The Truphone Blog

Looking back on a big 2009

2009 is drawing to a close, and taking a look back, a lot happened this year at Truphone.

We launched our Android application, made some great upgrades of our apps, were shortlisted for a lot of awards, introduced plenty of new features, including Instant Messaging and had a lot of fun hearing about your experiences with Truphone.

2010 will be another big year for Truphone, starting with the upcoming launch of Truphone Local Anywhere early in the new year.

Thank you to all of our fantastic Truphone users, and we look forward to an exciting 2010.

p.s. Don't forget to make some free calls this New Year. Find out more here.

Help us win the Ballot Box!

Following on from our recent success winning the BIMA Award, our iPod touch app has been short-listed in the Top 20 for the Mobile Apps Showdown at CES.

But to actually win, we need the help of all of our Truphone family (including you!).

To help, all you need to do is:

• Go to the Showdown website (you can click the logo on the right)
• Vote, vote, vote for Truphone (we are in the bottom left corner)

Everyone gets 25 votes, you don't need to register or give any details to vote, and it will take less than a minute to do. 

Voting closes on January 7. Thanks to everyone that votes.

As you may know, we have just released a great update of Truphone for the iPod touch into the App Store. New features include speaker phone support and an in app tour guide. Find out more at the App Store.

Celebrate the 12 days of Christmas with half-price Truphone calls!

As you may know, there is a well-known Christmas song about the 12 days of Christmas.

Well, in the spirit of this song, we have decided to have a 'Truphone 12 days of Christmas'!

To help you stay in touch with loved ones this festive season, for 12 days only we are cutting our TruStandard rates by 50% to landlines in 30 countries (and mobile phones in 5).

It is open to all new and existing TruStandard users, anywhere in the world.

Half-price calling starts at 00:01 (GMT) on December 25 and finishes at 23:59 (GMT) on January 5.

Plus, on New Year’s Day all calls to the same destinations will be free (between 12.00 on December 31 and 11.59 on January 1 (GMT) for anyone on TruStandard or TruSaver.

To find out more, see the Truphone website.

If you don't have Truphone yet, you can download it here (it's free!)

New Truphone app for iPhone, enhanced

Truphone is happy to announce that our new enhanced Truphone iPhone application has just gone live in the App Store!

We’ve done a lot of work in response to all of your feedback, notably installing a new speakerphone function and an easier user sign up and sign in process.

We also heard that many of you weren’t aware of how much you could actually do with the Truphone app, so we’ve developed a step-by-step User Guide, taking you on a tour of all of the app’s features.

Other new enhancements include a new look and feel, as well as improved IM allowing you to easily switch between chats, and full Twitter integration.

If you haven’t downloaded the app yet click here to download and let us know what you think!


WHAT'S NEW IN THIS VERSION?

• New look and feel
• Streamlined sign-up
• In app guided tour
• Tru Friends presence
• Speaker phone support
• Improved IM and chat with multi-chat switcher
• Full Twitter integration

Get Truphone from iTunes App Store on your computer or directly on you iPhone.

iPod Touch is now also a phone

The 3 network in the UK has started selling an iPod Touch and a 3G Wi-Fi modem bundle (left, image courtesy of CNet). It’s on a £24 (about $40/26€) per month contract and you get the iPod Touch for free.

This provides iPod Touch with a constant Internet access and with some clever magic the almighty iPod can be easily turned into a (nearly) full-featured phone. And because iPod Touch will think it’s connected to a Wi-Fi hotspot, rather than a 3G network, most of the applications that are currently restricted on 3G should work, including Truphone, BBC iPlayer and others. 

Only thing that’s missing on an iPod Touch is a microphone so if you’re not a fan of one-way communication, you can get one of the iPod Touch microphone adaptors from our shop. It’s only a few pounds and we’ll also give you an extra £5/$5 calling credit when you top up £5/$5.

If you haven't downloaded Truphone for the iPod Touch yet, why not download it now for free.