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http://www.macosrumors.com/
"Suffice to say that the various Voice-Over-IP rumors are true; Apple wants to make the iPhone not just a cellular platform but also very much capable of taking advantage of Wi-Fi & Bluetooth-based network connections to make calls much like the popular Wi-Fi Skype phones available from Netgear (~$150 USD) & Belkin (~$220 USD minus ~$30 rebate).
Just imagine how much better that price -- $499 for 4GB of Flash disk, $599 for 8GB -- will sound when you are essentially getting the same sort of service that one can get over Skype, without Skype's increasing baggage under the eBay umbrella.
We're talking about a lot less than $50/year for incoming and outgoing calls to any phone number in the U.S. & Canada for free, plus your own incoming phone number, voicemail and all the usual services expected for other voice networks. Possibly less than $20/year, and also including a few ".Mac"-style extra features that will really knock the value equation out of the park. That initial price will be providing a phone that can do a lot more than just make calls over the 2.5G and later 3.x/4.x "G" cellular networks; it will be changing the game entirely to a phone that can tap into whatever is the best way to make a call at the moment, regardless of what wireless network(s) are available to you."
Questions... What would the point of a VOIP enabled cell phone be if u still had to use a specific cellular carrier? Are most cellular networks a "G" network? Does this mean I could log into the internet via any 2.5G+ cellular network and use the VOIP capabilities?
http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/10111/53/ is clamming that "Jajah will allow iPhone users to bypass their cellphone network charges to make and receive Voice over IP calls, without the need for internet access."
"Suffice to say that the various Voice-Over-IP rumors are true; Apple wants to make the iPhone not just a cellular platform but also very much capable of taking advantage of Wi-Fi & Bluetooth-based network connections to make calls much like the popular Wi-Fi Skype phones available from Netgear (~$150 USD) & Belkin (~$220 USD minus ~$30 rebate).
Just imagine how much better that price -- $499 for 4GB of Flash disk, $599 for 8GB -- will sound when you are essentially getting the same sort of service that one can get over Skype, without Skype's increasing baggage under the eBay umbrella.
We're talking about a lot less than $50/year for incoming and outgoing calls to any phone number in the U.S. & Canada for free, plus your own incoming phone number, voicemail and all the usual services expected for other voice networks. Possibly less than $20/year, and also including a few ".Mac"-style extra features that will really knock the value equation out of the park. That initial price will be providing a phone that can do a lot more than just make calls over the 2.5G and later 3.x/4.x "G" cellular networks; it will be changing the game entirely to a phone that can tap into whatever is the best way to make a call at the moment, regardless of what wireless network(s) are available to you."
Questions... What would the point of a VOIP enabled cell phone be if u still had to use a specific cellular carrier? Are most cellular networks a "G" network? Does this mean I could log into the internet via any 2.5G+ cellular network and use the VOIP capabilities?
http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/10111/53/ is clamming that "Jajah will allow iPhone users to bypass their cellphone network charges to make and receive Voice over IP calls, without the need for internet access."
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We're talking about a lot less than $50/year for incoming and outgoing calls to any phone number in the U.S. & Canada for free, plus your own incoming phone number, voicemail and all the usual services expected for other voice networks. ...
I'm having trouble understanding your question. However, I am aware of no VoIP service for free or one which even approaches the price of a year of phone calls for $50. OTOH, AT&T offers the Unity Plan for subscribers of its land lines and cellphones. Unity subscribers may call any other AT&T phone--whether cell phone or land line--for free.