A freeware application for the ipod touch can turn the music player into a virtual mobile phone. ‘Truphone’ uses wi-fi technology in the ipod touch to enable the user to physically call other ipod touch users and Google Talk’s messaging service users. The software development is fundamentally a spin off from technology Truphone developed for smartphones and iphones and the developers of the radical new technology plan to have the ability to call landline phones in place as soon as possible. What will this mean for the iphone? This could be the answer for a cheap iphone, buy the ipod touch and implement this new software. You don’t even need to integrate any third party electrical components other than a simple mic.
Ipod touch users who are keen to use the software will have to hook up a microphone to the mobile phone device in order to make and receive calls to the handheld music players. The idea is very much the same as the internet revelation known as Skype. By using the internet program Skype you can make landline and mobile phone calls from your computer for next to nothing. If one user is ‘online’ at the same time as you on Skype then the phone call is absolutely free of charge and it is understood that Truphone will produce a similar set up to this one. Indeed, Winchester Electronics have been producing similar devices since Skype first launched.
The CEO of Truphone, Geraldine Wilson has said that the firm aims for global internet recognition. There is a big niche in the market to be filled here and Truphone are not necessarily doing anything illegal, so why not? The only catch for this all to work is that you need to be in range of a wifi network. It will also need to have the newer mil-spec cables for microphone pick-up. The Truphone technology will be available for the Google phone early next year. The company prefer to target phones with an application feature on the phone already as this is the easiest way to download more information.
The founder of the technology, James Tagg, said that this technology will work on other phones but in a slightly different way than modern phones such as the iphone, google phone and blackberry.
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