Android question-> free calls

[Kent Borg]

Derek Atkins wrote:
> How does sipdroid compare to linphone (which is what I've been using)?
> Linphone seems to be okay, but my main complaints are:
>
> 1) the people at the other end complain that they hear an echo,
>   

A perennial problem with all telephony...

> 2) there is no tie-in the android contacts manager
>   

There is some tie in with the regular Android phone interface, so maybe 
the contacts ties in nicely, too, but I haven't played with it enough to 
be sure (I also haven't given Google my contacts--I am holding out for a 
clean, trustworthy replacement, that is backed by infrastructure I control).

> Is sipdroid better?  (I connect back to my home asterisk server)

I don't know. Both are free, probably have similar setup--try it out and 
report back.



-kb