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Facebook brings voice calling feature to Messenger in the US

By Cory Gunther
on 18 Apr, 2013

Recently the folks from Facebook have been pretty busy. With things like Facebook Home, chat heads, the HTC first "Facebook Phone" and now this. Today it looks like Facebook is rolling out voice calling for those in the U.S. using their messenger application. The feature is called VoIP (voice over IP) and will work with your data connection, or using Wifi for free calls.

Facebook shuns Android, launches free calling for iOS users

By Cory Gunther
on 16 Jan, 2013

Facebook has revealed a few new features to their growing social network as of late, but today we're hearing about one of the biggest ones yet. Earlier this month they announced voice messaging for their Android and iOS Messenger app, and were even testing actual VoIP (voice calling) for iOS. Today they've officially rolled out free WiFi calling for all iOS users. Sadly it looks like Facebook decided not to include Android -- at least for now.

NYC payphones being switched into free WiFi Hotspots

By Cory Gunther
on 11 Jul, 2012

Today while browsing the interwebs I stumbled across a neat story from New York City. Since everyone these days walks around with a smartphone attached to their faces or hands, the need for a payphone is steadily declining. With payphone booths set up all across cities in the US we might as well make use out of them. In New York City they are doing exactly that -- making them WiFi hotspots for all.

Skype rival Rebtel updated with tablet support – offers free VoIP calling

By Cory Gunther
on 13 Jun, 2012

If you're not a fan of Skype but would love to make cheap, and often times free VoIP (Voice over IP) calls on your Android phone or tablet we have just the app. Rebtel has just issued an update today adding more features and full Android tablet support to their services. More details on their free calling below.

T-Mobile HTC One S suffers battery drain for WiFi calls – fix incoming

By Michael Crider
on 27 Apr, 2012

If you recently purchased an HTC One S for T-Mobile, congratulations - you've got one of the best Android phones available in the US at the moment. But as is usually the case with high-profile phone releases, there's at least one fly in the ointment. T-Mobile's unique WiFi calling service is included on their version of the One S to save picky customers from using up their calling minutes. But it looks like this feature is draining the battery unusually fast, and at least some T-Mobile customers must have already complained.

T-Mobile offers Android users and others free WiFi calling

By Shane McGlaun
on 17 May, 2011

If you are a T-Mobile user who has an Android smartphone and like to use WiFi calling some good news has surfaced today. T-Mobile has finally offered users of Android smartphones, and other devices free WiFi calling. It's really about time since WiFi calls should have never counted against your minutes since the calls were going through your WiFi bandwidth at home or in the office. T-Mobile has now fixed that issue for users.

Rooted NOOKcolor Tablet gets Bluetooth, can make calls

By James DeRuvo
on 12 Mar, 2011

There's a great line in the movie Apollo 13 where Gene Kranz, the flight director of the mission, says "I don't care what it's designed to do, I care what it CAN do!" That couldn't be more true for the Barnes and Noble NOOKcolor eBook reader which is turning into a pretty adaptable Android tablet. The latest hack comes from CM7 Developer "Kmoobs" who managed to bring bluetooth capability to it through CM7 Nightly for Encore which takes advantage of the hidden bluetooth capability of the NookColor's WiFi chip. The capability is turned off in the software and CM7 Nightly for Encore re-enables it.

T-Mobile’s Wifi-Calling Now Useable on Nexus One

By Chris Burns
on 8 Nov, 2010

It's truly true: T-Mobile's Wifi-Calling feature has been pulled up out of Vanilla Froyo runner G2 and plopped back down into the Nexus One. Now you can have all the fun all your fancy friends have been having, just so long as you're working with N1s on the T-Mobile network. Learn all about it, specifically the instructions on how to do it, here courtesy of XDA-developers member Rsotbiemrptson having teamed up with some helpful XDA Developers buddies.

Kineto Holding WiFi Calling Contest, You Could Win an Android Phone

By Evan Selleck
on 4 Nov, 2010

The name Kineto may not seem all that familiar, but now that WiFi Calling is a go for the T-Mobile G2, it's a name that you'll probably hear more of in the future. It's the company that's responsible for bringing WiFi Calling to the device, after all. In any event, it looks like they're doing pretty well for themselves, and so they're sharing in their good fortune by going forward with a contest that could see a lucky winner winning a high-end Android phone.

T-Mobile Responds to G2 Tethering and WiFi Calling OTA Update

By Dylan Bailey
on 13 Oct, 2010

We know people who have gotten the OTA update for their G2’s enabling WiFi Calling and Tethering. However, it seems T-Mobile is not ready to comment, if the push was a mistake, or premature. T-Mobile provided an official response to Phonescoop detailing their stance on what happened. Their response wasn’t the response we were looking for but at least they acknowledged that it would be coming, when in another story.