How to use VoIP on a Pocket PC
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An excellent step by step guide to using the Vonage VoIP service on a Windows Mobile device has been published by engadget. The article has detailed installation instructions for configuring the Pocket PC for use as a telephone over WiFi.
The Vonage service allows unlimited calls for only $10 a month and can easily be set up on any Windows Mobile device with WiFi.
What is Vonage?
Basically, Vonage allows you to use your broadband connection (DSL, Cable modem) to place calls from the corded or cordless phone you already have through a special free adaptar you receive when you sign up. Voicemail, call forwarding, call logs, caller ID, are all included. We’ve been using it for awhile, and we’ll never use a “regular” phone line again.
You get a a real phone number in an area code of your choice, even if it’s out of state, with plans starting as low as $30 a month for unlimited calling in the USA and Canada. This also means you could use your phone anywhere in the world if it was connected to the web (one of the reasons we like this). But for that, you’ll need to add a feature to your account, a SoftPhone account.
What is a SoftPhone account?
A SoftPhone account is $10 extra per month and includes unlimited calling in the USA. This account allows you to use software on your PC/Mac/Linux computer to make phone calls just like you would at home, and you get an additional phone number (calls can be made to and from your PC) so you have full-functioning telephone at all times. Just like your other account you have Caller ID, Call Forwarding, and more.
So if you already have a Vonage account you can add the SoftPhone stuff for only $10 a month.
