iSkoot, yet another way to make Skype calls from your cellphone

Alright, yo, there's yet another new way to make cheap
Skype calls with your cellie, but unlike Epyx Mobile and
IPdrum this latest one doesn't require you to own two handsets. This one's called iSkoot (guess Lil Jon must have dibs on iSkeet), and basically what it does is forward a Skype call from your PC to your cellphone. You have to install their software, which interfaces with Skype, on your PC
and then leave Skype running. When you want to make a call you can't just dial, you actually have to send send a text message to our PC (via iSkoot) with the number or Skype name of the person you want to call (you have to have a
SkypeOut account to call regular phone numbers — and to have your PC call your cellphone in the first place), then wait as your PC calls both of you.
You're essentially creating a Skype-enabled conference call between you and the person you want to speak with, and while it's not free even if you're just calling other Skype users (it costs money to make SkypeOut calls to your cellphone), the real advantage here is for making international calls, which can be crazy expensive to make from a cellphone.

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