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by micampe 4623 days ago
The author is running iOS 7, so his iPod Touch was already a "free" wifi phone, using FaceTime Audio.
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micheljansen 4622 days ago
As far as I know, FaceTime audio only allows you to call other FaceTime users, not old-fashioned landlines, mobile phones etc.

Google Voice is nothing new though. Google voice already offered VOIP (I regularly use an app called "Talkatone" for this). What's changed is that Google now offers a nicely packaged, official app for this.

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micampe 4622 days ago
True, didn't think about that.
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JohnTHaller 4622 days ago
FaceTime only lets you connect to that small percentage of the world that uses FaceTime. FaceTime won't work on Windows (91% of PCs) nor will it work on Android (80% of shipped smartphones last quarter). So it's not really a viable solution unless you only talk to Apple users.
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micampe 4622 days ago
Your sibling comment already pointed out my mistake with no unnecessary snark.
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JohnTHaller 4622 days ago
No snark intended. Just included some stats for context. I'm not sure where you are, but I have a few dev friends in the valley that have a habit of forgetting that context.
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