This is the only completely free method of both calling and receiving calls on your Ipod Touch that I’ve found. And I’ve done lots and lots of looking.
Although Gizmo5 can be used as call-out, the free version only works for 3 minutes. This restriction can be bypassed however, by the following method:
1. Sign up/ possess a GV account.
2. Jailbreak Ipod (warranty is fine, all you have to do is restore it. research it. it’s completely safe)
3. Download GV Mobile App through Cydia
4. Download Truphone for your Ipod Touch
5. Sign up for a free Gizmo5 account.
6. Once you sign up for the gizmo account, put in your truphone account address where gizmo has an option for incoming call forwarding ( I think)
7. Add a phone through your GV Mobile application on the ipod. Enter your Gizmo number into this area.
Now you can make calls from your ipod (provided you have a microphone, I would suggest an inline adapter, you plug your headphones in. amazon for $5)
A.To call, you must open up the Truphone Application, and then Hold the Home button. With your jailbroken Ipod, this will put the application in the background.
B. Then, open up the GV Mobile application, and enter Whatever number you would like to dial.
C. Soon you will hear a ringing (with your headphones in), this is your truphone ringing. Hit the home button and accept the call. The call will then be completed to the phone number you dialed.
If you want to receive calls on your ipod, have people call your google voice, which will forward to gizmo, which then forwards to truphone, which you must be running in the background.
I know this is a very convoluted process, but any process that isn’t convoluted costs money. It will take some time, but I’m sure you will enjoy all of your free calling.
Note: When you place a call in GV, your Google Voice calls Gizmo, which then forwards to Truphone, which you must have running in the background. This sounds complicated, but it really only takes about 10 more seconds to set up the call than just dialing from your cellphone.
When your GV number receives a call, it will forward to Gizmo, which forwards to Truphone, which you also must have running in the background if you want to receive calls.
If your area has ubiquitous WiFi service, like my college campus, you can call/receive calls for free all the time.
If you have any questions that can’t be answered by reading the above carefully, my email is nrhine1@gmail
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Can Google Voice ring my iPod Touch with iPhone 3.0 software? I know push notifications are in the works, but would this ring my iPod? I want to use my iPod Touch as a phone since I live on a college campus with ubiquotous wifi, and I don’t want to pay for the data plan that an iPhone requires. Do you see any possible solutions besides jailbreaking and going to T-Mobile?
YES, it is available now, and it is fairly easy to do.
1) Buy a microphone: https://secure.easyanswer.net/truphone/
2) Create a TruPhone account and install the software: http://www.truphone.com/ipod/
3) Create a Gizmo5 account: http://gizmo5.com/pc/
4) Sign into your Gizmo5 account
4a) Note your Gizmo5 phone number
4b) Configure Gizmo5 to forward all calls to SIP using “YourTruPhoneUsername@truphone.com” as the address
5) Sign into your GoogleVoice account
5a) Create a new phone called Gizmo5. (Settings \ Phones)
5b) Enter your Gizmo5 number like this example: +17475551212
5c) Under Phone Type choose Gizmo5
You can now recieve calls from GoogleVoice
You can make Google Voice calls using mobile web page: www.google.com/voice/m
You can dial directly, like a phone, with GVDialer:http://www.gvdialer.com/
Because of the need for a wired headset/microphone, I think I would rather buy a used cellphone (iPhone!) that will work with TruPhone and would allow a bluetooth headset.
For detail:
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/voice/thread?tid=22622a539146aeed&hl=en
