Phone New Update: April 2010

Betamax iPhone Voip Application to make calls

Though betamax does not have a very good name in voip industry still the most widely used voip provider is betamax voip providers. Simple because betamax offers a list of voip providers under its name. Cheap calling rates, and so many ways to make calls is the favored reason people try betamax.

But now as you know, the trend is shifting to Mobile voip. People more like making calls from their mobiles phones rather than making Pc to Phone calls. And if they get to make calls directly from their iPhone, what a better deal can you offer.

Yes, betamax has come up with an iPhone application. If you check any of betamax website, be it justvoip, smartvoip, actionvoip or any other you will find a banner/link on their website promotion "MV" - Mobile Voip. Betamax is planning to launch dedicated application for types of handsets/OS.

To start with Betemax service have launched their iPhone application: MobileVoip by Finarea SA.

MobileVoip websites redirects to ActionVoip, though their support page works fine : Link to support page.

1. Download MobileVoip - Betamax iPhone application.

The best part is that it will work for all the betamax services. Just download one application and use it for any of the betamax service.

Description on itunes site about MobileVoip says "MobileVoip is a mobile application that lets you make (free) voip calls direct from your iPhone. You can start saving on your Mobile Phone costs by simply installing the MobileVoip application. Select any contact from your contact list which is accessible in the app and start your call using MobileVoip anywhere, anytime."

I will try it on my phone, you try it on yours and let us know if its works for you. Your feedback is important to us.

AirtelAsia Review: Cheap Calls to India "Mobile CallBack Service"

Another voip service "AirtelAsia", a mobile callback service offering you very cheap rates to call India and other countries. Lets discuss about AirtelAsia, and I am sure many will like this service.

I am not 100% sure, but this AirtelAsia aint a official launch by India telecom major Airtel. Why would they open a new voip service when they already have a great going with Airtel Call Home. And AirtelAsia is located in France (which adds to it that it belong to Airtel).

Anyhow, AirtelAsia still looks a good one but with few points under the shadow. AirtelAsia mentions on their website:

" We, at Airtelasia, We are provide high quality Internet Calling card. It Uses in Mobile, Computer, Ip Device. Specially For Mobile Dialer. our mobile dialer works even with low bandwidth. we assures genuine billing , it will display account balance."

Lets first discuss the method to make calls using AirtelAsia. This is one of the promising part of it, which looks good (if it really works).

1. Send an SMS (acc num and pass) to SMS number mentioned in the Card (after you register, you will get it).
2. Give a miscall to the access number, and wait a few seconds. (A miss call ?? this is new ).
3. Seconds later, your phone rings, answer the call .
4. Now, dial the destination number along with a '#' also don't forget to add the code.

This was the mobile callback method.

AirtelAsia also offers a PC application (softphone) which allows you to make PC to Phone calls. AirtelAsia also offers you SIP settings to that you can make SIP calls (Phone to Phone calls). Use Fring in your mobile.

AirtelAsia SIP settings:
Address: sip:gw.airtelasia.com
Realm: asterisk
Username: Airtelasia user id
Password: Airtelasia a/c password
Transport type: UDP
Port: 5060

Lets come to the calling rate part. Now again the rates are cheap which make another reason to try it.

AirtelAsia is offering calls to India at just .9 eurocents per min (less than one eurocent) Approx 1.3 US cents per min. But the rats is not clear - is it for mobile callback method or for SIP calls or PC to Phone calls. OR is the rate common to all.

If that's the case then MobileCallback is the best option to make calls (if you are not charged for sending SMS to that number).
Another good point - 100% moneyback guarantee.

Few points going against them -
1. Clarification about Rates.
2. No proper contact method. They have not even mentioned any mail ID. Just a phone number.
3. No clarification about validity of credit. Connection fees etc.

Overall AirtelAsia looks good, I would suggest people to first contact them up, clear all your doubts then try this service. Please post your review, it will be be of great help to all.

For any other help, do post in comment section. We at Free PC to Phone calls are always there to help you.

Voip call from iPad : Truphone application

Well if you have been looking for a way to make calls from your iPad then Voip is the answer. You can make voip calls straight from your iPad. Just install the Voip application offered by many voip providers in your iPad and start making calls. What should I call it, Phone calls..PC calls naa..lets call it iPad Calls !

TruPhone is offering an application for your iPad. Truphone v1.0 !

App features:

Free Wi-Fi calls to other Truphone and Google Talk users
Low-cost calls over Wi-Fi
Fantastic call quality
Instant messaging to Google Talk, MSN and AIM
Free to Download!

With this Truphone application you can turn your iPad to Phone. Directly download TruPhone application for your iPad from Apple itunes store.
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IndiaLD Calling Cards : .7 cents offer extended till 15th May

I hope you already know about IndiaLD and its promotion offering calls to India at just .7 cent ($0.007 per min). Well the offer has proved to be very successful and a lot of people have been using IndiaLD to make cheap calls to India.

This price is cheapest in the market for making calls to India. The aim about this post is that the plan promotion time is extended. Now you can still avail this plan as it is valid till until 5/15/2010. I have discussed about this plan many times on this blog, but still mentioning some details again :

Cost: $35.00 for 5000 minutes to call India. Call India land & mobile lines for 0.7¢/min. There are no fees for using our calling card.

Validity: Minutes are valid for 45 days from your most recent purchase. If you are carrying a balance when you recharge your calling card, your pre-existing balance will also be good for 45 days from the point of your most recent purchase.

