RingFree: SIP-Based Calling For Your iPhone
A couple of months ago, Voxilla-founder Marcelo Rodriguez called me up to chat. He mentioned that he was working on something iPhone related that was hush-hush. Filed it away in long-term storage.
Meanwhile, I get an update from LinkedIn saying Eric Chamberlin–also involved with Voxilla–is now involved with a company called RingFree. Hm… that sounds like it might be what Marcelo was talking about. Sure enough, it looks like they came out of stealth last week thanks to a posting on iPhone Atlas.
RingFree makes it possible to make SIP calls from your iPhone–without jailbreaking. This means it’s a web-based application and uses your GSM minutes. However, you’re not limited to making “normal” phone calls, but you can connect it up with your SIP-based IP PBX, a number of SIP-based VoIP providers, some of the instant messaging services, and of course, Free World Dialup (FWD). No Skype support, but you know who to blame for Skype’s walled garden approach.
I don’t have an iPhone-and won’t likely get one anytime soon–and they don’t support non-iPhone devices yet, so I don’t have any firsthand experience with this. However, this is clever in the sense that they are offering an innovative service on the iPhone using VoIP while a the same time, driving minutes on the GSM network. It’s currently free to try, so give it a shot and let me know what you think!
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Comment by Marc
Perhaps this will become more enticing if AT&T ever offers the rumored unlimited ‘DATA-ONLY’ plan to iPhone users (since RingFree is a web-based app, as stated above)
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Comment by dziny
There were few rumours of SIP client for iPhone, but we still need to see one. I think people would appreciate it more than the service RingFree is going to provide. Although, let’s see how it goes…. Also this article explains what happened to voxilla, it was very grand for few months after the page redesign and then all stopped around October.
Comment by Markus Göbel's Tech News Comments
A ‘DATA-ONLY’ unlimited plan is not necessary. RingFree is a callthrough application which needs only a small amount of data over the EDGE network to signalize the call. The rest is a local phone call to the RingFree call in number. There a server takes over and sends the call over the internet. RingFree doesn’t use VoIP on the mobile leg of the call. That’s what makes it so smart.
Comment by PhoneBoy
@dziny A SIP client for the iPhone would certainly be more flexible–for people who know what they’re doing. Based on my years of mucking about with Linksys devices, that crowd is few and far between. RingFree solves the problem for everyone else.
Comment by http://www.goebel.net
@Marc:
You don’t need a data only plan since Ringfree barely uses data. It’s a callthrough over thee cell phone network to Ringfree’s call-in number. There a server converts it into VoIP. More comparable to Jajah Direct.
Comment by ali
dont ever buy any thing from Voxilla Store
there sales and customer service is so bad they dont reply Emails or calls