Tufone and MobileLime have each announced new services that allow you to do nifty things with your cell phone, without any additional equipment, and using your current cell provider. Make an international VoIP call using your cell phone, or pay for your purchases with your phone instead of your credit card.

Tufone’s new service allows you to use your cell phone to access its international VoIP channels. That’s right, you can make an international VoIP call using just your existing cellular phone and service! The way that it works is this: you dial a unique local telephone number using your cell phone. This call, explains Tufone, “opens a gateway into the Tufone VoIP telephone system. Once dialed, the customer is greeted with a standard dial tone. No ID or PIN is required as the Tufone computer recognizes the telephone calling; making a long distance call with Tufone very easy. Once an account is opened, it can be used continuously. All that is required is a credit card or a pre-payment in any amount to recharge the service.”

And according to Tufone, the rates for using its international VoIP plan are far less expensive than using a traditional long distance calling card, as many people do to make international calls. For example, you can call Germany, China, and the UK for…

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