Comments on: Truphone, E-Series’ best friend http://gigaom.com/2007/01/01/truphone/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:58:59 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: WebWorkerDaily » Archive Four iPhone VoiP Services Worth Ringing Up « http://gigaom.com/2007/01/01/truphone/#comment-914828 WebWorkerDaily » Archive Four iPhone VoiP Services Worth Ringing Up « Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:01:40 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/01/truphone/#comment-914828 <p>[...] started in this space, TruPhone is… well… tried and Tru. It’s a service that GigaOM reviewed almost two years ago and Om still uses heavily to call his family abroad. The application is free, but you will pay for [...]</p> [...] started in this space, TruPhone is… well… tried and Tru. It’s a service that GigaOM reviewed almost two years ago and Om still uses heavily to call his family abroad. The application is free, but you will pay for [...]

]]> By: No VoIP In New Nokia N-Series Devices? Is Nokia Turning Its Back on VoIP? - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2007/01/01/truphone/#comment-895420 No VoIP In New Nokia N-Series Devices? Is Nokia Turning Its Back on VoIP? - GigaOM Sat, 23 Aug 2008 19:19:49 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/01/truphone/#comment-895420 <p>[...] to test it myself. And lo-and-behold none of the VoIP services I am accustomed to using worked. Truphone and Gizmo are two services I typically use and neither of them [...]</p> [...] to test it myself. And lo-and-behold none of the VoIP services I am accustomed to using worked. Truphone and Gizmo are two services I typically use and neither of them [...]

]]> By: Back on the Beat: Introducing OStatic, the Open Source Blog - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2007/01/01/truphone/#comment-863986 Back on the Beat: Introducing OStatic, the Open Source Blog - GigaOM Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:02:25 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/01/truphone/#comment-863986 <p>[...] Asterisk, for instance, has become a source of innovation, and has helped spawn companies like Truphone. And venture dollars have started to flow into open-source startups at an increasingly rapid clip. [...]</p> [...] Asterisk, for instance, has become a source of innovation, and has helped spawn companies like Truphone. And venture dollars have started to flow into open-source startups at an increasingly rapid clip. [...]

]]> By: What’s New: Gizmo Project, fringMe, Truphone 4 Facebook - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2007/01/01/truphone/#comment-730647 What’s New: Gizmo Project, fringMe, Truphone 4 Facebook - GigaOM Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:19:51 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/01/truphone/#comment-730647 <p>[...] lastly, my favorite voice-over-Wi-Fi company, Truphone, has released a Facebook app that allows folks to call you directly from the social [...]</p> [...] lastly, my favorite voice-over-Wi-Fi company, Truphone, has released a Facebook app that allows folks to call you directly from the social [...]

]]> By: Prateek Doshi http://gigaom.com/2007/01/01/truphone/#comment-587532 Prateek Doshi Sat, 29 Sep 2007 20:19:39 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/01/truphone/#comment-587532 <p>Well answered Tim, I second what you said. Thanks for making VOIP truely available to the masses.</p> Well answered Tim, I second what you said. Thanks for making VOIP truely available to the masses.

]]> By: Tim Donnelly Smith, Truphone http://gigaom.com/2007/01/01/truphone/#comment-80674 Tim Donnelly Smith, Truphone Wed, 24 Jan 2007 09:26:24 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/01/truphone/#comment-80674 <p>To Ruslan: there is more to Truphone than you clearly believe. First: while you, personally, might be comfortable talking about a "bundle of settings for the built-in SIP phone", the enormous majority of mobile phone users are not and, quite rightly, don't care to be. I'm sure you don't really believe that low-cost or free SIP calls should be the sole preserve of an ultra-technical few prepared manually to experiment with SIP settings? What the Truphone Wizard does it make mobile internet telephony something for everyone.</p> <p>Second: if it was easy to do (as perhaps you do find it) then Truphone would not be the only company in the world right now enabling people to make totally free mobile-to-mobile calls. Some applications require you to maintain a separate address book on your phone.</p> <p>Finally: remember that no-one is being forced to use Truphone; it's free to download and there are no monthly subscriptions or other hidden charges. No-one pays anything unless they use it.</p> <p>Tim.</p> To Ruslan: there is more to Truphone than you clearly believe. First: while you, personally, might be comfortable talking about a “bundle of settings for the built-in SIP phone”, the enormous majority of mobile phone users are not and, quite rightly, don’t care to be. I’m sure you don’t really believe that low-cost or free SIP calls should be the sole preserve of an ultra-technical few prepared manually to experiment with SIP settings? What the Truphone Wizard does it make mobile internet telephony something for everyone.

