T-Mobile launches Bobsled - Skype to get a good competition in Voip sector

Free calling from T-Mobile
Wireless carrier T-Mobile has launched a new Voip service called Bobsled. It allows you to make calls to your Facebook friends, make phone calls to anyone in USA, Canada, and Puerto Rico for free. It also lets you send voice messages and texts to your friends for free. With the free calling and messaging from a wireless carrier Bobsled is sure to give Skype a run for money. Moreover, this might also be a threat for Google Voice if there will be smart devices for Bobsled, for instance there is ObiHai for Google Voice that lets you have free home phone solution using Google Voice.

Features of Bobsled free calling service

Bobsled effectively provides following features to users

Free Internet Calling: As long as you have internet connection you can make phone calls to anyone in USA, Canada, and Puerto Rico. Additionally, you can also make calls to your facebook friends. The good thing about Bobsled is that you do not even need to have your phone with you to make these calls.

Text Messaging: Bobsled allows you to text a single friend or a group using either your mobile number or using your facebook account. Few of the T-Mobile phones already have this application and T-Mobile claims to launch apps for smartphones worldwide soon.

Facebook Friends + Address book friends: Bobsled lets you have all your facebook friends as well as your friends and contacts in your address book at one place. You can call any of all these contacts using Bobsled. Your friends need not be in the country where you are located. You will be able to seamlessly connect to your friends regardless of where they are hanging out at that time.

Browser based and phone based: You do not need to have a phone to use Bobsled. You can use it from a browser too. If you want to use it on your phone that is also possible. Thus, Bobsled is a promising service to use. You need to download the application in both cases though.

Free Free Free: Last but not the least, Bobsled is a totally FREE service. There is no cost involved to use Boblsed.

How to use Bobsled

In order to use Bobsled you need to download this application on your phone or you can download it on your Mac or PC.

Go through following Videos to see what Bobsled is all about and how to use it.









Overview of Bobsled
 
  
Making Calls using Bobsled
 
  
How to send a Voice message using Bobsled
 

Installing Bobsled through Browser
 
  
Smart Phone Applications for Bobsled

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