SightSpeed Version 5.0 Releases tomorrow 7/26/06

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Tom Keating did a really nice writeup of SightSpeed yesterday.

SightSpeed 5.0 VoIP and remote TV (Slingbox) functionality impresses
July 24, 2006
Recently, I wrote an article titled "The Perfect VoiP Softphone and IM client", where I listed my top requirements for the perfect softphone. Indeed, my perfect softphone client was much more than your typical softphone so I offered an alternative name - "unified communications client". For instance, one really cool feature in my "wishlist" is "Streaming of my personal video and audio files to my buddies. Think Slingbox or Orb Networks."

I think his closing paragaph summed it up nicely from my viewpoint -

Well, there isn't a software client today that "does it all", but SightSpeed comes damn close.

SightSpeed sent me their latest software v5.0 to try out, which features not only voice over IP and high-quality videoconferencing, but also the aforementioned Slingbox-like functionality to access a remote TV tuner card. They call this feature SightSpeedTV and although technically in beta, I was pretty impressed with the performance.

I confess that even though I talk to the SightSpeed team all the time, I wasn't in on any pre-release view of SightSpeed 5.0. I really haven't seen the new features...yet. But according the email I got last night, tomorrow's the day, but I already knew that. Here's the email that went to SightSpeed members and users -

On Wednesday July 26, 2006 SightSpeed will be releasing the new and improved version 5.0 of our award-winning SightSpeed personal video and voice service.

We will be implementing this upgrade to our service between 5pm and 9pm US Pacific Standard Time. During the upgrade you will be unable to use SightSpeed. When logging in after the upgrade, you will be prompted to download the new version.

This is a free update. As with all SightSpeed service updates, your preferences, settings, and contact list information will be maintained.

We hope that you enjoy the new version of SightSpeed. If you have any questions, please contact us at info@sightspeed.com.