VERY LOW COST MEETINGS

A new enhancement to GoToMeeting software makes it possible to include many people, from nearly anywhere in the world, at no charge.

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T-MOBILE TO GO

The new T-Mobile HotSpot phone makes unlimited, free Wi-Fi calls when you’re near a T-Mobile HotSpot in the United States, and becomes a regular cell phone when you’re not.

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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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STAYING DRY

Watertight cases for your phones and gadgets.

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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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THE SKYPE HOOK

Making free international phone calls through the Internet is even more fun than we hoped. We were talking to a new contact in India through the free phone service called Skype when she suggested we talk to another Skype user she called “Peter of England.”

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SKYPE AND VONAGE

Skype, our favorite service for making Internet phone calls, just came up with a $30 calling plan that allows you to make unlimited calls to people who use regular phones and don’t have Skype. That’s $30 for the year, not a month!

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TALK IS CHEAP AND GETTING CHEAPER

We’ve been using a new Skype WiFi phone from Netgear that’s just like a cell phone but cheaper to use. If you’re in a location with good wireless Internet access, the calls are as clear as any land line phone. Joy called London and the conversation was “clear as a bell,” she says. The other good news is Internet calls are free or nearly so.

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FREE PHONE CALLS

We found another service for making free phone calls over the Internet; it’s free to many countries and nearly free to the rest. It’s JaJah.com, and using it is reminiscent of the old phone systems that used an operator to connect your call.

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