New app tmobile releases official bobsled calling app for. T mobile usa has suspended bobsled, its free voice calling service for facebook, less than a week after it was launched. Download these apps to get the most out of your service and benefits. Cleverconnect borrows from services like skype and rebtel with an offer of free voip calls and text to those who download and use the app. Its crazy just how much free calling tmobile is giving. Tmobile today announced enhanced and expanded functionality for its bobsled by tmobile service. The twoman bobsled competition finished its first day with a team taking the lead in an unexpected fashion the german team of christian poser and pilot nico walther started their second of. Tweet share post tmobile expanded its bobsled service on tuesday, bringing free voice calls over the web to landlines and mobiles in the u.
For the uninitiate, bobsled is a service developed by tmobile in collaboration with. Bobsled is a free download in the android market for all the devices. Tmobile enhances bobsled with mobile calling app and messaging. Oct 10, 2011 tmobile today announced enhanced and expanded functionality for its bobsled by tmobile service. Tmobiles bobsled promises free phone calls through facebook. Tmobiles skype competitor, bobsled, now has 1 million users. Mar 19, 2012 t mobile and vivox have extended their popular bobsled calling app for smartphones and has now made it available for tablets on the play store. Tmobile usa launches facebook voip calling app bobsled. If so, you can now download bobsled calling to call from anywhere free of charge. Bobsled is a free calls and messages program with the particularity that it is available on a large amount of operating systems and platforms. Get the latest version of bobsled for pc windows 10 64bit32bit. Tmobile bobsled the free facebook calling app ubergizmo.
Tmobile announces enhanced functionality for bobsled, its. Its crazy just how much free calling tmobile is giving away. Download now, 100% secure and fast from the official website. Unlike other communications applications, the receivers don t need to have bobsled calling installed. May 08, 2012 like skype, bobsled callinga free offering from vivox, and heavily promoted by tmobileturns your ios device into a voip phone. Head over to the bobsled by t mobile page for more details or head over to the facebook page for bobsled to download the app now. Head over to the bobsled by tmobile page for more details or head over to the facebook page for bobsled to download the app now. Less than a week after its debut, tmobiles free facebook voice calling service, bobsled, has apparently veered off course. Last nights network news dominated tmobiles early ctia announcements, but that doesnt mean we shouldnt give a hearty pat on the back to their bobsled service for surpassing one. Similar to bobsled in the uk and services like tume from telefonica, cleverconnect is aimed at bringing in users that are not necessarily already part of.
T mobile just took the wraps off of its bobsled by t mobile brand, which the company says is its first big step into the ip. Leveraging vivoxs voiceeverywhere technology, tmobile and vivox are ushering in a new era of voice communications online, on the go, virtually wherever and however users want to converse. As the way people communicate transcends networks and devices, bobsled by t mobile positions t mobile as a provider of cloudbased communications services over the internet. T mobile has plans to introduce mobile apps in the near future so users can stay in touch with their facebook friends no matter where they are. Bobsled by t mobile enables free facebook calling bgr. Bobsled for pc bobsled is a communication apps that you can running into your windows pc. Tmobile launches voip app bobsled for facebook zdnet. Tmobile has launched a free downloadable, vivoxpowered bobsled application for facebook, which the mobile carrier claims as the first voip voice over internet protocol product under its new bobsled by tmobile brand aimed at bringing communications services innovation to a new level. And now, updated to the latest version at this year. Tmobile announces bobsled, a voip calling option that will work through facebook allowing you to contact via onetouch calls to any friends. Tmobiles bobsled catches up by offering free calls to. Apr 20, 2011 t mobile has launched a free downloadable, vivoxpowered bobsled application for facebook, which the mobile carrier claims as the first voip voice over internet protocol product under its new bobsled by t mobile brand aimed at bringing communications services innovation to a new level.