For more info Visit IndiaLD.

Canon PowerShot SX200 IS

In addition to camera models such as DSLR, Canon PowerShot SX series also presents Megazoom-lens compact camera that is more compact in size, small, the PowerShot SX200 IS features 12 Megapixel resolution with a 12x optical zoom equivalent to 28mm to 336mm. Other features of the SX200 IS is also very impressive, 720HD movie mode, 3 inch LCD screen, Optical Image Stabilization, Smart Auto mode, motion detection, face detection, blink detection, and red-eye correction. PowerShot SX200 IS will be available with a choice of colors black, blue and red with a price of USD 350 or equivalent to Rp. 4.2 million, and comes more quickly at the end of next March.

Canon PowerShot SX1 IS

Canon PowerShot SX series products are famous with high optical zoom capability. In this range there are two cameras, the PowerShot SX1 IS and PowerShot SX200 IS.

This camera looks like a professional DSLR camera. Offers up to 20x optical zoom capability indeed appear tough and exciting. Moreover this is the SX1 IS first PowerShot cameras with CMOS sensors and full-HD movie mode that can record 1080p clips and an HDMI output. Held with 10 Megapixel resolution, and enhancements SX1 IS also snapped off a picture and stored at-RAW format and have the LCD Screen 2.8-inch flip-out. Another feature is optical image stabilization, motion detection, face detection and red-eye correction and a lot of features for a beginner again. PowerShot SX1 IS will also attend the upcoming April month with bandrol EUR 600 or about USD. 7.2 million

MB-910 wristwatch phone from Hyundai Mobile

Hyundai which has been commonly known by the vehicle manufacturer getting ready to hit the market in the UK mobile phone and the Mobile World Congress 2009 in Barcelona by issuing a watch equipped with a mobile phone.

In the near future, possibly in the summer, Hyundai will distribute watches MB-910 cell phone in the UK. Although these watches look more traditional than its competitors, the LG Touch phone, but more affordable with prices in the range of 200 ponsterling. Mobile phone weighing 60 grams will be equipped with TFT display touch technology, audio and video player, tri-band, Bluetooth, text messaging and e-mail. May seem excessive for a wristwatch, but with three hours of talk time and standby time of 70 hours a day would not be enough to enjoy it.

For more details, you can view the official website of Hyundai Mobile in www.hyundaimobile.co.uk.

MIT Develops Charge In Second Counts

It was not his day we fill or charge the battery up to hourly. Why? Because MIT has developed a new battery technology that allows small and lightweight batteries that can be used for cellphones and other mobile devices that can be filled in seconds, rather than an hourly again.

MIT says that engineers-engineers have been using the existing battery material and change it to make a "beltway" that allows transfer of electrical energy very quickly.

This technology can also be applied to mobile batteries quickly filled, but the time required depends on the electric grid from the user.

This new technology, together with lithium batteries, rechargeable commonly used, will be available in the market in two or three years into the future.

Although lithium batteries have greater energy density, but slow to charge and discharge process. MIT says that the lithium ions in the material will move faster when closer to the tunnel, whereas those near the tunnel is blocked.

Besarta MIT Professor of MIT students solve this problem by creating a new surface structure which allows the lithium ions move outside of the material so that when it reaches the tunnel ions will be diverted into it. This is necessary because the key to faster charge process is to make the ions move through a tunnel that can be accessed via the surface of the material.

Besides making a charge and discharge process will be happening in just 10-20 seconds, this technology also allows the reduction of the size and weight because the material is more durable.

Coming soon, Charge Mobile With Move Your Hand

Have you sometimes run out of phone battery whilst on the move? Maybe a little bit troublesome for you if have to go anywhere with a phone to die, then how about at the same time there was a sudden important call comes in? Wow! It's really an unpleasant thing is not it?

Washington: It is conceivable that one day to charge the battery or the HP iPod just by moving the hand-movement or pick it up while walking the streets. Yes, it might just happen. Because according to news circulating out there in a minute that it can be realized in real life. Just wait!

The experts are considering the use of technology that can convert mechanical energy (motion) derived from body movement, or movement of blood flow in the body into electrical energy (electricity), which harness the vast range of electronic devices without using the battery.

This research may have a major impact on defense technology, environmental monitoring, biomedical science and personal electronics, such as what has been said by the Leadership Research Zhong Lin Wang from Georgia Institute of Technology.

In fact, "the latest Nanogerator could have many applications, and there is a way to run electronic devices commonly used by the military when troops are far away on the battlefield."

According to the researchers, collecting energy from the environment is to change the low-frequency vibrations, such as body movements, heart rate or wind, into the form of electrical energy using Zinc Oxide (ZnO) nanowires that can conduct electricity well.

ZnO nanowires are piezoelectric-wire that produces an electric current as it moved hard. The diameter and length of wire size 1 / 5, 000th and 1/25th, which means the size of the diameter of human hair.

In the production of energy originating motion, the researchers conclude that it is the most effective way to develop a method that works on a low frequency and flexibility based on the material elements.

ZnO nanowires combined with any of these ways. At the same time, the researchers said a significant advantage of this technology is that the nanowires can be grown easily in a variety of surfaces, and nanogenerator will work in air or liquids. Type of surface that could make them grow nanowires of metal, ceramic, polymer, clothing and tents. "Simply put, this technology could be used to produce energy in any condition as long as there is movement. Nanogenerator be especially important when in travel demand, where they are far away from sources of energy and need to use a sensor or communication device. "Said Mr. Quin. Wang. This research was conducted at the American Chemical Society's meeting.

