VoIP on BlackBerry

If you are a BlackBerry user and want to reap the benefits of cheap and free calls through VoIP on your BlackBerry, here are some options for you. VoIP allows you to make free and cheap calls both locally and internationally. VoIP also comes with a lot more features.

• BlackBerry WLAN Solution
  
  RIM (Research In Motion), the creator of BlackBerry, is making models that are part of a wireless LAN solution, working on 802.11 networks (e.g. Wi-Fi). An example is the BlackBerry 7270 handheld, which connects through the BlackBerry Enterprise Server to allow VoIP along with many other applications like email, IM, Internet and intranet etc. It is made to work with IP-PBXs such that it can have the functionality of a desktop phone. It interoperates with the PBX using SIP-based controls. If you want this, you will have to make sure that you buy a model that comes with the above specifications.
  
  
  
  This option is device-based, and is made to suit businesses and people aiming at deploying mobile VoIP over wireless LANs. Below are third-party implementations of VoIP on BlackBerry, that are mostly software-based.
  
  
  
  
• Truphone
  
  Truphone VoIP service for BlackBerry is very good in at least two ways: the local and international rates are among the cheapest, starting at 6 cents for common destinations (calls between Truphone users are free); and secondly even if you have no data plan or Wi-Fi connection, you can still make VoIP calls with the service.
  
  



• Yeigo
  
  Yeigo is a free VoIP application for mobile phones, allowing voice calls, chat, instant message and SMS using your mobile phone, while cutting down the usual cost down to as low as 20 %.
  
  



• Vopium
  
  Vopium is a mobile VoIP service that offers cheap international calls through GSM and VoIP, without necessarily having a data plan (GPRS, 3G etc.) or Wi-Fi connection. If you do have any of the latter, you can make free calls to other users using the same networks. Review
  
  




• Raketu's BlackBerry VoIP service
  
  This Raketu service allows BlackBerry users to make cheap international calls, as well as sending email and text messages using the same browser-based application from Raketu. There is no need to download any software. Just load the application on your browser and use it.
  
  




• EQO Mobile
  
  EQO Communications is a developer of mobile applications for VoIP, and it's new application for Skype, EQO Mobile can transform your BlackBerry into a cheap or free calling device. EQO is compatible with all major IM services: MSN, AIM, Yahoo!, Google Talk, QQ, ICQ and Jabber.
  
  




• WebMessenger Mobile For Skype
  
  This is a free downloadable application that allows you to take Skype along with you on your BlackBerry, along with all its all its features, including the ability to make free and cheap calls. A cheap paid version of the application comes with some added features.
  
  

You can have an idea of different prices of BlackBerry models from different stores here.