MobiVoIP Beta brings VOIP to PalmOS!

[Bob Russell]

When Skype came to Pocket PC, allowing wifi-enabled PPCs to make phone calls for free over the internet, there was much hope for a PalmOS version. But then news broke that they really weren't working on it, because of difficulties in bringing it to the PalmOS platform.

Now Tam's Palm has the scoop that PalmOS is getting a VOIP solution of it's own -- MobiVoIP.

Here's how MobiVoip describes it: "VOIP, or Voice Over IP (pronounced 'voyp'), is a new technology that lets you make phone calls over the Internet. mobiVoip™ is MantraGroup's™ propertiary technology which brings VoIP to mobile phones.

When you make a VoIP phone call, you use a normal touch-tone telephone and dial the normal phone number just as you would any other time. The people on the other end can't tell that whether you are calling from a traditional telephone or a VoIP phone. The main difference is that the phone call travels over the Internet rather than through the local phone company's wires. mobiVoip™ takes it to next step allowing you to use your PDA and make VoIP calls."

Via Palm Addicts