JAJAH has produced software that allows users of the iPod touch to make phone calls and send SMS text messages anywhere in the world, as long as they are in range of a Wi-Fi connection (and have a microphone headset).Marketwire quotes Trevor Healy, CEO of JAJAH: "With JAJAH's solution, any company can turn their customers' iPod touch into a fully functioning mobile phone. The device is particularly popular amongst students, who live in a world where Wi-Fi access is always available and, like everyone, they are looking to save costs, so this is a perfect solution."
With cost savings of 98% or more over traditional mobile phone services, the product should appeal to consumers. And, because JAJAH is offering the software as a "white-label" service, individual companies themselves can dress their own versions of it up with their own logos and branding and use JAJAH's backend systems to process payments from more than 200 countries.
JAJAH's offering competes more widely with Skype and open source VOIP programs such as Ekiga. Although JAJAH claims in its press release that this product is now available at the Apple App Store, it is not, as of this writing, yet possible to obtain it there.
Skype had announced at CES 2009 that they were developing an official app for the iPod touch, but as yet nothing is available.
Damn naysayers.
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This is old news.
This has already been possible on the iPod Touch. Even before Apple release the v2, people were hacking the iPod Touch to work with a microphone and using an existing VOIP software already available in the App store.
I'd like to know WHY Apple released v2 with microphone compatibility. I think they might be planning to release their own VOIP service, most likely using their exsting iChat app. This would compete against Skype.
Last edited by Dace on 07 Feb 2009 - 06:50
erm you are not supposed to
This is a joke right?
of course if you can manage to get an ipod touch onto the edge network.
shoot me now! this is the stupid thing i've heard in weeks.
but the ipod touch 1g is not even compatible with a microphone right? or is it?
Im sorry but news like this (on the front page) really gets me ****ed off....
Applications like this have existed for YEARS that turn a device into a VoIP phone.
But because it is from Apple it gets front page?
**** this....
Why you're so upset is beyond me. Go write a song about it.
Why you're so upset is beyond me. Go write a song about it.
And cell phones are not a widely used product? We're talking the top communications device here.
Why you defend Apple is beyond me. Go get a Apple tattoo.
The point is that the majority of new mp3 player owners, because the iPod Touch is the most popular right now iirc, can now use it as a phone. No fanboyism there.
Go get a Zune tattoo.
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Ok... Sick Sad World.
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