Snakebots, Snake Robot Construction Workers

As we know, the construction of buildings or bridges is not an easy job. Not infrequently also occur during a construction accident is underway. Departure from it all, designed Snakebot. Snakebot can handle a dangerous construction work and maintenance.

Snakebot can slip through narrow places, swimming in lakes, plants, and even glide through the air. Mechanics will not be immediately double sliding, but thanks to rapid technological in climbing ability, Snakebot may soon overcome some dangerous jobs.

Equation: Animals reptiles with additional artificial intelligence with the same snakebot that can keep people from dangerous places.

From Virginia Tech University, Dennis Hong and Gabriel Goldman said their robot, named the Hydras, which can be quickly rolled up and down along the piers and columns, which are designed to inspect bridges, construction sites and high-rise buildings, the tasks injuring more than 1000 people per year.

Combination of innovative design engineers make the Hydras become an ideal climber. More than that, can snakebots rocking long on a series of connected metal and rubber module - back and forth, good joints that move up and down or side to side. Hydras that combines the two movements at each joint, so the tight grip when climbing.

Goldman says that he can easily equip Hydras with ultrasound scanners and cameras, so it can inspect bridges and buildings from possible cracks or damage. But now, Snakebot still in the lab. "We want to make it more flexible, so that these robots can only wrap around the pole and then leave."

Zenofon : Cheap Calls to Philippines and revised referral bonus

Zenofon was launched with a big bang in the voip market. Zenofon promotional plans and referral bonus schemes were just great, with lot of people trying out Zenofon in such short span of time.

But now it seems people have started switching to other options, which reflects from Zenofon latest mail. I guess it was result of Zenofon not offering new deals, no new promotion, no revision in calling rates.

Now Zenofon has again come up with some better offers, combined with the drop in calling rates. Thanks to William Richey for informing us about the latest rate drop to Philippines.

Sharing the mail sent by Zenofon to William on the rate reduction to Philippines.

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Dear Valued Zenofon Customers,
You are receiving this message because you use our services to call the Philippines. We are very interested in increasing our business to this destination. Therefore, we have decreased our rate to only 8 cents/minute to this destination. This low rate is for the whole country including cellphones and landlines.
This rate is much, much cheaper than any other company. So tell all your friends. We don't know how long we will keep the rate this low, but we should be able to keep it there for at least 1 to 2 months.
Of course, if we raise it, we will give you a few days heads up via email.
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Now Zenofon seems to be a good option if you want to make cheap calls to Philippines. Sharing the latest referral bonus plan offered by Zenofon.

Previously, when someone you referred made their first test call on Zenofon, Zenofon gave out only 5 cents, (split the Zeno way 2.5 cents to the first contact, splitting in 1/2 all the way back to the beginning). Now to get things moving faster, Zenofon is giving away 99 cents when someone you refer makes a test call. You get 49.5 cents, the person who referred you gets 24.25 cents, splitting in 1/2 all the way back to Patient Zero. All you have to do is tell your friend to sign up for a new account and make a free test call and our system will automatically generate a 49.5 cent referral fee directly to your account.

Both the changes looks good to me again and will surely get them more customers. I would suggest you to try Zenofon, its a nice way to make free calls. When you end up your test credit, refer people or make some cheap calls buy buying voip credit.

SimpleCall : Connection charges only for UK Customers

Well, we have posted about SimpleCall. Firstly because of the free test credit offered by Simple call so that people can make free international calls, and then we posted about SimpleCall Connection charges.

Offcourse, the free trial credit works good and you can make free calls to India. When your free credit is over, you can buy credit from simple call and make cheap calls to India as it offers calls to India at 1p, but hey we only told you about the connection charges by Simple Call.

To my surprise, when I checked again the terms and conditions of SimpleCall I found they have been modified.

Q: Is there have any connection charge for India and Pakistan?
A: The connection charge of £0.05 for India & £0.15 for Pakistan. This will be added when the call duration exceeds 5 minutes. It is applicable only for the UK customers.

So, that means if you are using SimpleCall to make calls to countries apart from India and Pakistan there will be no connection charges. Use simpleCall to make calls to Bangladesh (Call rate 2.5p per min).

Secondly, it applies only to UK customers. That means, if you are not from UK then you dont have to pay any connection charges. Use SimpleCall from USA, Canada and make calls to India at just 1.6 cents per min.

I wonder, if UK customers also make calls using Phone (SIP calls via Fring), then too they have to pay this connection fees. SimpleCalls works similar to a calling card like Reliance India Call or make calls using PC application or use Fring in your mobile to make mobile voip calls.

Win a New York Weekend Trip

If you are from UK, then you have a chance to win a trip to New York. Well this is with the promotion of Truphone Local Anywhere, the new global mobile service that will reduce your mobile costs overseas by only paying what locals pay in Truphone countries.

With a Truphone Local Anywhere SIM card you can get local rates for calls, text and data in both the UK and US. To celebrate the launch of TruPhone Local anywhere, it has teamed up with lastminute.com to offer you a chance of winning one of five NY Weekend Trip. They have five pairs of return tickets to New York, giving you effective five chances of winning.

