Apr 28, 2009 08:28 ET
Truphone 3.0 for the iPhone Brings It All Together
New Architecture Delivers Improved User Experience,Simplified
Management and Performance Boost
User experience now slicker and more intuitive than ever before
Account management outpaces anything else
LONDON --(Business Wire)-- Apr 28, 2009
Truphone today launched Truphone 3.0, a major new upgrade to its mobile
VoIP application for the Apple® iPhone™ that dramatically builds upon
the success of previous versions of the iPhone’s first ever VoIP
application, enhancing users’ instant messaging and account management
experience, faster than ever before, and delivering a new standard for
call quality.
Among the many improvements in Truphone 3.0 are increased ease of use,
speed of function response, intuitiveness and simplicity – all designed
to enhance the users’ experience. Further, Truphone has improved voice
quality making the app for the iPhone better than it’s ever been before.
Using Truphone’s integrated messaging tool that unifies all IM
communities in a single place, users can now simply manage all their IM
communication from a single page within the application, eliminating the
need to constantly jockey between different applications or even
different pages within an application. IM services currently supported
include Skype, MSN Messenger, AIM, Yahoo! Messenger and Google Talk.
“Customers tell us they want three things: simplicity, quality and a
good deal. Those principles drive our innovation, and Truphone 3.0
delivers on all three. We’ve dramatically improved our UI and account
management tools. We’ve eliminated the need for compression by utilizing
new advances in signal processing, making calls crystal clear. And, just
as we always do, Truphone 3.0 sets a new benchmark in terms of quality
and performance that competitors will have a tough time matching”, said
Geraldine Wilson, CEO Truphone.
“With these improvements, we believe Truphone 3.0 is the best
application on mobile for our customers’ international calling needs as
well as staying in touch with all of their IM communities, in or out of
Wi-Fi.”
Similar improvements to Truphone for the Apple iPod® touch will be
announced soon.
What Truphone already does
Free calls when in Wi-Fi to:
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Other Truphone users
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Skype and Google Talk users
Free Instant Messages when in Wi-Fi to:
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Skype
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MSN Messenger
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Google Talk
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Yahoo! Messenger
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AIM
Incredible savings on calls to:
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Call landlines and mobiles around the world at cheap rates
Most importantly all these communication opportunities are also
available outside of Wi-Fi by using Truphone Anywhere for calls (charged
at a local rate in your home country and then routed over Truphone’s
network – not for use when roaming), and 3G for Instant Messaging.
Account Management:
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See rates for calls before initiating a call
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Display recent call history, showing the Truphone customer exactly how
much a call just cost and how long it lasted with the ability to see a
summary of calls made month by month
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Top-up from within the application, without the need for web windows
to open separately
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Top-up in a variety of ways: credit card or PayPal
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Change calling tariffs within the application
Notes to editors
About Truphone
Founded in 2006, Truphone is a global mobile communications provider in
the business of innovating how people converse in our globally connected
world. As the industry’s first mobile Internet operator, the company
makes it easy and affordable for users all over the world to keep in
touch with friends, family and business contacts overseas or whilst
roaming. Truphone is the trading name of Software Cellular Network
(SCN). SCN is privately owned, funded by both venture capital investment
and angel investors.
Important information
Truphone is not a replacement for an ordinary telephone service and
emergency calls cannot be made using Truphone. However Truphone does not
prevent emergency calls being made via a handset’s normal cellular
service provider. Truphone cannot advise on the legality of VoIP
services in specific territories or jurisdictions. It is the user's
responsibility to confirm that use of the Truphone VoIP software and
service is permitted in the location in which they use it.
Apple and iPod are trademarks of Apple Inc, registered in the United
States and other countries. Google is a trademark of Google Inc. Wi-Fi
is a registered trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance. Google and Android are
trademarks of Google, Inc. Truphone is a trademark of Software Cellular
Network Ltd. All other brands, product names, company names, trademarks
and service marks are the properties of their respective owners.
Media contact
Both Barrels Communications for Truphone
UK
/ Europe:
Rose Ross
+44-208-255-5225
rose@bbcomms.co.uk
Truphone
Media Centre
or
North America:
Comunicano
Inc. for Truphone
Sue Huss
Comunicano Inc.
+1-619-379-4396
sue.huss@comunicano.com