GIVE A DIGITAL HOLLER

BigVoiceMail makes it easy to send a voice message attached to your email.

FREE PHONE TRENDS

AT&T may be getting out of the landline business eventually. Meanwhile, the number of Skype users keeps growing.

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YOUR TV PHONE

The new high-definition TVs will make video phone calls as well.

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CHEAP CALLS

Google’s new phone will make free phone calls using Wi-Fi. Skype, the leader in free phone calling, is out in a new version.

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TWO NEW PHONES

New easy-to-use Jitterbug with Bluetooth and “ask a nurse.” New Casio phone is water-resistant and packs a powerful camera.

SAVE THE PLANET, STAY HOME

The folks at Skype, the company that provides free Internet phone calling all over the world, calculate that if businesses cut out 20 percent of their travel, they would reduce air pollution by 22 million tons of carbon dioxide a year.

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TALK TO ME

Toktumi (pronounced “talk to me”) is a combination land-line and Internet phone system for small businesses. You can make and receive either kind of call from the same standard handset you have on your desk or table.

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A REALLY THIN PHONE

Kensington has a new phone card for Windows laptop users. Its not a card that gives you credit for a certain number of minutes on the phone, it’s a phone that’s only slightly larger and thicker than a credit card.

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PING ME AGAIN

You can leave a spoken message for one person or a hundred using a free service called Pinger, available from Pinger.com.

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TO SKYPE OR NOT TO SKYPE

Skype is the free phone call software. All right: It’s sometimes free, sometimes just real cheap. The point is, more people would probably use it if they could also use their regular phone, just like old times.

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