To enter the contest just answer a simple question and fill your details on this page of lastmiute.com

Few points to be considered about the TruPhone contest:
1. You are eligible to enter this Draw if you are a legal resident of United Kingdom and if you are at least 18 years of age.
2. The closing date for Draw entries is 5.00 pm GMT on 14 May 2010. Any entries received after this date will be discounted.
3. The prizes are five pairs of return tickets to New York, transfers and 3 nights at a 3 star hotel. The winner may be required to participate in publicity.

Multitouch Reactable Table, Electronic Musical Instruments

To be able to make music, not forever we should sit at the Major Labels are to be followed by a series of operations and selection. Of course not everyone could get a chance to penetrate the music industry like that. Quite often also, ultimately more musicians making music using the system of Home Recording. Using computers and certain musical instruments, music can be packaged in such a way that its quality may also not be lost compared with the results of recordings Major Label produksidari kitchen.

Several times the research has been conducted at Pompeu Fabra University, which eventually resulted multitouch Reactable Table is a tool that is able to combine electronic music of various types of touch and express the special sounds. This tool is not the first time introduced, but not too similar with similar tools, these tools focus as an instrument. To facilitate users, this means using some kind of rubber ball that each of the rubber ball has a different effect Pasa systems, and rubber balls that can interact with each other when they are in close proximity when the touch on the apparatus. Unfortunately, not yet explained how the price of this electronic musical instrument. Maybe this is the next generation of the turn table that is used by the DJ, but different because here do not use vinyl at all.

Listen to Music While Swimming Underwater MP3 Player Through Aquabeat

Listening to your favorite music can certainly make a better mood. Sometimes music can also be a stimulus that can increase our productivity when we're doing a job without disrupting the work, just added to make the work we do to be better and we were relaxed.

Then, where you usually listen to music? At home, at work, in the vehicle, at school or on campus? Well, there's something unique that was made with the technology for you who like listening to music. You can even use it when you're swimming. Wow!

This has indeed become one of the technology created by a Japanese company, iRiver. This tool is called Aquabeat Underwater MP3 Player. This was not the first time iRiver introduces Aquabeat, because the product was released last year was apparently received an excellent reception from consumers. It is not too different from the previous output, but this tool is more durable and waterproof, with a capacity of 2-fold, amounting to 2GB. Aquabeat has batteries that can be recharged and can last for 8 hours to play your favorite music. From the news broke, Aquabeat was sold in Japan for 12,800 yen, or about 1.5 million rupiah.

P3 Offer Samsung MP4 Player 32GB Capacity

Listening to music can make the mood better. However, surely you will get bored after a long time if have to listen to the same music over and over again, this could be a problem there because you are a lazy update of the latest music data and put it into your MP4 Player, or precisely because of these things your pet just have a small capacity so you enough misgivings and so selectively to incorporate so many musical choices, so you just put a little bit. Obviously this makes you have to periodically delete and insert new songs again. Quite boring is not it?

Answering that question, finally Samsung P3 to attend to before we can give satisfaction to you that indeed excessive delight to listen to music and have always felt MP4 Player You always limit your creativity. Offering a capacity of 32 Gb, of course, is the size large enough to store anything in it right? From the info in circulation, now have Samsung P3 can be consumed at the price 290 USD, or around 3 million rupiah. Hmmm, it has a bit expensive too well? Darling did not mention any excess MP4 Player is in addition to its capacity quite tempting.

PCO4NRI Review : Voip Calls to India

One of the recent entries into the voip market is Pco4Nri. May be possible that you have already read and researched about Pco4Nri, those who haven't can read more - this voip provider may prove useful to you.

During our old days, we used to stand in front of those PCO booths with One rupee coins waiting for our turn to make STD Calls. Well, on the same steps this new Voip service PCO4Nri has been launched.

Basically, PCO4Nri Calling Cards is offering some plan in which they are offering calls to India at 1 Rupee per minute. But is that useful for you - effective rate around 2.3 cents per min.

Calling procedure with PCO4Nri - Similar to other calling cards it offers calls via access number both local access and toll free access. So, no extra points to PCO4Nri on this, many others works like charm be it Airtel Call Home, Pingo or Reliance India Call.

No administration charges, no setup charges, no fees - but everyone provides that.

Lets talk about the various plan offered by PCO4Nri :

The Value Plan : Effective Calling rate 2 cents per minute.
Well this is just similar to other calling cards plan - others offers calls at cheaper rates. I wont suggest this plan.
One more thing to notice is the validity of your credit. If you buy some credit, how long will it lasts. I am not sure but these plans have validity of 35 days. LocalPhone is better as it offers no such thing validity.

The Traveler Plan: Call rates depends on call duration.
from 0 to 210 sec rate 0.049 $ for the whole first interval, over 211 sec rate 0.039 $/min.
So basically good plan if you talk for say 3 min or 4 min. If you talk less or more, effective calling rate gets high. Difficult to track, but for those who can its a good plan.

The Unlimited Conversation Plan - This plan is making some buzz.
For 40 cents - you can make a call of unlimited duration (ideally it should have been so, which is not the case).

Their terms and condition say that call will be automatically but after 90 minutes. So max duration which you can talk is 90 minutes. For that effective calling rate - .44 cents per min. (half a cent).

This is a nice plan if your call duration is more than 30 minutes, else your effective calling rate will be more than 1.33 cents per minute.

