I’ll admit that I don’t make a ton of calls on my mobile phone, and generally don’t worry about how many minutes I’m using. However, there are those out there that talk considerably more than I. For those people I give you iCall.
iCall is a useful application which will allow you to instantly switch between VoIP and GSM calls. This means you can sit at home and use your local Wi-Fi network to make calls without using up valuable minutes.
No, the iPhone won’t be the first phone to take advantage of this sort of feature, but you can bet that it will be one of the more useful apps. This is said to already have passed the Apple inspection, and should hopefully appear on the App Store sometime after launch.
[via 9to5mac]
Written by Scott Barr on July 1st, 2008 with no comments.
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This could be useful. Internet telephony provider rf.com is readying an iPhone-specific PBX service. Per the Unofficial Apple Weblog article, the service would allow users to make international and web-based calls using their normal iPhone minutes.
Written by Chris Barylick on June 20th, 2008 with no comments.
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A new Apple patent application was recently published that shows Apple has been researching more advanced uses of the iPhone's sensors in order to predict what a user wants to do. It talks about various scenarios in which information picked up by proximity sensors, ambient light detectors, temperature sensors and accelerometers to determine the state of the device, letting it automatically change it's configuration to better suit the circumstances.
Written by Edward Kirk on June 19th, 2008 with no comments.
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VoIP company fring has announced what it’s calling the world’s first publicly available mobile VoIP app for the iPhone, putting the beta version out for download. That means they’ve beaten rival Jajah - who recently announced their intention to release an iPhone VoIP client over the Summer - although Jajah are using the official SDK to develop their software whereas fring currently requires a Jailbroken or otherwise hacked “open” handset. The client uses WiFi for VoIP calls, rather than the EDGE data connection, in response to AT&T’s classification of VoIP as a “conference call service” contrary to their contract.
Developed in conjunction with the Holon Institute of Technology academic research labs in Israel, calls between fring clients (which are already available for handsets running Symbian 8 or 9, Windows Mobile 5 or 6, or UIQ) are free while those to landlines and mobiles are apparently priced competitively compared to AT&T’s own tariffs. Instant Messaging has also been included, and the fring client is compatible with Skype, MSN, Google Talk, ICQ, Twitter, AIM and Yahoo! contacts. Obviously since this is still a R&D app there could be some bugs present, so fring are looking for feedback and suggestions.
You can install the fring VoIP client through Installer on your iPhone. Add http://fring.com/iphone.xml as a source and the app should show up among the options. As ever, if you do try it out, let us know how you get on on in the comments!
[via SlashPhone]
Written by Chris Davies on April 15th, 2008 with no comments.
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Back in 2007 there was a lot of talk about VoIP company Jajah and their attempts to bring a client to the iPhone; in the end, AT&T’s definition of “conference call services” scuppered those plans and Jajah instead launched an iPhone-formated web interface for their ring-back service. With the arrival of the official Apple SDK, however, Jajah are now apparently working on a native VoIP client for the iPhone, thanks to Cupertino’s blessing that software which routes voice calls over the internet will be permitted on the handset as long as it uses WiFi, not EDGE, for their connection.Â
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Written by Chris Davies on April 2nd, 2008 with no comments.
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