Comments on: Vonage's Mobile App Embraces Facebook

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:32:08 +0000

I am having the same problem, did you manage to figure it out?

By: Pasha

Pasha — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 09:54:47 +0000

How does Vonage make money on this? Is Facebook paying them a fee for each download?

By: Jay Jayasuriya

Jay Jayasuriya — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 20:09:18 +0000

Hey guys, need some help. I have an EVO and installed the app. But when I start the app and put in my facebook info it tries to connect but gives me the following error “There was a problem connecting to Facebook Please try again later” I made sure I had the correct information. Anyone else having this issue????

By: Roshan Shrestha

Roshan Shrestha — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:05:33 +0000

I can see some good use cases. I have many friends outside the US, and I do not know the phone number of many of them. Even if I did, I wouldn’t call them on the phone, since it is too expensive. I do have Google voice; but a call to Nepal is 19 cents a minute. I normally use Skype, which works well. However, many of my friends are not on Skype, but most are on Facebook.

I agree that it is limiting, since I can only call friends who have an iPhone or an Android phone. If it worked on a regular computer, or Nokia phones, that would be great.

By: Todd

Todd — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:57:37 +0000

Thanks Roshan. Good to know.

…but my “pointless” assessment remains.

App seems utterly redundant, since I already have the phone numbers of my Facebook friends in my phones address book.

From what I can tell, the Vonage app doesn’t make any use of that at all, and is being way too “lazy” but requiring my friends install the app too.

Ref. Google Voice

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:23:49 +0000

Yes

By: Roshan Shrestha

Roshan Shrestha — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:48:42 +0000

Since the Android FB app does not support chat, and Vonage apparently does, does this mean I can now chat with my FB friends who have android and have installed this Vonage app?

By: Roshan Shrestha

Roshan Shrestha — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:46:10 +0000

Actually, it is using Facebook Connect. The login is done on a Facebook login page, and then Facebook asks if you want to grant access to Vonage application. Thus, Vonage does not have access to your facebook credentials.

By: Nicholas

Nicholas — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:10:35 +0000

It would be actually quite cool to make a call through Facebook, but again it would be more interesting from an in app perspective. It could be interesting from a customer service feature…

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:53:07 +0000

The login is one-time and standard for applications that connect to FB. The info is stored and there is no need to log in after that.