Another bad thing to be considered with unlimited plans is that sometimes call is interrupted in between and you are able to talk for few minutes at such high price. Next call means next call cost (40 cents).

PCO4NRI also offers a cost calculator, which helps you decide the plan depending on the call duration.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II Latest With Exposure Control Manual Supplement To Record Video

This product is no auto focus, but Canon has said it has been updating its product by releasing new products that will soon be circulating the EOS 5D Mark II. These cameras are one product is able to activate the manual exposure control during video capture, including ISO and cranny setup and shutter speed. Amazing is not it? No word which expresses an update on this product right now, but it seems you need to be patient for a new camera products from Canon. And according to a statement from the canon itself, the plan soon these products will come down to the market around early June.

Qualcomm's Snapdragon chipset is not only fast but also economical

If you initially got Interested in the Toshiba TG01 That menggnakan 1GH Snapdragon processor, so you will from this time get something similar but Also with Different Different kinds of laptops from vendors. Yes, now even use it on the Qualcomm chipset 1.3GHz QSD8650A Which he says will from SEARCH Compete in the market before the end of 2009. Of course this is a prefix, That Is Nowhere smartbook good enough a lot of smartphones and will of angel hair roaming later in the year 2010.

What smartbook We get from this? Qualcomm's own party says That its effect would be very good Because in Addition to faster 30% of a normal laptop, it is 30% more efficient Also, it is estimated Pls you use it only going to Spend 10 miliwatt on alert.

Also The new chipset supports multi-mode 3G UMTS and CDMA Which is equipped with features 2D and 3D graphics acceleration, and integrated GPS, high-vide recording and playback, Bluetooth 2.1, Wi-Fi and use a WXGA (1280 � 800px). Now, whether Qualcomm will from some of the ready to emulate this series Toshiba TG01?

Rebtel reduced call rates to Egypt, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zambia

Rebtel, a very known voip provider is a good option if you want to make cheap international phone calls. Recently Rebtel reduced its calling rates to many destinations.

Offcourse for calling India, Rebtel is used by many as it offers cheap calls to India (special price of 1.8 cents per minute). But Rebtel is equally a good option if you want to make calls to Egypt, Sierra Leone, Uganda and Zambia due to the reduced calling rates.

Egypt :You can now call fixed lines as well as mobiles for USD 0.119/min. That's 33% off!

Rebtel has lowered their rates to the Sierra Leone starting from USD 0.349/min to fixed lines and mobiles. That's 10% off!

Rebtel lowered rates to the Uganda starting from USD 0.115/min to fixed lines and to mobiles starting from USD 0.129/min. That's 11% and 13% off respectively.

To Zambia, you can now call fixed lines for USD 0.045/min and mobiles from USD 0.145/min.

If you have not even tried Rebtel, its worth giving try.

OneRupeeCall : Free 3 minute call to India

Here is another voip provider launched in the market (I am not sure if they have been around in the past, but OneRupeeCall has been catching up buzz now only). So today we discuss about OneRupeeCall and how to use to make cheap and free calls to India.

Well, OneRupeeCall.com is one of the upcoming next generation Telecom services provider on the Globe as they say so. They have launched themselves with offering calls to 30 countries for the charge of a rupee. You can make calls to Australia, USA, UK, Singapore for just one rupee.

Actually if you convert if to US cents, it comes about to 2.5 cents per minute. The calling method offered by OneRupeeCall is using a softphone (download application). So making PC to Phone calls, that to at 2.5 cents per minute aint cheap as compared to what others offer.

They have not mentioned the calling rates to other countries apart from those 30. Their calling rate to India is not clear. (I guess may be need to register first to exactly know about them and procedures).

The good thing about OneRupeeCall is that they are offering free calls to India of 3 minute talktime.

First you need to register to make a 3 Minutes FREE call to India!

How to Make a Call ?

Step : 1

Install the Dialer from our Website.

Click here to download

Step : 2

Dialing Instruction
Please do NOT use "00" or "0" in front of country code or city code

Dialing Format Example

Cochin Landline : 914842575396
India Mobile : 91988098879

I am not sure how they track, may be via email. So what if people make multiple accounts. I would suggest you to please try this service and post your reviews.

Airtel Calling Cards : Call Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Philippines Cheap

You must have been using Airtel Call Home to make cheap calls to India, but have you tried it to make cheap international calls to other destination.

Airtel and Reliance India Call being India company, and Airtel Call Home offering special plan for calling India doesn't mean that it offers cheap calls only to India. AirtelCallHome has come up with special calling plans for Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Philippines.

The calling rates offered by Airtel Calling cards to these destinations is very competitive and if you have been looking for a voip provider to call any of these destinations then its a good option.

Lets discuss the details of plan offered by AirtelCallHome to each of these destinations :

Airtel Calling Cards is offering a $4.99 plan for these countries and calling minutes differ depending on country you are calling. In this plan $4 is talktime with $0.99 as administration fees.

Validity of plan is 30 days. I am sure you will be easily consume these minutes in that duration.

Cheap Calls to Sri Lanka : 62 minutes talktime with effective rate of 8.04 cents per minute.
Cheap Calls to Bangladesh : 134 minutes talktime with effective rate of 3.72 cents per minute.
Cheap Calls to Pakistan : 80 minutes talktime with effective rate of 6.2 cents per minute.
Cheap Calls to Philippines: 45 minutes talktime with effective rate of 11.08 cents per minute.

