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Vonage Makes Free Facebook Phone Call App

Posted by timothy on from the interestinger-and-interestinger dept.

crimeandpunishment writes "Vonage has developed a new application for the iPhone and Android that provides free phone calls between Facebook users. Vonage's CEO says 'Essentially, we've given Facebook a voice.' Users sign in, see a list of Facebook friends who also have the app, and if they tap on a name a call is placed ... and it will go through even if the app isn't running on the friend's phone. The calling, which works over cellular broadband and Wi-Fi, doesn't use calling minutes but will use up data."

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  1. Re:The great tradeoff by butterflysrage · · Score: 3, Insightful

    sure, if you can actually FIND an unlimited "unlimited" data plan.

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    the preceding post was not spell checked... suck it.
  2. Re:Anonymous Coward by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I thought people used Facebook because they did NOT want to talk in person, but rather receive information in an asynchronous....

    That's an odd assumption to make about millions of people on a service with a popular chat service and mobile phone apps.

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    "I like to lick butts!" by MobileTatsu-NJG (#32700246) (Score:5, Informative)