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Higgers
12-12-2005, 6:28 PM
Does anyone know if there are any VOIP clients that can run on mobile phones? I've just read a review of the Nokia 9300i which can connect to 802.11b/g LANs. It would be great if people could call me on a landline number while I was at a friends house, in a hotel, etc. (Ignore for the moment practicalities such as bandwidth, QOS, etc. being out of my control.)
Cheers,
Higs.
Monty Burns
13-12-2005, 7:59 AM
Good Mornin!
Yes there is at least one soloution that I know of, Skype. Skype has a Smartphone client (i don't know about Nokia/Symbians) that will do exactly this as long as you also purchase a Skype-In number (30euros a year).
Here are the details for you:
Skype In (and other services) (http://www.skype.com/store/)
Skype Pocket PC/Smartphones Client (http://www.skype.com/products/skype/pocketpc/)
edit: there may also be other suppliers that do this, just Skype is the only one I know of. I use Skype-In all the time and do have the client installed on my MDA3, just never needed to use it yet as I have a radio home Skype phone already.
Higgers
13-12-2005, 6:22 PM
Thanks for the info Monty.
Anyone know if there's a SIP client for mobiles too?
greetings
20-12-2005, 9:09 PM
Thanks for the info Monty.
Anyone know if there's a SIP client for mobiles too?
There's SCN's truphone, don't know if it's ever been released though.
http://www.scn.com/PR/Truphone%20Introduction%202.pdf
theres also vonage who are introducing a wifi handset next year- apparantly it will work automatically whenevr you are in a wifi hotspot that allows access.
greetings
23-12-2005, 9:56 AM
sipgate already do a wi-fi VOIP handset: http://www.sipgate.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=20.
It's £99 though.
spinalize
02-01-2006, 4:13 PM
The new Nokia Eseries phones have WiFi and SIP stacks on board. I am not sure if it is actually a SIP softphone implentation or just a stack. If it is a stack someone will develop a SIP softphone I am sure. Blackberry also have a WiFI device in the US. It has a SIP stack onboard and can be configured to talk to some SIP PBX's
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