I am going to try out a device/service that will allow a mobile wifi hotspot for up to 8 devices, including the Apple devices, laptops, etc. The company is called FreedomPop. They sell a device for $39.00 that comes with 500 megabytes of free data per month, or you can buy plans like 2 GB for just under $19.00 per month, 4 GB for just under $29, etc. My intent is to try it with an iPod Touch 5th Generation using a Google Voice number with Talkatone. You can return it for a refund within 30 days. I'm partly trying this out for work, to see if this is a way to get low-cost phone service when one is away from WiFi. I'm hoping it will also give access to get real-time bus information, etc. I ordered the device on Friday, and hope to have it in my hands at the end of the week or early next week. When you read all the details about this service, it says it can take 2 to 3 minutes to find the data network when you first turn it on, so it isn't going to work for emergencies unless you have it running all the time. It is supposed to have about a 6 hour battery life. Of course, if it is running and you have an app accessing the internet in the background, you are goign to eat up your data fairly quickly. But for the spot quick phone call or checking Email or a bus schedule when out and about, this sounds like an interesting alternative to being tied to a 2 year contract, etc.
I will certainly let the list know once I have had it up and running for a while. Later, Richard Richard (Sent from Richard's iPod Touch 5th gen) On May 27, 2013, at 9:04 AM, "Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D." <kramlinger.ke...@mayo.edu> wrote: > I'm guessing this only applies to iPads that have a cellular data plan, and > not iPads only having WiFi. > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Steve Matzura > Sent: Monday, May 27, 2013 10:39 AM > To: VIPhone > Subject: Turn iPad into phone? > > I was talking with someone from Verizon Wireless just the other day, > and they told me there are two apps for the iPad that enable it to > make and receive phone calls. He also told me there's a phone number > assigned to our iPad, which I certainly didn't know. The apps > mentioned are called Whistle and Tango. Does anyone know of these, and > if they're worth trying, and of course, if they're accessible? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
