Use your cell phone without using any minutes on your plan. Ymax announced at the CES 2010 that they are developing a MagicJack for cell phones. Much like the original MagicJack, which uses your home broadband connection for phone calls, the new cell phone MagicJack will utilize the same technology. Because of this, your cell phone doesn’t connect to the cell phone provider service, thereby saving your precious cell phone minutes.
New MagicJack for Cell Phones
MagicJack’s new device (unnamed femtocell service) will cost about $40. It will work with the existing MagicJack service ($19.95 per year) as well and there is talk they are developing a software to compete with the popular Skype.
In addition, you can “hook up” to your friend’s MagicJack as well. As this becomes more popular, perhaps places like Starbucks will have the MagicJack as well as WiFi. How cool would that be? We would be able to use our cell phones for free while enjoying our coffee.
As we move into this new decade our communication needs are evolving. As I mentioned in my blog Cell Phone Service Provider Price War, the latest trend is to discontinue our home land lines in favor of just having the cell phones. With the advent of “free minutes” through this MagicJack device, I see this trend becoming even more popular.
I am all for this new device! Anything that gives us an edge over the expensive cell phone services is a major benefit!
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