Overall, a good deal offered by AirtelCallingCards to make cheap international calls.

PS: Voip Provider Rynga also offers cheap calls to these destinations.

LocalPhone offering First free call

Yesterday we posted about FreeCallButton and the way by which you can make free calls to India. It worked for some, but few are still facing some issues. You may also try it first.

But if you are looking for a cheap voip provider to India offering good voice quality, good customer support, some very good time to time offers and reliable service then try LocalPhone.

In the past, we have posted about LocalPhone many a times. A lot of people use Localphone for all their calling needs. Some good things about Localphone is the number of ways it offers you to make calls. You can use Direct dial feature or like a Calling card. It offers local access numbers in so many countries. I am also using LocalPhone to make calls to my friends in Dubai !

Well, the reason I posted about LocalPhone again is that it is also offering first free call. I am not very sure whether it was offering free call earlier. Atleast the time I joined, I was not offered any free call. But if you check the localphone website again it mentions that you will get your first call free, asking you to register for a free call.

LocalPhone has not mentioned about the call limited (duration) for this first free call, neither has it mentioned about the countries you can make this call to. Is India included or not ?

So, all those who have not yet tested LocalPhone can atleast try it for a free call. Please do mention your experience and if you are provided with any free credit (first call credit).

Update : Localphone is running a promotional offer. When you sigh up with $1 credit, you will get $2.5 credit. That's additional $1.5 credit as bonus.
$1.5 credit is worth 100 minutes to India. This makes cheapest voip provider to India with effective rate of just 0.6 cents per minute. This offer can be used to call other countries as well. What are you waiting for. Just try Localphone.
(No expiry of credit, good voice quality, and sign up with as low as $1).

FreeCallButton Review : Unlimited Free International Calls

Well, yes yesterday I posted about FreeCallbutton and asked you to not to try this service as it was not working for many. Before posting about FreeCallbutton I myself tried it number of times, but most of time I was getting a message to try again.

FreeCallbutton offered a number of access numbers -: I tried many of them, but it didn't worked with many. The reason I posted about calling procedure not clear was that because, the usual calling procedure (yellow block) on main page works with the USA access number (mentioned) only. If you try it with some other access number (I tried iNum Swedish Number), it did not worked, keeps on asking me to dial iNum number (even if I dial the PIN).

However, some of people informed me that FreeCallButton worked for them. Our regular reader Harry also informed about their good customer support (answering your problems even if they are offering free calls). Well, this made me think about the voip provider again !

Today I again tried to make free calls to India using FreeCallButton. This time I followed the exact way mentioned on their website (USA Access number).

First Call : Call get connected but hey a wrong Number !! This has happened to me for first time while making a voip phone call. The call got connected at wrong destination. Anyways I tried again !
Second Call : Asked me to try again ! (The message I got yesterday too).
Third Call : Voilla the call got connected and to the right destination. I talked about 5-6 minutes and the voice quality was also good.

Now since I am able to make free calls to India (and offcourse to other international countries), let me write some steps to follow to GET UNLIMITED FREE CALLS TO INDIA !

1. If you are living USA just dial 1-206-424-1330 from your regular phone.
What about those not living in USA and want to make calls to India free. Say calling India to India free. Get a free account with WebcallDirect.com (any other betamax) and dial this USA access number.

2. You will hear a voice prompt asking you to dial PIN. Now this PIN changes daily and can be found at Freecallpin.com (todays pin - 6263). Follow this with # key.

3. On prompt, dial your destination number - 00 then the country code then the phone number then the # key.

Ideally your call should get connected within seconds.

Now what, you have ended your per hour limit of 6 minutes and want to talk more this hour. Register for one more free account with webcalldirect.com (change your IP - broadband ones just switch off and on your router). Follow the steps again to make more free calls.

Well, it may be possible that your call does not get connected at first go, so better to try again (sometimes because of load it may not work).
I too realized that we should not complain much when you are getting all these calls for free.

Guys, please post your views, let us know whether you are able to make free calls or not. I will also try to answer your problems in case you face any !

Now I can say FreeCallButton is atleast worth a try. Who knows you may find a regular unlimited free calls to India voip provider.

FreeCallButton Review : Not worth Trying

Well if you have been looking for Free calls to India, then it may be possible that you have wasted your time on some voip provider trying and making free calls but all in vain.

One of the recent such voip provider launched is FreeCallButton which claims to offer free international calls including free calls to India landlines and mobiles. But wait is it worth trying ?

Many such voip providers are launched and people waste a lot of their time trying them, and then end up not even making single free call. This is where we can help.

FreeCallButton claims that calls can be made TO and FROM most countries in the world. And you wont even have to register, not even have to pay anything. No credit card info, no personal information and no catch.They say that you can make 6 minutes of free calls per hour. That means, you can make 24 free calls in one day each of 6 min.

FreeCallButton also promises to offer calls via Phone to Phone, PC to Phone. But the main problem is it just does not work.

FreeCallButton website is full of ads, with all advertisement. Firstly this aint good for a voip provider. Then somehow even if you manage to know the calling procedure, PIN etc and try placing your call - Call Never gets through !!

I have tried many a times making phone calls but all in vain. Their local access numbers most of the times does not work. It does not sometimes accepts PIN, sometimes call dont get through.

Well, in my opinion it is many times better to go for a cheap provider like IndiaLD or Rebtel to make calls then wasting your time at this FreeCallButton Voip provider.

