Hey, That's a Great Idea » convergence http://heythatsagreatidea.com Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:53:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Improvised WiFi Phone http://heythatsagreatidea.com/2008/11/diy-wifi-phone/ http://heythatsagreatidea.com/2008/11/diy-wifi-phone/#comments Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:45:00 +0000 the idea collector http://heythatsagreatidea.com/?p=83 The fees on my global cellular plan are big while I’m roaming internationally. Skype is great for making calls over an internet connection, but you have to be at your computer to make the call. Most hotels have an ethernet jack in their rooms and some have WiFi for guests. I wasn’t excited about spending a bunch of money to make international calls on my cell phone and I wasn’t excited about sitting behind my portable all night. So I turned on internet sharing on my Mac, fired up Fring on my iPhone and made all of my calls for $0.02 per minute through my Skype account.

I’m sure you can do the same thing with a PC and a Smartphone or Blackberry. If you know how, let me know in the comments.

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