Viber VoIP Launches for Android, Bringing Free VoIP Calls to All
Let's face it: phone calls are becoming less and less common every day. It used to be that the only way to communicate with someone with relative speed was with a phone call. But the rise in popularity of mobile phones, and especially smartphones, have given us more options than ever for communicating with each other. Texts, emails, and chat messages are easier to use than ever, and our mobile phones let us constantly stay in touch without having to actually speak with each other. Service providers have noticed this too, and have changed many of their plans to cater to the needs of the rising number of people that text and email from their phone. Mobile phone commercials that emphasize "free minutes" are much less common than they were 5 years ago.
But what if you're the type of person that still likes to make calls? What if you like to talk but your service plan just doesn't let you? Download Viber's app for iOS or (just released) Android, and you can take advantage of that data plan for something more than email and virus-laden Justin Bieber ring tones.
Viber is a Voice-over-IP (VoIP) app that allows you to use your phone's data connection to place old-fashioned phone-calls. It's the same technology that programs like Skype use, although Whether you use a Wi-Fi connection or your service provider's 3G network, it will allow you to make calls without eating into any minutes at all. The thing that sets Viber apart from other VoIP apps is that it's completely free. Add that to the fact that it integrates with your phonebook (so that you can dial using Viber with basically no additional steps) and gives a streamlined texting interface and it's hard to find a reason not to try it out.
Check out the video below to get a glimpse of what the interface looks like and head over to the App Store or the Android Market on your smartphone to give it a whirl!
Source: Engadget
