Alright. So now that we have our apps running as smooth as apple pie goes down, we can begin with some more rather serious cool pimping.
Let’s turn our shiny multitouch media player into a usable iPhone like device. Meaning that you can make phone calls for free. That is not a typo: it is free.
Like the first part, it is absolutely imperative that your iPod touch is jailbroken as otherwise this will be of no use to you. If you don’t know how to jailbreak it, please follow my short guide outlined here.
Follow these steps, in this order, and you soon can enjoy calling people from your iPod.
I should however mention that you will require a microphone for the iPod touch as otherwise you can not talk back…
Okay. Now let’s get busy. Follow these steps.
- Go to Installer.app
- Go to the sources, and add:
http://touchmods.net/rep.xml
- Let it refresh the sources, and then go to the new repository “Touchmods”.
- In there you will find only one application, “Touchmods SIP-VoIP”. Install it.
- Back in your Home Screen, you will see a new application, bearing resemblence to Apple’s phone icon. Don’t go there yet.
- On a normal PC (for the comfort) go to CallFree.com.
- Register an account there. You only need to provide a username, email, and password.
- Go to the new shiny phone icon on the iTouch.
- Tap on “Account”.
- Enter your information as you entered on CallFree.com.
- As registrar, use: sip.voiparound.com.
- Tap on “Save”. It should say “OK – Saved”.
- Tap on “Phone” on the top right corner.
- Enter a phone number, comprised of the country code, prefix, and number.
This should work, and it has worked for me that way.
You can call many countries in the world for free, you have 5 hours every week to call any number in any country. If you don’t call people that much, this is plenty enough.
The sound quality is pretty good, I have tested it.
Have fun with your new iPhone.
Imagine sitting on the airport, with your iPod, browsing the web – AND making phone calls. All of this without a phone…
Enjoy.
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