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Truphone enables WiFi phone calls on iPod Touch
jkOnTheRun — We've talked about Truphone before. They offer low-cost and free voice calling over WiFi for handsets like BlackBerries, Nokia devices and Apple's iPhone. Can you believe they now offer their service on a non-phone? Yup, as of today, Truphone enables an iPod Touch to be a voice communications device with their free client application available in the iTunes App Store. Bear in mind that two other requirements come into play here. First, you'll need a second-generation iPod Touch; the first-gen devices don't support audio input. A headset with microphone is also required since there's no built-in microphone on the iPod ...

Truphone transforma iPods touch em telefones VoIP
MacMagazine — Anunciado em meados de julho, o Truphone para iPhones acaba de ser lançado pela Software Cellular Network, mas o melhor mesmo é usá-lo em iPods touch: ele transforma os gadgets da Apple em telefones VoIP (voz sobre IP)! O lançamento coincide com a disponibilidade dos novos In-Ear Headphones da Apple. Com apenas um toque (e um fone de ouvido com microfone embutido) você pode ligar para quem quiser — sejam outros donos de iPods touch, clientes do serviço de telefonia pela internet da Truphone ou usuários do Google Talk — via redes Wi-Fi, independente de onde estiverem no mundo, e totalmente de graça. Ele também ...

Truphone for iPod Touch: free VoIP Calling
Mobilewhack.com — [image] Have an iPod touch but don’t want to spring another few hundred dollars on an iPhone? The Truphone for iPod touch may be for you. The cool application essentially turns your music player into a VoIP phone - which means free calls when using your home internet connection. And the application lets you call not only other iPod touch owners but also users of Truphone’s Internet telephony service and your Google Talk friends. (I am not a huge fan of GTalk, but that’s another story). Upcoming features include calling to landlines (at a cost, bummer), IM/call capability for Skype and MSN users and additional facilities for interacting with ...

iPod touch can now make calls like a mobile phone
Technology - Channel Feed — This is it! Finally, someone has made an application that can turn the iPod touch into a decent calling device. Sort of like Skype, Truphone works similarly allowing you to attach a microphone to the device and do the following: * Making and receiving calls to and from landlines (PSTN) at low cost (simply set yourself up with a Truphone account) * Instant messaging to Skype and MSN (free) * Calling to Skype users (free) * Calling to MSN users (free) * Check and set facilities for Twitter (free) * Check and set facilities for Facebook (free) [source] Even without the landline call feature, you can still use ...

Truphone turns iPod Touch into a phone!
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — Truphone is out with their VoIP app that specifically targets iPod Touch users. Not that you can’t use it on your iPhone as well, the idea is to add phone functionality to the iPod Touch, which is an awesome idea. However, you will need a microphone adaptor in order to actually talk with someone on the other side, but that’s not a big deal. Once you add microphone and install Truphone from the AppStore, you’re ready to take and make free calls to users of Truphone’s Internet telephony service, and to users of the Google Talk instant messaging service. News doesn’t stop there. Truphone plans to upgrade its app in ...

Truphone for iPhone and iPod Touch updated to include IM, Twitter and Skype calls!
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — Truphone team has been busy adding new features to their two AppStore apps - Truphone for iPhone and Truphone for iPod Touch. First they introduced full two-way instant messaging over MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger and Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Talk on the iPod Touch and have also announced that availability on the iPhone would begin on the week of January 12th. In addition, they enabled users to make and receive voice calls on Google Talk, while calling functionality to MSN Messenger and Yahoo! Messenger will be added in the coming weeks. Finally, Twitter is included in the mix and has been integrated into the ...

Briefly: A look at the Macworld App Store announcements
AppleInsider — ...  and  iPod touch  should appear in the App Store as free downloads next week. Fring Aimed at a similar consumer as Truphone, Fring for iPhone serves as a unified home for all of your contacts across multiple chat clients.  While it's not the first app to do so, its addition of VoIP gives it a heftier feature set than some of its competitors.   Fring supports Skype, MSN Messenger, ICQ, Twitter, Google Talk, Yahoo Messenger, and AIM.  Plus, it has SIP support for a number of VoIP providers.  If your client of choice isn't supported, the developers have been known to release ...

Truphone Updates Truphone For The iPod Touch
iPhone Alley - RSS — Truphone has launched the next version of their VoIP app Truphone 3.0 for iPod touch. The new version, which they describe as a major update, adds things like better ease of use, responsiveness, and simplicity. Sound quality has also been improved, and they have added instant messaging within the app. You can get it in the App Store as a free download. [via Macworld]

Truphone for the iPod Touch reaches version 3.0
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — On the heels of the release of Truphone 3.0 for the Apple iPhone, Truphone has recently launched the version of their app for iPod Touch users. The updated application is even easier to use, faster, and brings improved voice quality. As with the previous release, the new version also supports a number of IM services such as Skype, MSN Messenger, AIM, Yahoo! Messenger and Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Talk. Users can phone for free to other Truphone, Skype, and Google Talk users; while calling to landlines and mobiles around the world is significantly cheaper, and you can see rates before actually initiating a call. Rest of the features ...