Jail breaking is very different from hacking and it is well-known how jail breaking an Apple iPhone (now iPhone 4 with iOS 4) has become a big cottage industry involving several people.

The logicality behind the legalization of jail breaking or unlocking is that iPhone belongs to its user and not Apple as well as a mobile belongs to its user and not the company once they are sold to the customers.  Apple restrained this move as they believed that by running unauthorized programmes or apps, the popularity of iPhones would take a beating.

But the PC world’s view that even the government’s approval to jail breaking would not save the iPhone users seems correct as there are several other things such as a void warranty by Apple which a user have to take into account before jail breaking his iPhone.

Thus, it is advisable not to jail break an Apple iPhone.

The social web 2.0 properties, Twitter and Facebook, contribute to the online viral marketing strategy in several ways.

The iPhone 4 owners are already been given away free Bumper by Apple and now it seems Samsung UK is trying to encash on it by offering a free Samsung Galaxy S to the Apple iPhone 4 sufferers (antenna gate issue) who are finding iPhone 4 a trouble maker.  The iPhone 4 sufferers can claim the brand new Free Samsung Galaxy S mobile handset by tweeting @samsungukmobile and providing them with details and notes. Since, by the time one tweets and contacts them, only a few handsets might have been left or might have even exhausted, it is better he checks out first.

The blow by Samsung (believed to be the best till date) on Apple’s iPhone 4 products has come soon on the heels of Apple’s open war with Nokia, RIM and HTC.

According to CNN, Samsung has confirmed the ‘deal’ as official.

Samsung UK’s real motive has to be found out as to whether they are really interested in helping the iPhone 4 sufferers or are they simply ‘marketing’ their product at the cost of iPhone 4’s signal issue drawback or are they making a joke of Apple iPhone 4.

Zenofon’s mail to its already existing customers says that –

It is the aim of Zenofon to save the money and time of its users as much as possible while calling internationally.

Inorder to save time, Zenofon has created 30 call forwarding numbers which can be stored in the phone and programmed to make international calls.  Before, if one wanted to save money on international calls, he had to dial an access number and a PIN number before dialing the destination number.  This irritating 3 stage dialing will be put away by adding one’s international contacts to his Zenofon phonebook.  Now, one has to just dial his Zenofon number and he will be connected to his overseas destination.

Zenofon has also invented an extremely powerful tool which can help it in a big way to provide the cheapest available telephone rates and service to its users.  Its new software platform offers its users 7 possible route options for making overseas calls.  By providing these route options, Zenofon leaves it to its users to decide which route is best for them in terms of cheapest rate and best quality.

Presently, Zenofon’s reporting level in not 100%.  They are working on a better transparent information sharing method which would help its users to decide on the best route that will provide them a combination of both economy and high quality service.  Till that time, Zenofon’s summary of 7 possible routes are Route 1–Economy, Route 2–Discount, Route 3–Discount, Route 4–Quality, Route 5–Quality, Route 6-Extreme discount but no guarantee of quality and Route 7-High quality.

Fring updated its iPhone app for the iOS 4 inorder to include two-way video calling over Wi-Fi as well as 3G.  This move is in response to Apple’s Facetime.  However, Skype, which is provided by Fring through its mobile apps, has not reacted well to this move as they feel that it has violated their API Terms of Use and End User License Agreement.

According to a blog post, Skype’s VP of legal, Robert Miller, has said that for some time now, their brand and reputation with their customers were getting a beating due to the misuse of their software by Fring. Citing an example, he said that on Friday the support for video calls over Skype iOS 4 was withdrawn by Fring causing further damage to their brand and disappointing their customers who expect a lot from Skype.

These allegations by Skype were immediately counterattacked by Fring in their blog post which said that Skype was cowardly blocking Fring as they were afraid of open mobile communications.

The news of their tussle is making rounds all over the internet with several people already giving their opinions on it.

Truphone : This voip software works only on mobiles like Nokia, Blackberry, iPhone, iPod Touch and Android.  The Truphone software can be downloaded from its official website and installed on the mobile.   Truphone facilitates free voip calls.

VoipStunt : Its voice quality is good and it facilitates free voip communication throughout the world.  VoipStunt software can be downloaded and installed in the computer.

VoipDiscount : This voip service provider not only offers free calls but also facilitates communication with friends and relatives online.  Visit its official website for downloading VoipDiscount software.

Airespring : It always offer new and cheap rates for local, long distance and online calling for its users and is one of the best voip service provider.  Airespring also comes out with cheap and qualitative voip accessories and has being the recipient of many awards.   Airespring voip software can be downloaded from its official website.

vbuzzer : Its software can be downloaded from its official website and it supports Windows, Mac, iPhone, Nokia and Windows mobile phones.   Apart from facilitating PC to phone calls, mobile to phone calls, phone to phone calls, vbuzzer also allows mobile and instant messaging, conference calling and online fax services.

