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Turn your iPod touch into a free phone

techradar.com — Want to make free phone calls to your fellow iPod touch owners? Now you can, courtesy of the recently announced Truphone for iPod touch.

Who dugg this? Made popular Dec 5, 2008

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  • BlockedUser, on 12/04/2008, -7/+82It's actually a $229 free phone...


    http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_ipod/fa ...
  • sockpuppets, on 12/05/2008, -0/+56This sucks. You can only call other truphone users, not cell phones or landlines.
  • t3hmyth, on 12/04/2008, -2/+50Skype?
  • BrownManUPS, on 12/04/2008, -1/+36When wi-fi technology improves to be available everywhere, this would actually be less useless. It may happen but in general this seems more like a novelty than an actual reliable service.
  • Unknown038, on 12/05/2008, -1/+22actually its exactly what it was before. a $229 device with the ability to access the internet via wifi. a VoIP app does not make it a 'phone'. if and when it is able to call actual phones, it will not be free, as the article says.
  • a1cd, on 12/05/2008, -1/+18Or you could just use your cellphone.
  • WasabiBomb, on 12/05/2008, -1/+18... and if you read the article, you see that it says that the iPod Touch will need an external microphone.
  • xxNIRVANAxx, on 12/05/2008, -0/+16the whole phone?
  • radu79, on 12/05/2008, -1/+15That's what I wanted to say.
    You can get a PocketPC phone/pda and make free calls to many millions of people.
  • sanderton, on 12/04/2008, -0/+13Anyone remember Rabbit phones, which only worked within a few yards of small wall mounted transmitters? I guess it would be kind of the same.
  • Archer007, on 12/05/2008, -2/+14Fail. No support for 1st gen iPod Touches.
  • bigfatphony19, on 12/05/2008, -5/+17I accidentally my cellphone though..
  • cl2yp71c, on 12/05/2008, -0/+9Cell phone usage is ridiculously overpriced.
  • LR2_, on 12/05/2008, -0/+7The Fring app uses skype, it was featured on digg about 2 months ago. You can even make calls to landlines if you have skype credit.

    http://digg.com/apple/It_s_here_VoiP_for_iPhone
  • jack0943, on 12/05/2008, -2/+8Could be cool in your own home i guess, but other than that... meh...
  • meghalc, on 12/05/2008, -2/+8Its kind of useless if you can only call other Truphone customers. Skype is the way to go with a annual service...
  • JustinPM, on 12/05/2008, -0/+6So far it sucks, I just tried installing if from the iPod touch and it says it's only compatible with the iPhone despite the fact that the app is called Truphone for the iPod Touch!
  • inactive, on 12/05/2008, -0/+6umm im sorry but its in the app store
  • ahjkl67435, on 12/05/2008, -2/+7but you cant call other phones
    only other iPod users
  • rheaume, on 12/05/2008, -1/+5Go back in time and hold your horses
  • kd1s, on 12/05/2008, -2/+6I'm just using Fring on mine. I got the mic from sparkfun.com.

    I love the iPod Touch. It's really a great platform.
  • raptorsfan, on 12/05/2008, -0/+4Just like another fring...but alternative is good.
  • dannybht, on 12/05/2008, -1/+5you can buy one you retard
  • inactive, on 12/05/2008, -1/+5Whenever they get mic support, I'm sure that will change.
  • Vorin, on 12/05/2008, -0/+3that's them talking about their own product.
    http://www.apple.com/ipodtouch/
  • TimDigg, on 12/05/2008, -0/+3Baltimore is the first major city to have Wi-Max....the only time living in Baltimore was good for another...oh yea and the block....block is good too....

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Block_(Baltimore)

  • ace7196, on 12/05/2008, -0/+3As some people have said, Fring is available and IMO much better. Just get a free account to voipstunt and punch in your SIP info into fring, and bam! Free calls to anyone in the states (as well as a number of other countries).

    Got a mic adapter that plugs into the touch (Need to have the 2g touch btw) for $3 shipped on ebay, and I just use whatever headphones I want. You can also add skype and the like if you want.

    http://www.fring.com/
    Go get it!
  • GarrettGrimsley, on 12/05/2008, -0/+2Then who was phone?
  • neutronphaser, on 12/05/2008, -0/+2Pizza Hut
  • PrometheusPV, on 12/05/2008, -2/+4Yay proprietary software?
  • inactive, on 12/05/2008, -0/+2No, you can call Skypers also.
  • flarn2006, on 12/05/2008, -0/+21-800
  • dougbot, on 07/14/2009, -0/+2Free The Airwaves succeeded, you might just get your wish.

    http://freetheairwaves.com/
  • cabazorro, on 12/05/2008, -0/+2Anything that can or harm or potentially harm AT&T has my most wholeheartedly KUDOS. Let me put it this way: >echo "TRUCK AT&T" | awk '{sub(/TR/,"F");print}'
  • garethrr1, on 12/05/2008, -0/+2http://www.macitynet.it/english/aA35368/no_modding ...

    This looks promising for 1st gen owners. I just ordered a Griffin iTalkPro to test it out.
  • Aggort, on 12/05/2008, -1/+3Add these, then we'll talk.
  • paradigmxx, on 12/05/2008, -0/+2I still think using VOIP with 3G would be interesting to see.
  • geminem, on 12/05/2008, -0/+1thanks a lot for the link! i needed that. could you message me back if it works? it's good this works with firmware 2.2 on 1st gen ones.

    could you try if it works on Fring from the App Store? :)
  • JakeW, on 12/05/2008, -0/+1Looks like you got jacked, *****.
  • jvincent08, on 12/05/2008, -1/+2Oh.. oops... heh
  • absurdist, on 12/05/2008, -0/+1No pony?
  • absurdist, on 12/05/2008, -0/+1Except that it's using wi-fi instead of a proprietary network, so it's usable anywhere there's a wi-fi connection instead of within 100 feet of a transmitter. So it's really kind of not the same at all.
  • mmijatov, on 12/05/2008, -2/+3Pretty lame that it only works with the second generation touch.
  • TheFuzzyOne, on 12/05/2008, -0/+1skype to skype?
  • KooperG, on 12/05/2008, -0/+1I'm sure it hurts when it comes out again though..
  • jamesmcm, on 12/05/2008, -0/+1It's not that useless. I mean you could use it as like a walkie talkie style thing if both callers had Wi-Fi and for Ipod Touch to iPod Touch calling.
  • geminem, on 12/05/2008, -0/+1Fring works for iPod Touches now, it's free from the App Store. i have a first gen iPod Touch, i've tried using Skype on Fring to call a contact's mobile phone. it works.

    the problem is, i could only hear my friend talking. she couldn't hear me because i don't have a microphone, and the 1st gen iPod Touch doesn't work with the new microphone+earbud kit that Apple's selling now.

    i checked online, and the Touchmods microphone that works with the first gen iPod Touch doesn't work with Fring, and besides it only works with an old jailbroken firmware, 1.1.x. i have firmware 2.2.
  • inactive, on 12/05/2008, -0/+1Yea, not like that's entirely Apple's fault or anything...
  • docimodo, on 12/05/2008, -1/+2I'd say it depends on where you tend to make calls to and from. most of my mates are within range of wireless networks 95% of the time. Same goes for me.
  • autobulb, on 12/05/2008, -0/+1I have a sincere question for ipone owners with a data plan. Is it possible to just have a data plan and then use a voip service that calls to landlines/cellphones and not pay for a voice plan? Voip doesn't use that much bandwidth and the rates for outgoing calls to landlines are way more inexpensive than the cheapest data plan.
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