Mobile phone VoIP

CORK -- I just discovered that if you have a Motorola CN620 in an open Wi-Fi hotspot you can ring another CN620 for free. That's a cost-avoiding Push-To-Talk technology but as Antoin points out below, you have to have a Motorola back-end to make everything work. That's not a problem in Mahan where I saw the system running but it's a pricey issue for most other adopters.

Last week I used my Skype phone on a Wi-Fi laptop in Kilkenny to dial a mobile phone in the States. The phone connected through a USB port. I used the laptop's keyboard to dial the US cell phone number. I paid one cent per minute. In my eyes, that's true VoWiFi and a practise that companies should explore if they want to reduce the cost of telephone voice communications.

Theoretically, I should be able use VoIP to call another Motorola CN620 that is located anywhere in the world. I am looking forward to that trial.

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Carlo Longino -- "Seamless mobility with strings attached"
Nancy Gohring -- "Motorola to intro Wi-Fi/Cell Phone"
Techdirt -- "very limited device"
Ryan Block -- "Motorola CN620 Wi-Fi phone most people can't use"
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