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Voip for the iPhone!

by David Kanda

Obviously the iPhone could always make phone calls, but that required a contract from ATT and included luxury rates just because the user was on an iPhone. Well, for those looking for an economical alternative, look no further than Fring! Fring is a Voip application that provides instant messaging as well as voip calls.

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The user can place calls to land line phones through either Skype or a SIP server. Also, if the desired party being contacted is on their computer, Skype to Skype or MSN voice chat can also come in handy.

All this boils down to, whenever the user is in a WiFi hotspot, he can call just about anyone for free or near free. The nice thing is that since the Internet knows to international boundaries, a user in Europe, Asia, or wherever can call his friends no matter where they are and still get charged the same. Skype does not function this way but SIP services usually do.

Next time I go to Rome, I’m just going to walk to my favorite hotspot and talk to all my peeps for free! After all, if it can work theoretically, why not put it into practice and profit from it!


Posted in General on April 17th, 2008

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