Baisakhi Special Cheap Calls for India and Bangadesh : uVoipit

Well the festival of baisakhi is here and so the voip providers have started offering some special promotions. To start with uVoipit has lowered its calling rates to India. It will be interesting if any voip provider comes with free calls to India.

uVoipit in its normal plans and days also offer very cheap calls to India, but with the special promotion it has lowered its calling rates more. uVoipit will have a TWO day special on April 12 11:59 PM to April 14 11:59 PM.

This is for the Baisakhi celebrations in India and Bangladesh. Rates will drop extensively for these two days only :

You will be able to call India landline at 1.6 cents/min and India mobile at 1.2 cents/min. You will be able to call Bangladesh landline and mobiles both at 3.05 cents/min.

When we posted about uVoipit few months back, it was a big hit with many people joining uVoipit. It received some good positive response from people, specially about their good customer support and service even working in UAE.

So, if you have not tried uVoipit then you can try it this Baisakhi.

PS: The offer of lowered calling rates to India and Bangladesh are applicable to both old and new customers.

Pingo Easter Promotion : 20% Discount

Are you looking for cheap voip calls or free calls to India ? Well you have come to the right place. Just surf the blog and you will find so many different promotions and ways to make cheap and free voip calls.

Yesterday we blogged about Rebtel offering cheap calls to Cameroon (Rebtel lowered its calling rates). Brian told us that Pingo is offering cheaper rates than Rebtel to Cameroon landline (10 cents per minute). On visiting Pingo website, I found that Pingo is running another promotion that is a Easter Promotion.

To celebrate Easter, Pingo is offering 20% discounts if you sign up in month of April. Their webpage mention:

"Want to call home for Easter"
Now you can connect to your loved ones from around the world this Easter with Pingo Calling card Easter promotion.

But the best part is that Pingo Promotion is valid for whole April month. Sign up and avail 20% discount.

USE THE COUPON CODE : egg

Note: Coupon valid for new customer sign-ups only. Minimum purchase $20.00.

Pingo by default offers a calling rate of 1.95 cents to call India, but with this promotion your effective rate to call India will be 1.56 cents per minute. Call to Cameroon landline at just 8 cents per minute.

Cheap Calls to Cameroon by Rebtel

Lately there has been rate drops to many country by Rebtel. Latest reduction in calling rate by Rebtel is to Cameroon.

The call rates to Cameroon ain't cheap, with not many offering below 10 cents per minute. With the recent rate drop by
Rebtel you can call Cameroon fixed lines for USD 0.156/min and mobiles from USD 0.200/min.

No doubt, Rebtel is one of the best voip providers. So if you are still searching for some voip provider offering good voice quality and cheap calling rates then Rebtel is the answer. It offers:

1. One minute billing, no contract, no hidden fees.
2. Reliable lines with clear voice quality.
3. Works with your current carrier.
4. Works with your current carrier.

For more info, Visit
Rebtel.

PS: I checked the calling rate offered by Jumblo to Cameroon, and it is offering calling rate of 12.3 cents per minute to landline and 23.1 cents per minute to Cameroon Mobile.

Vopium now supports 3G calling on iPhone

Vopium has just launched 3G version of its popular VoIP calling and messaging software for iPhone. This new iPhone app with 3G VoIP/data allows iPhone users to make free calls to Vopium users, Skype users and Gtalk users also outside Wi-Fi, by using the 3G data network. This empowers users to use their existing data plan and avoid any local charges or call set-up charges of operator.

The brand new app for Vopium has just been approved on iPhone app store and you can directly download it from iTunes link. Also you can now enjoy multiple IM facility on Skype, Gtalk, MSN, Yahoo, AIM and ICQ or receive twitter updates on the go. Another interesting feature is Vopium Sync, to take backup calendar and contacts data anytime.

Download it now and get 30 minutes free talk time and 30 SMS free. Make sure 3G data/VoIP calls are disabled as default, you can easily enable it from settings in the new Vopium app. In case you are out of 3G reception zone, switch to Wi-Fi or the regular calling.

What’s more? Vopium’s app for iPad is pending approval at app store. However you can still download it a version from here to make low priced VoIP calls and SMS from iPad either via Wi-Fi or 3G network. Vopium has also announced some exciting calling packages at highly competitive rates such as new Call Pakistan package that offers only EUR 0.03 per min, and other packages Call India (EUR 0.01/min), Call Bangladesh (0.01/min), Call the World (0.01/min) and Vopium 2 Vopium package where you can call/SMS other Vopium users for as low as EUR 0.05/minutes.

TrueRoots TrueValue Plan : 100% talktime

Airtel Call Home , Reliance India Call and Trueroots are the most trusted voip providers, widely used by many. AirtelCallHome no doubt offers a very good voip deal, but Trueroots normal calling rate to India is on higher side.

Its better to use Trueroots when it is offering some offers or promotion. Last month too, Truroots launched 100% extra talktime (double your money) plan and this month trueroots is offering 100% talktime plan.

Actually Subscription charges on TrueValue Plan have been waived off - Call India @ 1.9 c/min (Local Access) & 2.9 c/min (Toll Free). Offcourse the rate is still high comparing to the cheapest rate of 0.007 $ (.7 cents) offered by India LD.

