Truephone Anywhere is a voip application for iPhoen which does not require wifi to connect to the internet to make calls. The application is free to download from the iPhone Apps store.

Truphoen Anywhere doesn’t require a user to remember what to do. Whenever an international number is dialed from outside Wi-Fi, Truphone Anywhere simply asks whether he/she wants to make a Truphone call. The user accepts, and Truphone connects the call.

The whole system works by connecting the iPhone to a local Truphone server, which then connects the long-distance part of the call over the Internet. The local connection to Truphone is, typically, free because it uses bundled minutes from the customer’s usual cellular service provider.

Truphone uses Internet telephony to route calls, making it very cheap to call internationally from your mobile phone.  As it uses Wi-Fi, TruPhone does not have any roaming charges and also allows you co make calls when you you’re in a cell phone dead spot.

As Ive written before, TruePhon, the UK mobile VoIP client has launched their client VoIP application for the iPhone and is available in the iPhone App Store.

Prior to this iPhon application, ruPhone has only been available for the Symbian platform like used on Nokia phones. A limitation to the iPhone ruePhone application is that it only allows you to make calls while on a Wi-Fi hotspot, not over the 3G cellular data network. If you have  Mokia phone running S60, while on 3G, you can send and receive VoIP calls over TruPhone when on 3G and Wi-Fi.

Truphone has launch a VoIP application for the iPhone 3G thus allowing you to save euros on international calls. Calls to any landline anywhere in the world are just 6 cents per minute, to mobile is 15 cents per minute. Note please that we’re talking about dollar cents here, so we basically get a 30 percent discount on the fare. To use Truephone voip, you need to have access to wifi, as iPhone VoIP apps aren’t allowed to use 3G.

Pros

• Truphones merges into the iPhone seamlessly, as it has almost the same UI as the iPhone’s phone application
• The sound quality is really good, sometimes crystal clear
• Contacts are imported, so you can easily dial up your friends
• You get a four dollar credit to start with
• When you make a cal through Truphone, your regular number on the screen.

Cons

• When you receive a regular incoming call, your Truphone conversation is instantly killed. This may not be ideal for important ophone calls
• Your elite contacts, “favorites”, aren’t imported
• No speaker phone option

It is very good first try by the Truphone iPhone app. With the exception of the interrupted incoming, the amount of money you will save outweighs everything else especially when you live in Europe. We are sure with more development, a lot will improve on this voip app.

The triphone application is easy to install. Truphone installs as a Symbian application, complete with icon, loading itself when the phone is booted. Then add credit to the truphine account. Next set out to find a WiFi access point. Connecting is as simple as handshaking the desired access point from a list offered by the Truphone application. You must enter a security key if asked. You need to note that some private access points are setup to accept only specified MAC hardware addresses. When this happen, you will need to enter in the router configuration. Public access points rarely use this security feature. Use the “what’s my MAC?” feature to help you out.

Assuming you’re connected to a WiFi access point, all calls are routed through the service by default, although it can be configured to prioritise the mobile network if that is preferred. Truphone calls flash on-screen with the [number]@truphone so you know when it is being used, and there is an audible sound while the number is ringing.

Truephone comes with an Anywhere ‘call-back’ mode for roaming users. This feature works by having the server calls the user to set up the call after having been prompted by an SMS. This method is slower than making a normal mobile call, and the charging is a bit tricky to work out, but it might be worth it for customers paying high local tariffs.

The downside to having this option is that you must use one from a defined range of Nokia/Symbian dual-mode handsets that can manage both GSM and WiFi eg Nokia E65. while most don’t have additional phone number to use Truohone, users in the UK and USA are given a second ‘Truphone number’ to use in tandem with the one from the mobile company. Customers then make calls from this number when using the Truphone application and must also receive calls on this number in order to benefit from lower call charges. If someone phones on the ‘regular’ GMS subscriber number, roaming charges will still apply, so your contacts need to know about this number.