Actionvoip : It provides the special facility of free PC to PC calling besides facilitating cheapest international calls.  One can download and install Actionvoip software.

VoipBuster : It runs on Windows Vista or Windows XP and allows free voip calls around the world.   The VoipBuster software can be downloaded and installed in the PC.

Icall : It is different from other voip service providers as it works on PC, iPhone as well as web.  It runs on Windows XP or Windows Vista.  Icall voip software can be downloaded and installed to make and receive free calls from all over the world.

12Voip : Free voip calls can be made throughout the world through it which requires Windows7/Windows Vista/Windows XP or Windows 2000.  12Voip software can be downloaded from its site and installed in the PC.

Fring : It facilitates free calls, chat, video calls, etc.  Fring voip software can be downloaded from its official website after entering phone number and email id.

As per its official website’s warning, Windows is a must for running ADPHONE application.  Further, to clearly listen and speak, there should be an audio hardware either installed or built into the computer.  For making calls using ADPHONE, registration and having an account is necessary, which come free.

It  provides free calls daily at landline for 30 minutes to selected countries like Ireland, Canada, Venezuela, Chile, Peru and Puerto Rico.  It offers free calls to landlines in Spain.  The great plus point in ADPHONE is that the user can fix their calls to free while calling these countries.  ADPHONE also offers few minutes as free trial without any charge when calls are made for the first time.  To make calls to other countries, charges have to be paid as per the rate mentioned on their official website.  This is because ADPHONE provides visual ads advertising for making the calls.  Unlimited phone calls together with video calls throughout the world can be made when calling other users of ADPHONE.  Calls to landline and mobile phones to 50 major countries all over the world at the cheapest rate of $0.018 are offered by it.

To operate a MagicJack, one has to just plug it into the USB port of the computer having high speed internet connection and plug in any phone or phone system.  There is no need to pay any monthly bill with MagicJack.  Plus, it provides free local and long distance calls unlike Skype.  There are no contracts and no hidden charges or fees with MagicJack.

The only problem with MagicJack is that while choosing menus like pin codes, account numbers, extensions the touch-tone failed to work when the phone key pad or the MagicJack pad on the computer was used.

Truphone, a VoIP service provider, has of late come out with an application widget that facilitates the use of iPad for making free VoIP calls.  With Truphone widget, cheap phone calls and free VoIP calls are possible.

Wireless VoIP calls can be made with iPad as it is equipped with wi-fi, 3G technology and other technical features.  Besides, contacts can be integrated with other messengers like MSN, Google Talk and AIM.  Free calls can be made to other messengers like Gtalk by being on wi-fi.  In future, as iPad becomes more and more common, chances are very high that various applications meant exclusively for iPad would be launched.  A lot is expected from iPad in the VoIP market.  One has to wait and see because iPad as of now is new in the market.

Claims of Jaxtr are :

1)  Jaxtr promises not only free international calls to India but also assures that they would be hassle free.

2)  While availing the services of Jaxtr for making free calls to India, one is not required to download any software thus ensuring that he need not be an expert in computers to make a beginning.

3)   In case of Jaxtr special voip phones are not required.

4)  Jaxtr also permits the use of mobile phones or landline phones to make international voip calls.

5)   It is not compulsory that a caller calling a Jaxtr user should be himself a Jaxtr user.

Now, these promises of Jaxtr can be crosschecked by the step-by-step use of it.

The initial step is to go to its home page jaxtr home page. Here the sign up is free.  After clicking the sign up button, a registration form appears which is simple to fill.  The next page which asks to find friends already using Jaxtr can be skipped.  Following page which suggests recommending a friend can also be skipped.  Thus it takes less than two minutes to open a Jaxtr account. Then, one has to verify his phone by filling the country, phone number and clicking call to verify.  Although the call cost here is 1jax/min, every month free credit of 100 jax is provided.  However, the call rate is 15jax/min in case of mobile phones thus bringing forth its limitation. However, a person based in supported countries including India, even though not a Jaxtr member, is given a local number thus enabling contact with him internationally with voip at local call cost even if not for free.

It is possible to make free VoIP calls through the services of softwares like Skype, Yahoo Messenger, Google Talk and Live Messenger which provide chatting facilities.  As far as free VoIP calls are concerned, the services of Skype is considered one of the best as it enables free computer-to-computer VoIP calls although it charges for a computer to phone or a phone to phone call.

One drawback of free VoIP calls is that there may be disturbances during the call which can be attributed to the quality of the hardware installed or the type of connection.

For making free VoIP calls through internet both the parties have to sign up with any instant messenger service, add each other in their contact lists and then accept each other as a contact.  Finally, they can text chat or voice chat with each other through the internet by clicking on the names.

Each service provider have their own call charges for PC to phone and phone to phone VoIP calls and one can choose the best suited for him among them.  Internet is the best medium for making this choice.  One can also get the list of free VoIP softwares by searching in the search engine.  As they are free, he can install all the VoIP service softwares and then choose the best among them.