But for those who want to use Tata Calling card then Trueroots is good. With 100% talktime plan the subscription value of $10.99 is now waived off. You would now receive talk value equivalent of the full purchase value of $11.99. You get the rate of 1.9 cent/ min on local number on the entire amount of $11.99.

Next time you recharge the same account with $5, $10, $20, $50, or $100; nothing will be deducted as rental and you will get 100% talktime; up to 5263 mins i.e. ZERO Rental. 100% talktime

One can recharge their TrueValue Plan account before 30th June 2010.

Pls note one can call to over 200 different countries other than India, and the available talk time amount shall vary as per the current rates.

If you want to want to use Trueroots to make cheap calls to Pakistan or Sri Lanka, try its TrueValue Pakistan Plan or TrueValue Sri Lanka Plan.

CallArc - Free International Calling Service

The day is not far when you will be able to make absolutely free international calls. Yes free calls anywhere in the world including free calls to India.

Well, this will be provided by the latest entry in the voip market. A service yet to be completely launched named CallArc. Basically CallArc is a free international service which lets you make free calls (national and international) via their website callarc.com or through your phones (Iphone/IPod/IPad/Android/Symbian and other Smart Phones). You will have to download CallArc to your mobile device. Open the CallArc application. Select from your contacts and call for free.

You will be able to make calls via access numbers just like other voip service, like any calling card (Reliance India Call etc). You can also make calls via Facebook application.

All these features, methods to make calls will be really good if they really get implemented. I am not very sure whether they will be able to meet the cost of calling destinations like Cuba, Philippines. But surely, India should be included in free calling list as now the calling rates to India are very cheap. Many many voip providers like Rynga, Jumblo etc offer cheap calls to India.

Although the CallArc service is not launched, but you can still register with them. CallArc will notify you whenever their service goes live so that you can make Free International Calls.

FreeVoipDeal.com Review : Free 240 minutes of calling at 10 Euros

It has been long that Delmont Sarl (aka Betamax) has launched a new voip service in the market. This time, it has launched a new voip service, with a different kind of a deal offering some free minutes for some fixed price.

FreeVoipDeal.com is offering 240 minutes that is 4 hours of free calls to Egypt, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Iran, Ukraine, Serbia and Montenegro for 10 Euros (in a month).

Let me first clearly explain the deal FreeVoipDeal is offering.

You pay 10 Euros and you get 4 hours of free calls. You can use these 240 minutes to make calls to above said 7 destinations. That does not mean that you cannot make calls to other destinations. You will be charged separately for making calls to other destinations based on their Pay as you go rates.

Now what if you used all your 240 minutes in 10 days, what for rest of 20 days. You will be charged additionally based on their out of minutes rates which are as follows:

Egypt (Landline) $ 0.085
Egypt (Mobile) $ 0.093
Iran (Landline) $ 0.070
Montenegro (Landline) $ 0.116
Pakistan (Mobile) $ 0.062
Serbia (Landline) $ 0.070
Sri Lanka (Landline) $ 0.078
Ukraine (Landline) $ 0.078

Now if you are somehow not able to use these 240 minutes in a month, then these minutes will not be forwarded to next month and will lapse. To make calls you can use PC2phone, Phone2phone, via local access and SIP calling.

FreeVoipDeal SIP details are ::
SIP port : 5060
Registrar : sip.freevoipdeal.com
Proxy server : sip.freevoipdeal.com
Account name : your FreeVoipDeal username
Password : your FreeVoipDeal password
Stunserver (option) : stun.freevoipdeal.com

The effective calling rate comes around to 5.6 cents per minute for those 240 minutes. So the deal is good specially for those who makes less calls in a month, and make calls to Egypt, Sri Lanka etc.

I have extracted the Rates to above destination that offered by Rebtel and found that rate to Pakistan is competitive, but for other destinations freevoipdeal offers lower rates.

Pakistan Mobile - 6.4 cents per minute.
Egypt Landline and mobiles - 17.9 cents per minute.
Serbia Landline - 9.9 cents per minute.
Iran Landlines - 12.2 cents per minute.
Ukraine Landline - 11.9 cent per minute.
Sri Lanka Landline - 13.9 cents per minute.
Sri Lanka Mobile - 11.9 cents per minute.

Advantage with Rebtel (one of the best voip service, highly recommended) is better voice quality, good name in industry, good customer support. All these may lack with FreeVoipDeal. But still FreeVoipDeal looks worth trying.

Rebtel Voucher Code to call Philippines Free

Many people asked me about making free calls to Philippines, specially a big group on Facebook Page. As you all know the calling rate to Philippine is not cheap, with calls being offered at around 11-12 cents per minute.

Rebtel as we all know is a very famous voip provider, well known in the voip market. In the past Rebtel has launched many promotions to offer free calls to India, Philippines, and many other countries. Many from this blog have become a permanent customer for Rebtel.

So once again Rebtel has come up with a promotion offering free calls to Philippines. This is a promotion for April, so that you can make free calls to Philippines.

Use the Voucher Code :: philippines30

In order to get these free minutes, Sign up with Rebtel, and use the voucher code philippines30 .

If you like the Rebtel service (which I am sure you will), you may continue using Rebtel as they offer cheap rates to Philippines. You can call Philippines at just 10.9 cents per minute.

The offer is valid until April 30.

Rebtel has also reduced their calling rates to the UK by 50%! Now calling to the UK is only 1 ¢/min !!

So sign up with Rebtel now.

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