higher). So that is pretty straghtforward. It’s easy to set up and displays your Skype contacts in Sametime too.

The Sametime 2 Jajah plugin has some very interesting features. Here is how this works: from within Sametime, I can click on a contact to dial their mobile number. The Jajah plugin kicks off a call to my mobile number and then calls my contact’s mobile phone.  Both calls are handled via Internet VOIP and it cost me the grand sum of 18.7 cents US per minute. And no carrier charges of course as it is an incoming call to my mobile! You should check your carrier’s fine print though!