subject: Eyebeam-an Award-winning Softphone By Counterpath [print this page] Internet is the most practical tool that was ever made. No argument, the Internet gives great amount of prospects, information, and comfort for you. The main purpose of the Internet is information interoperability. Means of communication happened to be easier and faster. Apparently, aside from the emails which proved a much better alternative than the regular mail; audio and video can also be passed through the net.
Recently, the technology of the telephone has been incorporated into the PC through a software program that has allowed the telephone features to live in the PC world. This software program is more commonly called as the softphone. A softphone is in fact a software program that let making calls through the Internet with a regular home computer. The main idea of the softphone is making calls to other computers of standard phones by connecting to an internet phone providers. The services offered by these providers vary depending on the type of softphone employed. But the most common service is calling from PC to other PC. Usually, the PC-to-PC calls are free of charge. Different internet phone providers compete in their charge rate for the PC-to-phone calls and vice versa.
One of the most popular softphones today is the eyebeam. CounterPath company has released this softphone on the market. It is in fact their main product. As you can think, it is downloadable from their secure web site. Moreover, eyeBeam is compatible with most operating systems such as Windows, Mac OS X, Apple, and Linux to name a few. While eyeBeam requires only the minimum hardware requirements, you will need a VoIP account in order to pass audio or video calls.
Many VoIP providers offer a subscription nowadays. Considering the results of many test, eyeBeam works best with CallCentric subscriptions which offers relatively low rates in spite of other providers. Despite the powerful features that eyeBeam offers, you will be pleased to use it with Callcentric.
Aside from these, eyeBeam supports voice, video, instant messaging, and other amazing features that enhance the overall user experience. In fact, it has an intuitive user interface which makes receiving calls and initiating video conferencing easy and convenient for both the neophyte and the professional users. eyeBeam take the look of a standard phone device with push-buttons and other staff. On the other hand, this softphone is most popular for its' dialpad feature. This staff make it feel and look like a real phone; and navigation is absolutely simple and easy.
It is not surprising why eyeBeam, with its great features, considered the best on the market. At the end, it allows the user to stay connected and manage their calls and availability in the convenience of their own PC's.
