David and Justin? Listen up: JaJah is going to save you a bundle.
Last year my Luddite brother-in-law, and his technically savvy son, gave up their landline phones. They use a cell phone exclusively to make calls--and pay through the nose for unlimited calling.
At DEMO, the hoity-toity show in San Diego, JaJah, the call-for-free Internet phone service, announced JaJah Mobile, a way to use their service on a cell phone. (Catch up on how JaJah works by reading "Skype Killer: Free Calls Using JaJah" here.)
How it Works
Once you register with JaJah and download a plug-in, you just place a call as you usually do. You don't need to use a calling card number, call a special phone number, or make the call from a hotspot.
The first phones supported are based on the Symbian OS and Java, such as the Nokia N70 or Nokia 6630. Go to the site and see if yours is currently supported. If your phone's on the list (my hand-cranked Nokia 5160 isn't) download the plug-in and your phone will then know that when you dial a long-distance or international number, it should send the call through the JaJah network. You can change the settings to make only some calls, or all calls, go through JaJah.
The price structure is the same as with regular JaJah calls: Free to other JaJah users, 2.5 cents per minute in U.S. and Canada, and slightly more expensive for international calls. Read the Mobile FAQ for more info.
Tomorrow: More from DEMO
According to JaJah's website, calls to and from non-JaJah users in the U.S. and Canada (as well as Hong Kong, China and Singapore - all in Zone 1) are 2.5 cents per minute, not 25 cents per minute.
-Marc
Oh, those little pesky periods. (Thanks, Marc, I just fixed it.)
I wonder how many people understand that there is a possibly serious downside (besides cost) to getting rid of your land line phone in favor of using your cell phone exclusively? In the lending/loan business there is a saying: "NO PHONE, NO LOAN." And "phone" is defined as a land line phone.
Mark