use wirless for telephone

[menajemh]

exist any program that allows me to use the wireless connection and my ipaq like a cellphone? thanks

[dean_shan]

Yeah there is Skype (http://www.skype.com). With it you can make voice calls to other Skype users. There is both a PPC and Desktop (both Windows and Linux) version. Oh and did I mention that it's free?

[OSUKid7]

There's also Free World Dialup (http://www.freeworlddialup.com) - using SJphone (http://www.sjlabs.com/sjp-fwd.html) on your Pocket PC.

[menajemh]

thank u so much my friends, i tryed now skype and works perfect concting from any wireless connection. i can talk to any skype user, is amazing and the quality soud is very good!! now i'm going to install sjlabs program and make a compare. thanks so much

[OSUKid7]

I haven't tried Skype on a Pocket PC (can't with my iPaq), but the quality on my desktop is a ton better than FWD. However, FWD allows free calls to the PSTN, so I keep it around.

[freitasm]

I'm using Stanaphone, with SJ Lab's SJPhone configured to use their servers. They allocate a phone number and while my Pocket PC is on I can not only place calls to landline and mobile but receive from them too. Check my write up at http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=3016

[OSUKid7]

I'm using Stanaphone, with SJ Lab's SJPhone configured to use their servers. They allocate a phone number and while my Pocket PC is on I can not only place calls to landline and mobile but receive from them too. Check my write up at http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=3016Wow, glad you posted that. Think I'll start using that especially on trips. :)

edit: maybe not...the only area codes offered are 347 and 914. :(

[freitasm]

I'm using Stanaphone, with SJ Lab's SJPhone configured to use their servers. They allocate a phone number and while my Pocket PC is on I can not only place calls to landline and mobile but receive from them too. Check my write up at http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=3016Wow, glad you posted that. Think I'll start using that especially on trips. :)

edit: maybe not...the only area codes offered are 347 and 914. :(

Why? Do you have any problem with these area codes? I guess more will be offered later. You select the area code and they give you a number on that area. You don't have to live there :D

[dean_shan]

Wow freitasm thanks for showing me StanaPhone. I signed up for an account and will try it out tonight!

[that_kid]

I signed up for it but I don't think I'll use it much as I use vonage's softphone on my ppc. Still it's good to have.

[freitasm]

I signed up for it but I don't think I'll use it much as I use vonage's softphone on my ppc. Still it's good to have.

I thought of using Vonage, but they only accept applications from US residents - and I think VoIP is an Internet, no boundaries thing :roll:

[OSUKid7]

edit: maybe not...the only area codes offered are 347 and 914. :(

Why? Do you have any problem with these area codes? I guess more will be offered later. You select the area code and they give you a number on that area. You don't have to live there :DWell, I don't know anyone in those area codes so it wouldn't really be worth getting. People would have to call long distance to call me, which defeats the point.

[freitasm]

edit: maybe not...the only area codes offered are 347 and 914. :(

Why? Do you have any problem with these area codes? I guess more will be offered later. You select the area code and they give you a number on that area. You don't have to live there :DWell, I don't know anyone in those area codes so it wouldn't really be worth getting. People would have to call long distance to call me, which defeats the point.

Fair enough! For people outside the US though this is great - it's a presence point there.

I actually use a (non-VoIP) UK service called YAC (You're Always Connected). Once you sign up you're assigned a UK number and then you can configure up to four numbers to forward calls - even international destinations. This way people can call my UK number and the call arrives on my mobile phone here in New Zealand. It's cheaper to call UK than New Zealand, depending where you are. Very handy. And you can select which number sequence to hunt you. If there's no answer in any number, a voice mail kicks in, and the message is forwarded as a wave file to your e-mail. Cool service! (http://www.yac.com)

[Janak Parekh]

I thought of using Vonage, but they only accept applications from US residents - and I think VoIP is an Internet, no boundaries thing :roll:
I think telecommunications regulations and the like make it difficult to go International.

--janak

[DiGiTYZED]

Well, I don't know anyone in those area codes so it wouldn't really be worth getting. People would have to call long distance to call me, which defeats the point.

give it time.

plus area codes don't matter much anymore (they're like floppies). most ppl who'd receive calls from have cell phones w/ long distance included

now who the hell u know with no celly and only a home phone with no long distance (besides grandma and ya great uncle bert) ???

[esher2292]

Well, I don't know anyone in those area codes so it wouldn't really be worth getting. People would have to call long distance to call me, which defeats the point.

give it time.

plus area codes don't matter much anymore (they're like floppies). most ppl who'd receive calls from have cell phones w/ long distance included

now who the hell u know with no celly and only a home phone with no long distance (besides grandma and ya great uncle bert) ???

Hmmm...Actually my grandparents have cell phones. I don't. But why do I care, I don't have to pay the land line bills! I haven't tried FWD yet but I'm going to when I get home today.

[tom dunne]

[quote=OSUKid7]plus area codes don't matter much anymore (they're like floppies).

Or as Drew Carey once said (about something else) "...they are like vows at a celebrity wedding, they just don't matter".

I have just tried out Stanaphone and I am very impressed. Though I was holding my Axim X5 upside down and calling a US number. I left at message and played it back - clarity was quite good on the telephone end, though on the PDA end it was a little jumpy.

Pity they don't allow calls to Ireland for free. :cry: