Now Make Free Calls to USA Canada from your Gmail Account

Woot! Its finally here. The much awaited feature to enable google voice via Gmail account has been launched. Shall we call it Gmail Voice? If its not available right now to your gmail, it will eventually roll-out within next week or so.

In order to use the Google Voice service via gmail, you will have to install the free voice and video chat plugin to your Gmail account.

Once you installed the plugin, In your Gmail account chat window, a new "Call phone" option will appear. Once you click on call, you will see a number pad just like google voice or google talk, on which you can dial the phone you'd like to call. If you have a google voice number, it will automatically appear as the outbound caller ID and can be used to receive calls within Gmail.

This simply takes away the pain of setting up the Google Voice + Gizmo + IPKALL setup many people using right now to make calls or receive calls.

Check the official Google voice blog post on Gmail Voice and the Video Presentation covering all the features of Google Voice on Gmail.



Google has definately took on the rivals like Skype, Vonage and the likes. Vonage has been vigously promoting their facebook app for free calls but it seems gmail voice will most likely going make it look cheap.

Its time to rejoice and make calls to USA and Canada for free (atleast free for a year according to Google). Lets not waste time and start enjoying!

Let us know your feedback on Gmail Voice. Report any issues, bugs if you find any.

World's Most Powerful Native VOIP Client App for Blackberry

Blackberry and RIM has been in the news for all the wrong reasons lately and if you thought of dumping your Blackberry in a trash can, Hang on to it becuase you can now make VOIP calls via blackberry using Wifi.

Tringme is the world's first native VOIP Client to offer VOIP calls via blackberry using wifi. Unlike other mobile platforms, so far there is not even a single native VoIP application on Blackberry, which can make direct calls over WiFi/data-networks. Tringme's VOIP App now makes it possible for all blackberry users.

TringMe's Blackberry application lets you call directly using WiFi network without using any cellular network. This can be groundbreaking for enterprise VOIP Markets which has been waiting for such app for a long time now. Apart from WiFi calling, it also offers easy single click worldwide conferencing facility and traditional voip call using local access number and callback in case WiFi is not available.

Tringme Application is available to download for Blackberry OS 4.2 to 5.0.

So all Indian Blackberry users, don't throw away your blackberry and download Tringme VOIP client first. Atleast your blackberry is worth more than you thought :-)

Magicjack launched Magictalk Web based Free Calling Service

After being in the Home VOIP Phone business for years, Magicjack is now preparing to launch a web based free call service to make totally free calls from computers, smartphones and iPads.

Users will get a phone number associated with the magicTalk software, and they’ll also be able to transfer their existing numbers to the service for a fee. MagicJack users will be able to do the same soon. The software will be available next week for Windows and Mac computers — with iPhone, iPad, Android, and BlackBerry versions to follow in September or October reports Venturebeat

Important points to note that free calling service magictalk will only work for calls made to USA/Canada numbers. There will be no time limits on calls and users would only get charged if they try to make a call while outside the U.S. and Canada. That means, don't call to USA/Canada numbers while you are away or you will be charged.

Guys, Would you try Magictalk? Let us know

After Blackberry India might ban Google Voice and Skype

India is on the verge of cracking on the messaging and voice based services which sends encrypted data which is not readable over internet. There is a strong rumour that after Blackberry India might be looking at possible ban for Skype and Google Voice.

Blackberry got into serious trouble last few weeks after Indian and Saudi Arabian government demanded RIM to make them available all messages sent via blackberry which is currently not possible as RIM servers are not in India or Saudi Arabia.

I personally do not use Blackberry as I have nothing do hide about :-) but I know people who are totally shocked this decision, they don't want the government to know about their activities, personal, social or business.

Although Indian government have given RIM upto Aug 31 to fix this issue, no one knows if RIM can comply to the demands.

Today, Financial Times reports that after blackberry, India will target Google Voice and Skype. Why would they do that? Well, they basically don't want you to do activities which can't be traced back to you.

"There was consensus that there [is] more than one type of service for which solutions are to be explored. Some of them are BlackBerry, Skype, Google etc," according to the department's minutes. "It was decided first to undertake the issue of BlackBerry and then the other services."

What would be life with Blackberry, Skype and Google Voice? Whats going to get a ban next? Let us know your feeling about this possible crackdown.