Monday, January 31, 2011

Google Voice and free calls Overseas - News for iPhone and iPad Users

Thanks to an alert reader from South Florida, Scott Nemeroff, I just learned about a way for iPhone and iPad users to make free Google Voice calls while overseas.

In a previous post, I outlined a way for Android smartphone users to freely make and receive Google Voice calls while overseas, whereas iPhone and iPad users could only receive Google Voice calls while overseas.

This alternative approach to Google Voice integration has just been released by Obihai. The catch is that the approach is not entirely free. You must purchase a $49.99 device from Obihai, their OBi110 Voice Service Bridge and Terminal Adapter.

Along with their device, ObiHai provides a free software app called Obion for the iPhone, iPad, and Android smartphones.  Obion apparently allow users to freely make and receive calls via Google Voice.  Obion can be downloaded for free from your smartphone app marketplace, but it will not work with Google Voice unless you have purchased and configured the OBi110 device!

I haven't used the OBi110 device, so I can't recommend it at this time.  If any readers do have the OBi110 device, I would love to hear from them.  I am particularly interested in reports on how the Obion smartphone apps work with Google Voice.

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