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Truphone for iPad now supports 3G calling and IM support

By | August 5, 2010, 8:15am PDT

Summary: Truphone for iPad was just updated and now provides you with the ability to make free calls over 3G and WiFi. Truphone also added IM support to the iPad application that is available now for free.

I like discovering applications and services that make my life easier and more efficient, especially when they are well done and eliminate redudancy. I previously wrote about Truphone Local Anywhere and how I won’t travel overseas again without this SIM card in my phone. Yesterday, Truphone announced their latest Truphone application for the iPad (iTunes link) that brings support for calling over 3G networks and instant messaging from the iPad.

Truphone for the iPad now lets you make free calls to other Truphone, Skype, and Google Talk users over WiFi and 3G anywhere in the world. I don’t personally have a 3G iPad so I can’t test this newest feature, but I do use it over WiFi (including WiFi through my HTC EVO 4G or T-Mobile phone). You can also make very low cost calls to landlines and mobile phones over WiFi. The new IM integration lets you connect via Truphone, Facebook, Skype, Windows Live Messenger, Google Talk, and AIM. Twitter support is also provided in Truphone for iPad. The presence function lets you know when your friends are online and really points out the need for multi-tasking on the iPad.

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Matthew Miller is an avid mobile device enthusiast who works during the day as a professional naval architect in Seattle.

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Matthew is a professional naval architect by day and a mobile gadget freak at all other times. He purchases most of his devices and then sells them on eBay or Craigslist to buy more. Many other devices are sent for review on a 30-day loaner basis and then returned to the carrier or manufacturer. If any are provided as “keeper” or “long term loaner units” this will be clearly disclosed in his reviews.

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Matthew Miller

Matthew Miller is an avid mobile device enthusiast who works during the day as a professional naval architect in Seattle. He is one of three hosts on the MobileTechRoundup podcast and runs the Nokia Experts website. Matthew started using mobile devices in 1997 with a US Robotics Pilot 1000 and has owned over 90 different devices running Palm, Linux, Symbian, Newton, BlackBerry, Mac OS X (iPhone), Google Android, and Windows Mobile operating systems. His current collection includes a Nokia N85, Nokia E71, Nokia 5800, Nokia N810, Apple iPhone, HTC Advantage, T-Mobile G1, Palm Treo Pro, HTC Fuze, MSI Wind, MacBook Pro, and many more, along with tons of accessories and classic devices like the Apple Newton MessagePad 2100 and Sony CLIE UX50. Matthew co-authored Master Visually Windows Mobile 2003, was a member of the Nokia Nseries Blogger relations program, and is a member of the invite-only Microsoft Mobius mobile device evangelist group. He can be found on various discussion forums under the user name of "palmsolo".

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