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If you have watched TV, you have seen the Vonage commercials, which purport to save you money by switching your home phone to their service. They have a strong brand and were one of the original VOIP (voice over Internet protocol—basically Internet phone for non-techies) providers, and they are still going strong.
Vonage has recently launched a mobile calling app that allows you to keep and use your existing mobile number while making calls using WiFi or your phone’s data connection. I spent about a month using the App on my iPhone 4S and my son’s iPhone 5. The app is feature-packed, easy to use, and significantly extends the utility of your mobile. The app is also available for Android.
The app was easy to download and install from the iOS app store. It is a small app at 24MB, so it won’t hog space on your phone. After the app is installed, you activate it with your mobile number. Vonage will then send a confirmation code via SMS to your handset to finalize the setup. This is an important security step because the app permits you to place calls that will appear to come from your mobile…because they do. This is a key difference from other mobile calling apps, such as Skype, which require you to have a second number. Your callers will never know that you are using a virtual phone app.
With many of us, your author included, paying for unlimited calling plans, you may wonder why having the ability to call using WiFi would be relevant or important. In our real-life testing, my home office has spotty cell coverage, and callers often complain that they can’t hear me. While using the Vonage app over my WiFi, I could make crystal-clear calls without any trouble.
The app also included placing video calls to other Vonage app users, similar to Apple’s FaceTime or Skype mobile. The calls connected quickly, and clarity was typically very good. Of course, your results will be tied to the quality of your data connection, either through WiFi or your mobile DATA plan. The option is to send a text message to others with the app. How useful this will be in a world with so many different text message options is debatable.
The video calling seems redundant to your author, a FaceTime user, until you consider that not everyone has an iOS device. The ability to start a video call to someone on another platform without remembering their Skype ID but using their mobile number is simple and easy.
The app can link to your contacts if you permit it. It conveniently tells you the quality of your data connection and has a clean and easy-to-use user interface.
Call other Vonage app users anywhere on the planet as the calls are always free to an international destination and much less costly than your mobile rates or Skype. You cannot beat Vonage’s ease and reliability if you want to call internationally from your mobile without pinching your wallet. Call credits can be purchased from the app and billed to your iTunes account.
Vonage is running a limited-time promotion that includes 3000 calling minutes each month for calls in the US. This extends the app’s utility and permits you to limit the use of your plan minutes if you are not on unlimited.
I use many apps and can highly recommend Vonage Mobile Calling to help extend the usefulness of your phone.
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My cousin’s daughter just had a baby and so she is a first time grandmother plus her mother just died so I would love to be able to talk to her without worrying about calling during a certain time
I have family in 3 different states, it would be a blessing to communicate that way!
I would like to talk to my sister in law in Texas
I would talk to my cousins 850 miles away 🙂
9/6- I would like to talk to my mom who moved out of state with the Vonage App.
I’d text my sister and we’d be able to talk/ text for longer.
I would talk to my girl Erin.
I would talk to my best friend, Kat.
I would love to talk to my cousins in michigan!
My best friend. We do not talk as much as we used to
I would talk to my parents and family in Europe.
My teenage daughter has become friends with a foreign exchange student who is at her school. I know that she would love to be able to stay in touch with her once she goes back home to Taiwan.
I would like to talk to my mom and my aunt.
I’d talk to my best friend!
I would like to talk and text with my wife for free.
id love to talk to my cousins 9.5
I would love to talk to and text my oldest daughter who lives out of state with the Vonage App.
jweezie43[at]gmail[dot]com
I would love to have more phone time with my best friend, Gayle, since she moved away this year.
I would talk with my cousins in California.
all my family in florida
I would talk to my sister in Texas
I would like to talk to my family in CA. We moved to KY 2 years ago and they they are all very missed.
I would like to text my niece.
janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com
I would call my mom
I would like to talk or text my husband using the Vonage app.
I would use it to talk with my mom and sister!
I would call my family!
i’d like to use this to talk to my dad, who lives in another country.
I could use it to talk to my sister!
my cousin or best friends back home in CA
I would call my family
Hubby and my parents
I would like to talk to my Aunt.
janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com
I would like to talk and text with our family in Wisconsin.
Calls from our little one to grandma.
I live close to all of my family but I would use it to talk to all of them thanks for the chance.
I would like to talk (& text) my Brother. Thanks for the information on the Plan.
I would call my friends
my husband and mother I would talk to for free.
I would want to talk to my parents!
My Kid, in Africa
i would talk to my grandparents who are in their 80’s if their home telephone was not working, which is pretty often.
I would love to talk to my sister who lives across the country. Thanks for the wonderful giveaway 🙂
Renee
fattybumpkins at yahoo dot com
I’d like to talk to my Mom with the plan. I like that it works with Skype.
I would love to call my mom and text with my grown children. I would love to talk to my brothers and sisters. I would love to converse with long lost friends with vonage.
I have family all over the place.
I’d like to talk to and text my 2 daughters and my husband for free. And of course my best friend.
my family
My mother and my husband.
I would like to chat most with my DAD! I love talking to him
I would be calling my parents and my sister who lives overseas.
I would love to talk to my parents!
I would like to talk to my brothers
jenhedger at hotmail dot com
I would like to talk for free to my nephew.
Janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com
That would be both of my sons. One is in college the next city over and the other one is living across the US. He’s in the army.
I would like to talk to my grandma.
I would like to chat with my cousins.
