At Macworld Expo’s Showstoppers press gathering last week I got an advance peek at a new feature that was rolled out this week. Truphone has just introduced a new Skype feature that allows iPhone and iPod Touch
users to make calls and instant message other Skype users. You just need
is a free Truphone account (because you already have a Skype account, right?).
Truphone-to-Skype
communications are free over the Internet, and iPhone users can also
place and receive Skype calls and messages when not in a
Wi-Fi-accessible location for the cost of a local call, using the
Truphone Anywhere feature. With Truophone, you can call other Truphone users for free.
Americans still haven’t gotten into the habit of “topping off” their mobile handsets, but a $15 advance payment will get you a long way. (See call rates here.) I suspect I’ll be using the Truphone applications regularly when I’m in London this summer.
JD Lasica, founder of Inside Social Media, is also a fiction author and the co-founder of the cruise discovery engine Cruiseable. See his About page, contact JD or follow him on Twitter.
Outstanding report, JD, congrats.