Comments on: Downturn-Busting Venture Round For iSkoot: $19 Million

By: -L-

-L- — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:03:46 +0000

Um, I have to agree with -S-

I **USED** to use this application on my BB about 18 months ago/2 yrs ago – and it was good….

But now – UNFORTUNATELY… Skype did their own – which does EXACTLY what iSkoot does…

See link here:

http://www.skyp...d/skype/mobile/

Its very clear that Charles River Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Jesselson Capital Corporation and ZG Ventures will do their combined $32 million on this one.

What were they thinking? What the hell were they thinking? $32 million dollars??? Did they think that Skype would NEVER EVER create a mobile client?

Charles River Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Jesselson Capital Corporation and ZG Ventures all deserve to loose this investment.

Losers.

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By: Bernadette

Bernadette — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:01:36 +0000

Congrats Mark Jacobstein

By: phenom

phenom — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:30:22 +0000

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By: Kashif Shaikh

Kashif Shaikh — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:41:09 +0000

For those who don’t get the advantage of iSkoot: it uses the Internet to route calls between iSkoot gateway. You and your connecting party connect to these gateways via voice protocol.

What this means is international calling is charged at local mobile rates. While it isn’t any different than using those International calling cards, iSkoot still will be in my opinion easier to use.

kashif

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By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:29:16 +0000

iSkoot works surprisingly well, and is useful for national as well as international calls.

Here in the UK, mobile network “3″ (part of Hutchison Whampoa) include a Skype client based on iSkoot on most of their higher-end phones.

They don’t charge for Skype calls – so you can call another person in the same country or abroad (Skype to Skype) for free. Calling international landlines through SkypeOut is possible and you only pay for the international part of the call with your Skype credit or subscription. The intial part of the call routed over their voice network via GSM is free.

It works well for me.

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Markus Göbel's Tech News Comments — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:58:47 +0000

That’s exactly what it’s for: international calls via Skype Out and calls to your Skype buddies. Which other way would you call a Skype contact from your cell phone?

By: babiboi

babiboi — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:14:33 +0000

because you’re mobile

By: ZingerSteve

ZingerSteve — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:06:57 +0000

I think it’s weird that there isn’t a figure on the scooter. It’s moving but nobody’s driving!

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:36:59 +0000

I’d like to thank whoever fixed TechCrunch and QA’d Android for posting comments here.

Erick Schonfeld is on my Gtalk list, and I noticed that he too uses Android, and has the little Android icon next to his name when he’s online.

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By: Goog-Fanatic

Goog-Fanatic — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:01:20 +0000

why Skoot?

By: -S-

-S- — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:30:49 +0000

Seems like these VCs are still putting money into dumb businesses. They deserve to lose money

By: DJ

DJ — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 02:40:06 +0000

“But iSkoot then makes a normal voice call to their servers, and transmits the Skype data over the Internet from there.” This has got to be one of the worst business ideas I’ve ever heard of. Why would I want to load a special application on my phone to make phone calls that cost the same as, yes, simply dialing the phone?!? Might be useful if you’re making international calls, but not for any one else. Cream of the crop? Hardly.

By: John

John — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 02:35:10 +0000

great logo…

By: Tyler Wright

Tyler Wright — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 02:02:23 +0000

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iBelongsToApple
iSoundsLikeACopOut