Truphone OS 3.0 now available, with voicemail notification

With the recent, and much-anticipated launch yesterday of the iPhone OS 3.0 software, we are delighted to announce that a new, OS 3.0 compatible version of Truphone for the iPhone is now available.

'Truphone OS 3.0 for iPhone' uses the new push notification technology in iPhone OS 3.0 to provide Truphone users with a great new feature - Truphone Voicemail with Message Waiting Alerts.

Truphone Voicemail with Message Waiting Alerts allows you to receive a real-time alert whenever another Truphone user leaves a message on your Truphone voicemail, even if you don't have the Truphone application open on your iPhone.

Truphone Message Waiting Alerts gives you:

• On-screen Message Box - tells you who has called and left a message
• App Icon Notification - tells you how many messages you have waiting
• Real-time alerts - gives your callers confidence their message will reach you quickly

This new feature is completely free, as is receiving calls, and retrieving and listening to your voicemail message.

To personalise your Truphone Voicemail Welcome Message, or retrieve your waiting messages, dial 1571 from the Truphone keypad, or click on the Voicemail contact in TruFriends.

How do I get Truphone OS 3.0?

Truphone OS 3.0 is only compatible with iPhone OS 3.0, so you will need to upgrade to iPhone OS 3.0 first (find out more here).

For new users, once you have done this, you can get Truphone OS 3.0 from here for free.

For existing Truphone for the iPhone users, please follow these instructions:

• STEP 1 - Delete your current version of the Truphone application (touch and hold the Truphone application icon until all icons shake, then select the 'x' that appears on the Truphone icon) and restart the iPhone
• STEP 2 - Go to the App Store and install 'Truphone OS 3.0 for iPhone' (not 'Truphone OS 2.0 for iPhone'). Select 'Existing customer' and tap 'Go'. You may be prompted for your account details. If you can't remember your password, you can reset it here

Please note, if users don't upgrade to the iPhone OS 3.0 software, then there don't have to do anything. Truphone will continue working as normal. Users who upgrade to iPhone OS 3.0 but don't install Truphone OS 3.0 for the iPhone may experience some quality issues though.

What about Truphone for the iPod touch?

The latest Truphone for the iPod touch application (v3.0), which launched on May 31, is already compatible with the OS 3.0 software, so users who have downloaded or upgraded the app since May 31 will not be affected. Download the iPod Touch OS 3.0 compatible version here.

Comments

[TruLover]

Guys, the update does not allow the addition of TruFriends. This is one of the best features, as ((truphone)) is actually many times better than skype I cannot wait for an updated release with a fix, otherwise the app is great and voicemail alerts are a super idea.

[Gareth Oakley]

Any chance of incoming calls available as Push Notifications? I'm in a fringe area of O2 reception - having this available via Truphone would let me keep the iPhone I just picked up :-)

[Truphone]

TruLover - there is a known bug regarding adding contacts that will be resolved in the next update of the app, which is currently with Apple for approval.

Gareth - we agree with your suggestion, this option would be great, but at the moment Apple isn't making this option available to us to offer our users.

[AndrewS]

I love TruPhone! It's much better than Skype.
Any chance of getting Push notifications for Instant Messaging? (AIM, GTalk, Yahoo, etc). That would make this my favourite and most used iPhone app of all time!

[Truphone]

Hi AndrewS - we have just developed a forum where you can add what you want us to put into our apps in the future, and vote for what other people have suggested.

Please head to http://truphone.uservoice.com and cast your vote!

Good suggestion, by the way :)

[Aaliyah Weston]

Good news.I really like Truphone,thanks for detailed explanation.

[al]

Just starting on Truphone for iPod Touch.
I have it working for outbound calls. HOw do you get a incoming call?

[Truphone]

Hi Al - to get incoming calls on Truphone on the iPod touch, people will need to dial your Truphone username, as you do not have a Truphone number.

With Truphone on the iPod Touch you will be able to receive the following calls - and they are all free to receive:

* from Truphone for iPod Touch users
* from Truphone for iPhone users
* from Truphone for Nokia users
* from GoogleTalk users (Google Talk users dial "ext+username@truphone.com")
* from VoIP Gateways (VoIP Gateway users dial "username@truphone.com")

Hope this answers your question. Please feel free to comment back if you would like more information.

[Earth4Energy]

Hi Truphone!

Thank you for your extensive and in-depth explanations. You're very helpful!