Mobile VoIP Calling With Truphone For Nokia Phones

Good news for some Nokia phone users: mobile VoIP. Truphone announced that they are releasing a beta version of their mobile software for Nokia N80 phones (to follow up on the E-series version of the software). Truphone utilizes Wi-Fi to allow VoIP calls to landline phones. Nokia has tried dual-mode phones before, but TechWorld says that the Truphone software takes a care of a lot of the problems expected with dual-mode phones, and that

the service is a very credible demonstration of the power and potential of mobile VoIP, and already provides a usable service with introductory rates.

Although TechWorld also said that installation wasn’t exactly a breeze, but that Truphone was very usable once they figured out how to access the features. They tested it over a week ago on a Nokia E-series phone, the E61, but Truphone is now available for the N80 as well. There are some concerns about the use of Wi-Fi draining a phone’s batteries, but TechWorld found that Truphone did not overly consume batteries.

As part of a promotion, Truphone is offering free Wi-Fi VoIP calling on these Nokia phones until the end of the year, from select countries including the US and UK, to landlines in specific countries. Calls between two Nokia phones running Truphone are also free of charge, provided that both parties are near a Wi-Fi connection.

For discussions about Truphone, you can check out their onine forum.



One Comment

  1. Bill Says:
    November 1st, 2006 at 12:25 pm

    Hi!. :)
    I’m thinking about dropping TracFone and going with T-Mobile. I’m
    looking at a Nokia 6101 for my Grandpa. My only problem is that my
    Grandpa is a little hard of hearing and can’t hear some of the ring
    tones that are on some cell phones. He had a Nokia 5180ip and couldn’t
    hear it half the time.

    I got him a Nokia 1100, it was a little better but not much. I then
    got him a Nokia 2600 and there was one ringtone on it that was pretty
    good for him and he could hear it pretty well. Forget the vibrate
    function. They all suck equally in all cell phones.

    Does anybody know if the Nokia 6101 is as loud as the Nokia 2600? Or
    can the ring tone be put through the speakerphone on the Nokia 6101 to
    be really loud like the Nextel junk?

    I need something really loud for him. The 6101 has all the bells and
    whistles he wants. He’s not really old, just can’t hear crap.

    He’s pretty well set on the 6101

    Any help will be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks


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