Tmobile offers free phone calls through facebook zdnet. Apr 25, 2011 less than a week after its debut, tmobiles free facebook voice calling service, bobsled, has apparently veered off course. The service, which did not require a tmobile account, let facebook users. Tmobile expands 4g network, launches crossplatform bobsled messenger devindra hardawar january 10, 2012 5. Integrated voice on facebook is a critical part of our roadmap for bobsled by tmobile and vivox is the clear leader in this area, said brad duea, senior vice president, tmobile usa. Bobsled is an application for facebook that permits voip voice calls over. Bobsled messaging is now available for download free of charge on all. As of today you can download the bobsled app for ios even though tmobile doesnt officially carry the iphone. The service which allows you to voice call your facebook friends from anywhere in the world now lets. Verify and update the following settings for the data apn. The bobsled application for facebook is available today as a free download for all facebook users and is not exclusive to tmobile customers. Apr 27, 2011 bobsled by tmobile users can even record and post voice messages to their friends facebook wall. Tmobile apps download tmobile apps for android and ios. Download tmobile bobsled app to enable voice calling on.
Tmobiles bobsled brand launches with free facebook voice. Tmobiles bobsled temporarily suspends service in first week. Mar 18, 2012 bobsled users can now connect with friends from their androidpowered tablets, thanks to vivox and t mobile. Apr 19, 2011 in a slightly puzzling move, tmobile has released a facebook app that enables friendtofriend voice chat. T mobile enhances bobsled with mobile calling app and messaging. Bobsled by tmobile is a new push by the wireless services provider to. Bobsled by t mobile users can even record and post voice messages. Tmobiles bobsled brand offers voip calling for facebook.
Tmobile launches bobsled by tmobile a new communications brand to bridge the traditional telco and ip worlds the brands facebook calling. It allows its users to call or make a voice call with their facebook friends from their mobile device for free. T mobile usa, while still their own company, is launching yet another nifty tool that separates them from. Tmobile usa today announced a new brand called bobsled. New app tmobile releases official bobsled calling app. Don t worry about the minutes you spend on calling each month. Tmobile expands 4g network, launches crossplatform bobsled. Tmobile and app developer vivox just launched a free, easytouse voicechat application called bobsled that allows people to call their friends from within the facebook application or leave a. Tmobile suspends its bobsled facebook app network world. Also starting today, tmobile enhanced its bobsled calling service. Bobsled will initially start off as an integrated service within facebook and is not exclusive to tmobile customers.
Bobsled by tmobiles free voip magic now available via. Download the t mobile app, its simple, fast, and easy to manage your account as well as pay your monthly bill. Whether you need online support or want to join us, were here for you. Apr 19, 2011 anyone on facebook can receive a call. Make free calls to landlines and mobiles in the united states, canada and puerto rico send instant messages, create groups or chat with. Tmobiles bobsled voice service for facebook slides off. Bobsled is an application developed by the phone operator tmobile that allows us to make free calls anywhere in the world to landlines or cell phones in the. Tmobiles bobsled back on track for facebook voice calls. Tmobile to release 3 new android devices this week.
T mobile usa today announced a new brand called bobsled. Tmobile launches bobsled by tmobile a new communications brand to bridge the traditional telco and ip worlds the brands facebook calling application will provide free, onetouch calling. Apr 19, 2011 tmobile is heading down the slopes with a new offering today called bobsled, a free application that allows users to make calls to facebook friends for free. This is an app and a service that allows you to call your facebook friends for free over your. Bobsled is now available from the apple app store for iphone, ipad and ipod touch as well as for android smart phones and tablets. After you download and install the app, a bobsled icon will appear on your. The mobile apps are going to be a welcome addition, too. Tmobile enhances bobsled with mobile calling app and. The updated bobsled calling application is available for download through the android market and the itunes app store. Apr 19, 2011 t mobile and app developer vivox just launched a free, easytouse voicechat application called bobsled that allows people to call their friends from within the facebook application or leave a. Tmobile launches voip services for iphone macworld.
Tmobile launches cleverconnect, a bobsledstyle voip service. Unlike other communications applications, the receivers dont need to have bobsled calling installed. Like skype, bobsled callinga free offering from vivox, and heavily promoted by tmobileturns your ios device into a voip phone. The service, which did not require a t mobile account, let facebook users. The company noted in a message on its facebook page that it was.
Tmobile internetbased messaging and calling service has shown some traction after a little more than a year on the market. With a few simple steps, its easy to set up wifi calling on any tmobile device. Tmobile turns facebook chat into free phone calls with. Apr 21, 2011 bobsled may be a curious name for a new application, but the implications here are huge.
Make free international calls a voip app by tmobile over web browser, ios, android. Bobsled by tmobile extends free calling to the web, android. In the near future, tmobile plans to evolve bobsled by tmobile to include video chat, to create the ability to place voip calls to mobile and landline u. Tmobile announces bobsled for free facebook voip calls. Its called bobsled or more properly, bobsled by tmobile, as it will remind you at.