Second: if it was easy to do (as perhaps you do find it) then Truphone would not be the only company in the world right now enabling people to make totally free mobile-to-mobile calls. Some applications require you to maintain a separate address book on your phone.

Finally: remember that no-one is being forced to use Truphone; it’s free to download and there are no monthly subscriptions or other hidden charges. No-one pays anything unless they use it.

Tim.

]]> By: michel stewart http://gigaom.com/2007/01/01/truphone/#comment-80672 michel stewart Sun, 21 Jan 2007 13:29:13 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/01/truphone/#comment-80672 <p>anybody here have their E-70 with t-mobile????</p> <p>mikeeeee</p> anybody here have their E-70 with t-mobile????

mikeeeee

]]> By: Ruslan http://gigaom.com/2007/01/01/truphone/#comment-80670 Ruslan Sun, 14 Jan 2007 16:10:34 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/01/truphone/#comment-80670 <p>Truphone is NOT an application! </p> <p>What they ask you to download to your handsets is just a bundle of settings for Nokia's built-in SIP phone, which after "installation" of the bundle routes all your SIP calls through their (truphone) VoIP gateway. Everyone can use Nokia's SIP that way (with Gizmo's account for example or any other) and I don't see anything special in this so call "True phone". All they have at present is a pure PR for their SIP service to obtain big $$ from their stupid VCs. There's no a single piece of technology, nothing! Try to prove it back if I'm mistaken.</p> <p>Regards, Ruslan.</p> Truphone is NOT an application!

What they ask you to download to your handsets is just a bundle of settings for Nokia’s built-in SIP phone, which after “installation” of the bundle routes all your SIP calls through their (truphone) VoIP gateway. Everyone can use Nokia’s SIP that way (with Gizmo’s account for example or any other) and I don’t see anything special in this so call “True phone”. All they have at present is a pure PR for their SIP service to obtain big $$ from their stupid VCs. There’s no a single piece of technology, nothing! Try to prove it back if I’m mistaken.

Regards, Ruslan.

]]> By: xaxis http://gigaom.com/2007/01/01/truphone/#comment-80668 xaxis Sun, 14 Jan 2007 11:12:29 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/01/truphone/#comment-80668 <p>get a Voxalot.com account, place your settings of Gizmo there (if they allow you), voxalot will handle all your VOIP calls. if gizmo don't support it, try forwarding your calls to another regular VOIP account number.</p> get a Voxalot.com account, place your settings of Gizmo there (if they allow you), voxalot will handle all your VOIP calls. if gizmo don’t support it, try forwarding your calls to another regular VOIP account number.

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2007/01/01/truphone/#comment-80665 Om Malik Tue, 02 Jan 2007 18:11:54 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/01/truphone/#comment-80665 <p>JOnathan, </p> <p>I tried man - it did not work. I think the e61 I have is Vodafone branded and that might be creating an issue. The E70 doesn't handle things too well as yet.</p> JOnathan,

I tried man – it did not work. I think the e61 I have is Vodafone branded and that might be creating an issue. The E70 doesn’t handle things too well as yet.

]]> By: Jonathan Greene http://gigaom.com/2007/01/01/truphone/#comment-80663 Jonathan Greene Tue, 02 Jan 2007 10:21:38 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/01/truphone/#comment-80663 <p>I've gotten Gizmo set up on the E61… It was manual, but definitely works and is not that hard to manage - http://www.atmasphere.net/wp/archives/2006/09/22/nokia-e61-voip-via-gizmo</p> <p>Using TruPhone is certainly easier given the installer, but Gizmo is possible.</p> I’ve gotten Gizmo set up on the E61… It was manual, but definitely works and is not that hard to manage – http://www.atmasphere.net/wp/archives/2006/09/22/nokia-e61-voip-via-gizmo

Using TruPhone is certainly easier given the installer, but Gizmo is possible.

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