Hi,
About two weeks ago, I read about Truphone in some Nokia/Symbian Forum on the internet.
Truphone is a small application which you install on your internet and then can call via your Wireless LAN or 3G (UMTS) over the internet instead of using your mobile providers rates.
The great thing is, that calls to landline numbers in about 40 European countries are for free until the 31th of December 2007 according to Truphones homepage. (if you sign up until the 30th of September) And it's true! I tested it. It works great! :-)
Let me write a little bit out this great program for your Symbian device.
The program you can download via your mobiles network connection WLAN, 3G or GPRS.
You are doing this by sending a SMS with the text "install" to the number +44 7624 000 000.
Then you receive an SMS with the link to download the program and to install it. At the same time you get one more SMS with your phone number and login data.
I found on YouTube a video who shows in detail how this whole process is working. Quite easy! Just click on the link and watch.
The installation and first registration was quite easy. No problem for me.
The program itself, can connect via WLAN or 3G to the truphone server in UK. Also the program has a lot if configurations which can be set. For example is it offering to send SMS via the truephone server instead of your GSM prover. You can adjust to use while sending an SMS or predefine one default. I used my GMS provider.
See here some pictures of the adjustment possibilities in the program.
I have adjusted the Truephone on "autostart" which means it automatically starts when the defined WLAN network is available. I must say, it works great! As soon as I'm at home, the VoIP sign and the WLAN sign in my N95 is showing on the display.
Now about the calls.
If you are calling, then you go into your contact lists... I was using the "landline-numbers" of my friends in Germany and Sweden and then I just select "InternetCall" instead of normal "VoiceCall".
That's all. Just press the "ok" button and the phone starts to call your contact via the Truephone application installed on your mobile. And you can call for free on many landlines in Europe.
One day called a friend for about one hour. The total data transferd during this 1 hour call was about 25 MB.
So I really recommend that you only are using the Truphone at home on your WLAN if you don't have a data flatrate on your 3G contract.
One last comment about the call quality.
Well acutally there is no comment about it, because I couldn't hear any different compared with normal voice calls. Also my friends who I called didn't realized that I called them over the internet. So the voice quality is really impressive!
Install the program and give it a try! Maybe with Truphone it will also be after the 31th of December 2007 free to call landline numbers in 40 countries.
I read in on there homepage that they had this "free call" offer first until the 30th of June this year, but they finally keppt it now until the 31th of December. So lets see what the future will bring.
But the program itself is great! I just love it! It works perfectly and it gives me free landline calls to all of my friends in Germany and Sweden.
Enjoy the world of Truphone!
Regards
Geraner
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