Turn your iPod touch into a free phone
 

Want to make free phone calls to your fellow iPod touch owners? Now you can, courtesy of the recently announced Truphone for iPod touch.

"Make free calls to other iPod touch owners: no SIM, no contract, no money," reads Truphone's marketing blurb.

"Described by Apple itself as the 'funnest' iPod ever, the iPod touch may now be the 'useful-est' too thanks to FREE software that effectively turns one into a mobile phone."

We like 'free'

Once the software has been installed, and with the addition of microphone adaptor (with Truphone's own mic to be made be available very soon) an iPod touch owner can make free worldwide calls to other iPod touch owners, to customers of Truphone's VoIP service and to users of Google Talk.

Truphone also promises us that the following features are coming soon:

* 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)

Check Truphone out for yourself now over at Apple's App Store - it works in exactly the same way as any other iPod touch application.

http://www.techradar.com/news/portab...e-phone-490806

Thanks for the heads up and the link. This sounds awesome! :thumbsup

Think its only with a wifi connection available though right?

and I thought this was just to listen to songs with.

Fuck yea that's cool for all those iPod touch owners. Shit I love my new iPhone, and Jailbreaking was the greatest thing I have ever done. It's awesome the options you have afterwards!

too bad you need wifi, or it'd be awesome

Nice I am going to buy the ipod touch for my daughter as a christmas present.

world likes free

any device with sound that can be hooked to the internet can be turned into a calling device. Nothing new here. Bandwith is the issue.

That seems to be nice

Yep. No other way.

anyone try it?

finally the app i've been waiting for!

hahah, killer app

Thanks for letting me know