New Palm OS VoIP Application
Articulation is a new VoIP application for the Palm OS from Hampton Software. It is compatible with most Palm OS 5+ devices with a microphone that can access the Internet via Wi-Fi/Bluetooth or EDGE/GPRS. Articulation is the first service independent VoIP phone for Palm OS, which means you can use it with a number of different VoIP service providers.
Articulation supports the standard SIP VoIP protocol. The app will work with the majority of SIP VoIP service providers and the developers have a list of confirmed compatible providers. At this time the program is not compatible with Skype.
There is a large selection of VoIP providers worldwide with very cheap rates when compared with most cell phone plans; it is often free to call some destinations and many do not charge a monthly fee.
Program Features:
- Ability to make PSTN calls with your PDA
- Select the SIP VoIP provider of your choice
- Lookup phone numbers direct from you contacts
- Touch-tones (DTMF) for 'phone menus'
- Supports WiFi, Bluetooth and EVDO connections
- Call timer
- Silence suppression (only transmit your voice)
- Echo cancellation for 'speakerphone' use
Technical Features:
- Secure account authentication with SIP MD5 Authentication
- Supports GSM and G711 codecs (GSM is suited to low bandwidth connections)
- NAT support through RFC 3581 and ability to fix ports for symmetric NATs
- Symmetric RTP support
- Low latency
- Low memory usage
Articulation has a 1 minute call restriction so you can test it out before purchasing. Registration costs £20.00 ($37.78 USD).
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RE: It's pricey
The problem is that they have to use a mobile network to call: in USA it's cheap (rates are 2.2 c for calling landlines in NorthAmerica and Europe) but in Europe mobile networks are more expensive (rates are about 20-30 c for calling landlines in NorthAmerica and Europe from european mobiles).
Another problem (for everyone) is that when you are abroad you must pay for receiveing call or you can buy a local sim card: anyway more money...
The good is that mobile networks are much more available than wifi networks and Mino program is free.
IMHO I still prefer Articulation even if it costs $37.78 USD which is like a setup fee that you can pay off quickly with better rates and no need to buy local sim cards.
RE: It's pricey
C_bloo
RE: It's pricey
RE: It's pricey
As an infrequent international caller I hate that kind of hassle. I've used Gorilla Mobile https://www.gorillamobile.com/ for a while and can't complain too much about it. Rates aren't as dirt-cheap as some of Minowireless, but they bill me $6 bucks once a year, then just bill my credit card the actual price as I use it (only). You call a number in NY, get a dialtone, then dial the international number from there.
If Mino Wireless (or a competitor) comes up with a fairer way to hold onto credits, I'm taking a pass on that arrangement - I can just use a calling card.
RE: It's pricey
RE: It's pricey
To mobilemona: www.globedialer.com is interesting but their prices are often more expensive than others and there is the same problem as Mino: if you are abroad you must buy local sim card and you must call with your mobile at your domestic rate to globedialer number. But of course is at least better than calling with traditional phone lines.
RE: It's pricey
RE: It's pricey
The toll "free" number is for the moment available only in US (so calling from outside US is more expensive) but even if it were available in every country we would have to pay the additional 2 cents.
And calling to other countries is even more expensive: Italy and Spain 7 cents (5+2), Germany 6.5, France 6 while inPhonex is still 2 cents. But at least prices to mobile phones are similar to inPhonex.
And if we are abroad we have to pay roaming charges or buy a local sim card to avoid roaming charges: in both cases more money.
The prices of Globe Dialer are of course better than traditional phones but Articulation is better.
RE: It's pricey
I have been using Globe Dialer for some time, and I don't use the toll free number you mention. I mean, why would you call a toll free number from a cell phone? - it's the same price.
The application routes all my international call to a local 212 number (which I believe is a New York number), which only charges minutes on my regular t-mobile plan. So the price list they have one their website actually is very cheap.
I have been using calling cards for almost a year before switching to GD, and one of the things I like about it is that they charge per second. Think about how many times you reach a cell phone and hang up after 10 seconds. You do the math...
Happy calling.
:-) Louis
How Does it Work?
Pat Horne
RE: How Does it Work?
Will Skype PLEASE deliver a PalmOS VoIP app? PLEASE!
No Wi-Fi Treos.
No PalmOS Slingbox application.
Is someone trying to kill PalmOS on purpose? Lord Vader Gates at work? Hmmmmm...
TVoR
RE: Will Skype PLEASE deliver a PalmOS VoIP app? PLEASE!
The PalmOS has to much potential to be killed off. The problem is companies like Palm and eBay (they own Skype, don't they?) don't want to take full advantage of the PalmOS.
D*** it! I want them to ben my PalmOS device to the breaking point (just don't break it)!
There is no reason that Wifi should not be on the Treos by now (not to difficult to roll a NetLib if the sources are available). There is also no excuse that UMTS should not be on the next PalmOS handheld (nobody said that 3G devices could be low cost). Yes, the PalmOS can multitask and this should be taken advantage of. PalmSource can't license the multithreading APIs, but there is nothing against finding them out and using them.
Ok, I am going away from the point. Palm, release WiFi drivers for the Treos and Skype, write a client for the Treos! It is possible!
Ok, enough said.
-Donald
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RE: Will Skype PLEASE deliver a PalmOS VoIP app? PLEASE!
I guess it makes sense, because the carriers are probably not happy about Skype "steeling" all their traffic on a $5 unlimited data plan.
Louis
RE: Will Skype PLEASE deliver a PalmOS VoIP app? PLEASE!
I guess it makes sense, because the carriers are probably not happy about Skype "steeling" all their traffic on a $5 unlimited data plan.
Not likely. Skype already has a version for Windows Mobile which as a platform now dominates PalmOS in terms of quarterly sales. As with Opera, Skype seems to have made a decision to support platforms that are growing, while ignoring the platform that is currently imploding from the weight of Palm's/PalmSource's incompetence - PalmOS.
There are workarounds possible to use Skype on PalmOS smartphones.
http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/8973/new-skype-solution-for-palm-os-treos/
After 1 week of trying the iSkoot service mentioned in the link above, I'd rather just use my cellphone minutes. (iSkoot allowed me to connect 2 phone calls out of around 30 made in the past week. Beta, indeed...)
Meanwhile, people with Windows Mobile and unlimited EVDO plans or a nearby Wi-Fi network have been happily using REAL Skype on their devices for a while, with active development ongoing.
http://www.skype.com/download/skype/mobile/
As if people needed yet another reason to go with Windows Mobile instead of PalmOS...
TVoR
Gizmo possibility
RE: Gizmo possibility
Using my Tungsten T with a Bluetooth LAN connection to conntect to the net through my PC it all seemed to work fine. I was able to make a test call with the echo test, first time the audio was very choppy, but the second attempt was a lot clearer.
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It's pricey
Arrgh.
Anyway I find I use Skype mainly for SkypeOut calls to save on long distance charges.
I now have the same functionality with my Treo650 using MinoWireless
http://www.minowireless.com/mino/
This service uses a Java applet to connect your Treo (you need the free IBM Java installed) with another landline phone or mobile phone over an Internet connection.You get an incoming call to your Treo and then the service connects you with the other party.
The data used is very little as it only just tells the Mino servers to initiate the VOIP connection.
Their rates are very competitive - calls for like 2 cents a minute to North Americal! So far I’ve tested their service and the call quality is not bad but there have been a few service outages. SkypeOut at the beginning had its problems so I am hopeful with
At least with Minowireless the application is FREE and you get free credits to test out the service (unlike MobiVOIP which requires you to purchase a plan)
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