Truphone Anywhere launches for Android
Truphone available in US and UK and at launch of G1 in Germany and Austria
Truphone announced the immediate, free availability of its Truphone Anywhere application for Android-enabled mobile handsets, including T-Mobile's recently released G1 phone. The application is available now as a download from the Android Market™ in the UK and the US.
To coincide with T-Mobile’s announcement earlier this week of the availability of the G1 mobile phone in March 2009, a German version of Truphone Anywhere for Android is available and will be the first native language multi-communications application in the Android Market in Germany and Austria when it launches at CeBIT 2009.
Truphone Anywhere for Android delivers an all-in-one conversations hub that allows customers to take advantage of Truphone’s low international call rates, in addition to the cost of a local call*.
As well as being able to make low-cost international voice calls, Truphone customers can also easily Instant Message their friends across a variety of networks including MSN, Yahoo!®, Google Talk™ and Twitter™ from within one Android application. Customers can also call friends anywhere in the world on Google Talk for the price of a local call, and similarly will soon will be able to Instant Message and call their friends on Skype™.
“We want to make it as easy as possible for people to have conversations with their communities around the world in whatever form they choose,” said Truphone CEO Geraldine Wilson.
She continued: “We passionately believe in devices like the Android and iPhone which offer easy user access to applications through the Android Market and the App Store. The G1 and the entire Android platform is an obvious and important distribution channel for us.”
Truphone is now available on Android, the Apple iPhone™, the Apple iPod touch™, Blackberry® and Nokia™ devices.
Truphone announced the immediate, free availability of its Truphone Anywhere application for Android-enabled mobile handsets, including T-Mobile's recently released G1 phone. The application is available now as a download from the Android Market™ in the UK and the US.
To coincide with T-Mobile’s announcement earlier this week of the availability of the G1 mobile phone in March 2009, a German version of Truphone Anywhere for Android is available and will be the first native language multi-communications application in the Android Market in Germany and Austria when it launches at CeBIT 2009.
Truphone Anywhere for Android delivers an all-in-one conversations hub that allows customers to take advantage of Truphone’s low international call rates, in addition to the cost of a local call*.
As well as being able to make low-cost international voice calls, Truphone customers can also easily Instant Message their friends across a variety of networks including MSN, Yahoo!®, Google Talk™ and Twitter™ from within one Android application. Customers can also call friends anywhere in the world on Google Talk for the price of a local call, and similarly will soon will be able to Instant Message and call their friends on Skype™.
“We want to make it as easy as possible for people to have conversations with their communities around the world in whatever form they choose,” said Truphone CEO Geraldine Wilson.
She continued: “We passionately believe in devices like the Android and iPhone which offer easy user access to applications through the Android Market and the App Store. The G1 and the entire Android platform is an obvious and important distribution channel for us.”
Truphone is now available on Android, the Apple iPhone™, the Apple iPod touch™, Blackberry® and Nokia™ devices.
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