I would love to talk to my cousins in michigan
I would like to talk to my nephew.
janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com
I want to talk to my parents for free.
8/29- I would like to talk to my mom who moved out of state with the Vonage App.
i would love to talk to my cousins
Happy Thursday! I would use this to talk with my parents, who live 3 hours away. And, I don’t see them very often. Thanks. Vicki.
i’d like to call my sister and her little girls becauase they’re so cute
my family over in alaska,,,,Thanks
I would call my cousin in California
8/28- I would like to talk to my mom who moved out of state with the Vonage App.
I would call my parents. They only live an hour away but we do not get to see each other very often.
I would love to talk and text with my mother. Even though I see her daily, I still call her on all my breaks and send her texts throughout the day 🙂
My hubby travels a lot, so this would be perfect for us to be able to keep in touch while is is away on business
my sis who’s across the country
8/27- I would like to talk to my mom who moved out of state with the Vonage App.
My mom and dad in California!
I’d like to use the Vonage app to talk to my Dad when he is in Cozumel Mexico.
I would call my cousin amy with the app!
i would talk to my best friend or husband with it.
I would love to speak with my family in Canada. We normally only talk over email, so that would be a nice change!
I’d like to talk to my best friend Marc. He’s going to be moving to Hawaii soon. Vonage would make keeping in touch easier. Thanks for the giveaway.
I would love to talk and text with my husband for free using vonage! We would save a lot of money for sure!
I would like to talk to my brother more
There are a few people I call. I have a good friend in Texas, for instance.
id call my mom and dad 8.26
8/26- I would like to talk to my mom who moved out of state with the Vonage App.
I’d like to talk to my mom
I would love this app to talk and text with my step mom. We talk on a daily basis so this would be perfect for us!
I’d like to talk to my brother in Florida.
My boyfriend. I’m love him, but these long-distance relationships are tough. Never enough time in the day to
accomplish every thing I want to,
I would call my grandma the most! She is 92 years young and I cherish every single call with her.
I’d talk to my aunt in Kansas
I would call my sister
I would call my Mom & Hubby
I would use this app to talk to my daughters.
We would be calling our family in Oregon. We have no long distance so cannot call them often.
My parents down South
8/25- I would like to talk to my mom who moved out of state with the Vonage App.
I would like to talk to my great aunt
My son in New York would be my main Vonage recipient
id call my mom and dad
I would text my son and my husband.
I would call my mom and husband!
I would like to talk to my family in Mexico. Thanks.
I have a daughter who had to move to Florida… we live in MN. So I love to call her often!! And the two grandkids there now. *sigh* So happy when the kids DO super well in life, but sad when it entails long distances.
My sons who are grown and don’t live at home anymore
I would call my mom.
I’d like to talk to my mother in New Mexico for free.
My BFF in WA we would love to use this service!
My sister’s kid, Adrianna is just starting High School. I just want to be a helpful voice of reason for her
This app is neat I would love to let my kids talk to their grandmother with this app.
Well. there are 3 people I would like to talk to~my children who are all grown up and live far away from me.
i would like to talk to my cousins
old friends
My whole family is abroad so this would really help! It’ll make it easier for me to talk to my mom, my brothers and sisters.
I would like to text my son.
janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com
I would love to call my grandmother more often – she lives in a different continent!
I’d love to talk to my mom. I call her almost every day. She’s one of my best friends, so we talk a LOT. So free calling would be fabulous!
I would love to talk or text my mother more often. She lives about a 45 min drive away so i dont get to see her much. Thank you for the chance!
I would love to talk to my cousins. Can’t pick just one.
I live in a different city than my parents, so I would probably use it to talk to my mom and dad.
I would love to use it for talking to my family on the east coast.
I have the same problem with spotty reception in my home office that’s located in the basement. What a perfect solution this would be!
I would like to talk to my mom
My niece in the US Navy!
I would love to talk and text with my cousin with the app!
I would like to talk to my mom who moved out of state with the Vonage App.
I would like to talk/text with my mother for free. It would be great to not have to worry about the bills seeing as I talk to her every day!
I would talk to my younger sister and nephew in Oklahoma.
I’d call my cousins in Italy
My dad’s entire side of the family lives in TN, so I would use it to talk to them. I don’t have an iPhone, so we would definitely use the video chat when talking to my grandparents. I think this would be a great way for my daughter to get to know her great-grandparents!
I would call my BFF in WA. We can sure yap! lol
I would love to talk with my Uncle using Vonage.
Love it!
My son who lives several states away
I would love to talk to my grandma, I only get to see her once a year because we live so far apart
I’d have fun texting my niece.
I would like to talk with my sister, my niece and my nephew.
janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com
my mom we would love to use it!
Definitely my three favorite people; my grandchildren!
I’d like to talk/text with my daughter who live across the country!
Would like to talk with my sister in law. She is stationed in Virginia so it would be great to talk to her more.
I would love to talk with my best girls over on the east coast!! we could have a blast 🙂
I would use the app to talk to my parents.
I would like to talk with my niece. She texts all the time!
I’d like to call my brothers.
i would talk to my mom. she lives 3000 miles away, so we dont see each other often.
I’d like to let me kids talk/text to their grandparents that live out of state.
I would like to talk or text for free with the Vonage App with my son who is a senior in college in another state.
I would like to talk with my niece. This looks like an awesome plan.
I would talk to my parents, I like that the calls are so clear.
I would call my mom and hubby!
I would love for my kids to be able to call my family whenever they want. With the app, they could call them themselves.