Rishad

Ever wondered how you can take advantage of wi-fi hotspots and make calls to landline phones from your Pocket PC for FREE? Or do you already have a VoIP service that you want to use on the road using your Pocket PC?

You can do all that using the free VoIP softphone SJphone.

"SJphone has been successfully deployed by over a hundred IP-telephony Services worldwide - from small start-ups to huge National Telecoms. Product highlights are:
- Private Labeling and User Interface customization
- Translation to different languages
- Remote configuration, provisioning and updates
- Support for MAC OS, Linux, Windows Mobile"



See this tutorial to make 1 minute free calls to selected countries (including USA/Canada) with SJphone.

Download links:
Download current stable version
Download preview version

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Crussader

Thanks!!! very interesting

kryten007

cool! i called my parents with the standard "guess where i'm calling from!!!" message. I'm such a dork...

One minutes seems short, but it could still be pretty useful in an "emergency". It's more time than you get with the 'ol message-in-place-of-name collect call trick anyway!

Is there a limit to how many of these you can make?

airborneaussie

Originally Posted by kryten007

cool! i called my parents with the standard "guess where i'm calling from!!!" message. I'm such a dork... One minutes seems short, but it could still be pretty useful in an "emergency". It's more time than you get with the 'ol message-in-place-of-name collect call trick anyway! Is there a limit to how many of these you can make?

Hi Kryten007,

I don't believe there's a limit to the number of '1 minute' calls you can make. The company behind VoIPCheap (Finarea SA) have quite a few VoIP companies on the go (VoIPBuster, InternetCalls, SIPDiscount, etc) and I'm pretty sure that most of them (if not all) offer the 1 minute trial calls to landline phones in certain countries. I've written an article about Finarea SA on my website if you're interested. Pay a 'registration fee' and enjoy unlimited 'free' calls to the same countries on the trial call list. Note: The registration fees vary between the Finarea SA companies and they change often.

Cheers

reccoso

Originally Posted by kryten007

cool! i called my parents with the standard "guess where i'm calling from!!!" message. I'm such a dork... One minutes seems short, but it could still be pretty useful in an "emergency". It's more time than you get with the 'ol message-in-place-of-name collect call trick anyway! Is there a limit to how many of these you can make?

How does it compare to Skybe mobile? Are there any other voip solutions besdies these two.

Rishad

you need to pay for skype out. but with this, you can make free 1 min calls to landline phones for free. This might come in very handy in emergency situations.

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yume

It works with my x51v. Just make sure you download the SJPhone for WM5 beta.
This voipcheap is in UK. Any similar service in US? I see someone mentions SIPDiscount. What are the connection strings? I don't seem to be able to get it to work. =(

Rishad

Originally Posted by yume

It works with my x51v. Just make sure you download the SJPhone for WM5 beta. This voipcheap is in UK. Any similar service in US? I see someone mentions SIPDiscount. What are the connection strings? I don't seem to be able to get it to work. =(

They are all basically the same.

For sipdiscount try this for proxy: sip.sipdiscount.com

Originally Posted by airborneaussie

I've written an article about Finarea SA on my website if you're interested. Pay a 'registration fee' and enjoy unlimited 'free' calls to the same countries on the trial call list. Note: The registration fees vary between the Finarea SA companies and they change often.

Good read. I finally ended up getting the unlimited from voipdiscount.com. They are offering free calls to a lot of countries (51).

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airborneaussie

Originally Posted by akheron

Good read. I finally ended up getting the unlimited from voipdiscount.com. They are offering free calls to a lot of countries (51).

Thanks!

I've been using SIPDiscount for a few months now and have experienced very few problems in terms of quality and/or service continuity. People have hypothesized that Finarea are keeping tabs on the numbers people are calling (presumably to sell to Telemarketers and the like) however that remains to be seen. I guess when something appears too good to be true, it usually is... Time will tell.

Someone else asked about a North American equivalent. Unfortunately I don't know of any 'free' calling equivalent (although they pop up from time to time) however I can certainly recommend a very cheap 'paid' service from VBuzzer. They charge 1c/min to 20 countries and I've been using their service for quite a while now without any dramas.

Cheers

kryten007

I'm in the US and it works swimmingly for me. I followed the posted steps verbatim and was on the line with my parents (in the US also) in seconds.

There is a slight delay, but that might just be my dad Just kidding, i love 'em...

Wollombi

Originally Posted by akheron

you need to pay for skype out. but with this, you can make free 1 min calls to landline phones for free. This might come in very handy in emergency situations.

Erm....if it were that much of an emergency, why wouldn't I just pull out my cell phone and use it? Hmmmm.....?

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Rishad

Originally Posted by Wollombi

Erm....if it were that much of an emergency, why wouldn't I just pull out my cell phone and use it? Hmmmm.....?

hehe.. well for example if you are travelling and your cell phone carrier doesn't offer any service in that country you'll still be able to make free calls to 51 countries if you have internet..

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Tak Maze

Is there any way you can make calls for longer than 1 minute? Like, a contract of some kind? Will this limit be increased in the future?