Use It Better
Buying a 3G iPhone doesn’t have to mean that your first-generation model is now just a paperweight
By Mike Haney Posted 10.08.2008 at 3:28 pm 2 Comments

VoIP Phone:
VoIP phone
Although your cell number is now on the 3G, your old phone can still make calls over the Internet using Wi-Fi. Truphone is found in the app store; calls cost between 6 and 30 cents a minute. Fring (fring.com) lets you use your Skype account, including SkypeIn, so you can receive calls too.

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Deco

from Sao Paulo, SP

10/09/08 at 11:29 am

Good apps. But what I did with my old iPhone was... give it to my girlfriend. Makes a hell of a gift.

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vizulefllry
10/28/08 at 12:42 pm

Thanks for letting us in in the iPhone secret that isn't a secret.



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