Hey geeks, it’s the holidays and I’m quite sure that I can’t wrench you out of your computers to go call your relatives. In its stead, I’m recommending Skype, Gizmo Project or this neat service called Gizmo Call, a browser based VoIP service that allows you to call any phone straight from your browser.

Who can I call?
You can call any other GizmoCall, Gizmo5 users, 800 numbers, or SIP address for no charge. Here’s a guide to free calls you can make. To call a traditional phone number and take advantage of some of the low rates on the net …read more

“I’m a huge disbeliever in metro Wi-Fi for VoIP simply because the external Wi-Fi doesn’t penetrate into building, so it’s pretty much useless for the majority of calls.”
- Dean Bubley, founder of Disruptive Analysis

Cubic Telecom aims to make international calls cheaper, gives you multiple numbers ID’s in just one phone.

Cubic points out that this feature alone is a life-changer for people who have moved, for example, to the United States from overseas. Their family back home can keep in touch for the price of a local call.
In his column, David Pogue talks about the new global cellular phone that allows globetrotters to call for less, anywhere. The phone, provided by Cubic Telecom is a prepaid device that works just the same way mobile phones do – except that the call rates are 90% …read more

Perhaps one of the most powerful mobile phone applications released today is Fring, an instant VoIP conduit that allows you to use the voice features of Skype, Google Talk, MSN and SIP on your mobile phone. A couple of days ago I posted some pictures of the unboxing process of the N95. Because of Fring, my N95 is now also a VoIP phone. I’ve tested the app over my WiFi network at home, and it really simulates the benefits driven by having unlimited telephone calls to anyone who is online using any of the above mentioned third party applications.

Installing …read more

Currently on beta, Fring is a free service that allows you to use desktop based VoIP services onto your 3G, EDGE and WiFi compatible mobile phone. This means that you can use Skype, Google Talk, MSN Messenger and even Twitter. The technology assures that you can use the VoIP service seamlessly across WiFi and 3G networks:
fring roams seamlessly between Wi-Fi and 3G networks while bypassing traditional mobile voice and SMS text messaging services mobile-to-mobile calls, mobile-to-landline calls, and mobile-to-PC calls including integration into Skype, MSN Messenger and Google Talk wherever you are. The patent-pending peer-to-peer mobile VoIP technology delivers …read more

The guys over at Mobile Crunch have posted a real world use review of the N800, placing it into the pseudo-laptop category. Pseudo what?? Well here’s the beef:

I don’t think that the N800 can completely replace a laptop and even a trip of four or five days (for me at least) would be a stretch with just the N800 but since starting to use it I have found that while traveling I don’t pull my PC and during a number of conferences I have used the N800 for note-taking, liveblogging and keeping myself entertained during boring presentations. [source]

So it seems …read more

So The Register has pointed out another consumer trend that states:
I don’t need a home phone number because I’m always out.
As it turns out, the demand for a universal number that can be accessible from anywhere, whether it be your home, your car, your mobile phone, or behind your dog’s left ear is very appealing. This is very possible with VoIP.
Read the whole thing here.