Talk gets cheaper

Duncan says

Within minutes, I had the Truphone software installed and I can now dial any landline or cellular number worldwide free of charge during Truphone’s trial period, which ends on December 31.
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Yet on truphone's site is says

Users in other countries will temporarily be given US Truphone numbers. They will be able to make free calls to other Truphone users and VoIP-rate calls to anyone else.
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Does not say to landline numbers or even SA ones, am I missing something?
 
duderoo said:
Duncan says
Within minutes, I had the Truphone software installed and I can now dial any landline or cellular number worldwide free of charge during Truphone’s trial period, which ends on December 31.
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...Does not say to landline numbers or even SA ones, am I missing something?
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Its a trial
Free calls from your mobile to 1.6 BILLION landlines globally
As a launch offer, users in the UK can call 1.6 billion landlines (and some mobiles) in 40 countries around the world for FREE until Dec 31st 2006.
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O_o
Im goin to their site right now.....

okay so i cant use it now? the website says nothing about sa.
Im just as confused as you duderoo.................

And i have a E70 so i need a firmware upgrade as well :(
 
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rendan said:
O_o
Im goin to their site right now.....

okay so i cant use it now? the website says nothing about sa.
Im just as confused as you duderoo.................
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Yeah, the website says nothing about SA having free phone calls during the trial period but trust me, it works.

And yes, you may need to upgrade your firmware.
 
Does anyone have some kind of indication (something better than "soon") when it will be released for the N80
 
mcleodd said:
Yeah, the website says nothing about SA having free phone calls during the trial period but trust me, it works.

And yes, you may need to upgrade your firmware.
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I do need a firmware upgrade. It says so on the website.

@Johan : i know how u feel, its an awesome phone. Love the keyboard, apps, wlan, browser. Just that the 2 megapixel camera isnt as nice as the 3.2 mp camera that the n73 has..

Please if any1 figures out how to use that app in sa, please post on the forum,
 
A mate of mine and myself both have iMate JasJars which have 3G and come with mobile Skype. We connected to the net with the 3G and talked to each other over Skype as though we were making regular GSM calls to one another, and the funny thing was that on our cells, using 3G and skype, the call was clearer and better than if we used the standard GSM technology to call one another.

Of course, both phones also have built in support for Wi-Fi, so you don't have to use the 3G when in range of a WAP, but we used 3G to test the quality on an inferior connection. Was 100%. If in range of a Wi-Fi, then you save on the costs of the 3G connection.
 
jacauc said:
Does anyone have some kind of indication (something better than "soon") when it will be released for the N80
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Chill dude, I also jumped straight to that website this afternoon. Pity for me cause I started by sending that sms before reading. Anyway, I hope it'll come out before the trial is over!!!
 
Mike Smit said:
A mate of mine and myself both have iMate JasJars which have 3G and come with mobile Skype. We connected to the net with the 3G and talked to each other over Skype as though we were making regular GSM calls to one another, and the funny thing was that on our cells, using 3G and skype, the call was clearer and better than if we used the standard GSM technology to call one another.

Of course, both phones also have built in support for Wi-Fi, so you don't have to use the 3G when in range of a WAP, but we used 3G to test the quality on an inferior connection. Was 100%. If in range of a Wi-Fi, then you save on the costs of the 3G connection.
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Are you using the very old version of Skype that's pre-installed on the JasJar [v1.xx]? - there is a newer v2.1 available, which I used last night for the 1st time [Skype-2-Skype] over wifi through ISDSL...:) [You would need to uninstall v1.xx before installing v2.1]
 
Syndyre said:
They're not differentiating between voip data and normal data yet.
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Well that's just spectacular :)
And they threaten us with R30 a meg data? Hehe.

I'm glad to hear that though :)
 
Mike Smit said:
A mate of mine and myself both have iMate JasJars which have 3G and come with mobile Skype. We connected to the net with the 3G and talked to each other over Skype as though we were making regular GSM calls to one another, and the funny thing was that on our cells, using 3G and skype, the call was clearer and better than if we used the standard GSM technology to call one another.

Of course, both phones also have built in support for Wi-Fi, so you don't have to use the 3G when in range of a WAP, but we used 3G to test the quality on an inferior connection. Was 100%. If in range of a Wi-Fi, then you save on the costs of the 3G connection.
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The difference is that with Tru Phone, you can call any number where as Skype only calls to other Skype users (Unless you buy credits to call Cell Nos. and Landlines)!
 
EliasMH said:
I doubt it, ICASA won't let them do that!!!
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Incorrect, it was IncompetentCASA that approved the VoIP data surcharge rates in the first place...:(
EliasMH said:
The difference is that with Tru Phone, you can call any number where as Skype only calls to other Skype users (Unless you buy credits to call Cell Nos. and Landlines)!
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Another difference with TruPhone is that it currently does not support i-Mate JasJars or more accurately doesn't work on more than a handful of Nokia models...
 
EliasMH said:

The difference is that with Tru Phone, you can call any number where as Skype only calls to other Skype users (Unless you buy credits to call Cell Nos. and Landlines)!
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Only for the trial period - after that you'll have to pay.

And does everything you write have to be in bold?? It's really not necessary.
 
I went and got myself the E61 on Friday because of this article. Ok not only because of this article.... :)

Its a great phone....

Well to the point then:

Did not take me minutes to get the phone setup on Truphone a bit longer. Had to update my firmware and try and install the program 5 times before I got it working.

It works great (only works with WiFi hotspots, not 3G, correct me if I am wrong)

Its not free to SA numbers!!! I want to try calling some "Free" numbers and see if it is free. The nice thing though is if my friend and I are both in Wifi networks we have access to, we can make a truphone call to each other for nothing except for the bandwidth charge.

Its a great service from what I tested so far now I just need some more friends with a Nokia E61 or supported phone, Wifi, and Broadband to really use this service.
 
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