Whether you use a desktop or laptop pc, or a mobile device, you can chat with your contacts for free. In a slightly puzzling move, tmobile has released a facebook app that enables friendtofriend voice chat. Along with new 4g devices, tmobile is introducing the bobsled by tmobile brandan app that makes it simple to place voip calls to facebook friends. Tmobile launches bobsled by tmobile a new communications. Easily pay your bill, manage your account, upgrade your phone, and contact carevirtually anytime, anywhere. Get the bobsled app into your pclaptop from now for free. Tmobile announced today some interesting updates to bobsled.
Why tmobile is expanding its bobsled voip platform gigaom. Apr 25, 2011 with vivoxs instant on technology, no application download is required to receive a call via the bobsled facebook application. Apr 19, 2011 t mobile launches bobsled by t mobile a new communications brand to bridge the traditional telco and ip worlds the brands facebook calling application will provide free, onetouch calling. Bobsled by tmobile enables free facebook calling bgr. Tmobile announced a major move into the voip space on tuesday with the announcement of bobsled, a free calling application for facebook. In collaboration with vivox, bobsled is tmobiles bid at providing a universal way to communicate however and whenever when connected. This bobsled app is designed to enable an instant, freeofcharge facebook calling among over half a. This captures a unique opportunity for the brand, as a.
Tmobile uses voip technology to allow calling over wifi that does not use your voice minutes. Get the official tmobile bobsled calling app for tablets. The bobsled application for facebook is available today as a free download for all facebook users and is not exclusive to t mobile customers. Pay your bill, manage your account, upgrade your phone, and more.
Bobsled may be a curious name for a new application, but the implications here are huge. Tmobiles bobsled is a free, facebookbased, voip app. Initially, tmobiles bobsled brand simply offered a way to voip call your facebook friends for free but with that angle sufficiently covered, it has moved on to wider access. Tmobile has plans to introduce mobile apps in the near future so users can stay in touch with their facebook friends no matter where they are.
Tmobile usa has suspended bobsled, its free voice calling service for facebook, less than a week after it was launched. Tmobile expands 4g network, launches crossplatform. Bobsled by tmobile extends free calling to the web, android and ios new dialout functionality allows bobsled users to place free voip calls to mobile and landline numbers from across the web. Along with new 4g devices, t mobile is introducing the bobsled by t mobile brandan app that makes it simple to place voip calls to facebook friends. Bobsled windows 10 these days, tmobile has release this communication app for pclaptop. Oct 11, 2011 watch out skype, tmobile bobsled is sliding into your voip territory. Download the latest version of bobsled for windows free in english. Bobsled by tmobile now offers free, unlimited messaging to. Free phone calls with bobsled bobsled is a free internet voice and messaging service that lets you make free voice calls to mobile and landline phones in the u.
The new apps greatly increase the presence of tmobiles bobsled service, which launched back in april on facebook as a way to easily call your friends on the social network. Tmobile usa relaunched its bobsled service for making free voice calls on facebook today with a revised interface meant to address the social networking giants concerns that. Bobsled is the universal way to communicate however and whenever you are connected to the web. Bobsled by tmobile extends free calling to the web. All you need is a cellular network or wifi connection and you. Tmobile usa, while still their own company, is launching yet another nifty tool that separates them from. Call your facebook friends free with tmobiles bobsled tnw. The new bobsled functionality provides users with an easy, seamless way to call facebook friends from most desktop browsers, androidpowered smartphones and tablets, and apple ios devices, including iphones, ipads and ipod touch products.
To use this service all you need is an e911 address. Tmobiles bobsled slides onto facebook for free voip calling. Dont worry about the minutes you spend on calling each month. Tmobiles bobsled brings free facebook voice calls to ios. In the near future, t mobile plans to evolve bobsled by t mobile to include video chat, to create the ability to place voip calls to mobile and landline u. Bobsled by tmobile now offers free, unlimited messaging. Bobsled by t mobile now offers free, unlimited messaging to android users worldwide bobsled calling evolves by extending free calling and dialout capabilities to android and ios mobile devices. Bobsled users can now connect with friends from their androidpowered tablets, thanks to vivox and tmobile.