The Apple iPod Touch has often been described as an iPhone without the cell phone part. It does most everything the iPhone does except place and receive telephone calls. It is an MP3 player, a calendar, and much more. Now the iPod Touch can be transformed into a mobile phone with the help of a free application from Truphone.
Keep in mind that there is one major drawback to the Truphone product: it only works with a wi-fi network connection. It does not communicate with cell phone company networks. You can place and receive calls while at home or at the local Starbucks or McDonald's or other wi-fi equipped location. However, you won't be making calls while driving down the highway.
Given the safety implications, perhaps that should be listed as an improvement, not a drawback.
The Truphone application allows users with a Wi-Fi connection to make and receive free phone calls via voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, with other iPod Touch owners, users of the Google Talk's messaging service, and customers of Truphone's Internet telephone service. Calls to landline phones are available for a modest fee.
Truphone also works on iPhones, but again only over Wi-Fi connections. This adds the ability of iPhone users to place calls without using cell phone plan minutes.
Truphone is a free download from the iPhone and iPod Touch App Store. Further details may be found at http://www.truphone.com.
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