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Lineup Of Black Friday 2012 Discounts And Offers By VoIP Service Providers

Black Friday is considered the most sought after day by consumers as well as manufacturers, sellers, and service providers in the United States of America. Almost everything goes on a discounted price and people start camping outside large retailers to score a good deal. Not only B&M (brick and mortar) stores but the online service providers also lure customers by great deals.

In this post we will keep track of the deals for this Black Friday. As you can imagine, this thread will be continuously updated to include as some new VoIP service provider announces a new deal. You might want to bookmark this page so that you can keep coming back here to make sure you do not miss on any of the deals. Without any further ado, let us jump at the deals:

Rebtel 100% Bonus international calling credit

Rebtel is offering 100% bonus credit in Free Phone Calls when you make a purchase of $10 or more. If you purchase $10 worth of credit you will get extra $10, a total of $20 worth of international calling. This credit is good for cheap international calls and not particular to any one destination. The rates vary a lot based on your destination but Rebtel rates are usually cheaper. Here are rates to a few of the popular destinations:

Destination	Normal Rates	Rates with offer	Talktime for $10
India	1.69 cents/minute	0.85 cents/minute	1183 Minutes = 19.5 hours +
China	2.9 cents/minute	1.45 cents/minute	688 Minutes = 11.5 hours +
Palestine	23.9 cents/minute	11.95 cents/minute	83 Minutes = 1.5 hours
Pakistan	8.9 cents/minute	4.45 cents/minute	83 Minutes = 3 hours 45 minutes

You can find a comprehensive list of rates at Rebtel rates chart. In order to register for this offer and get $10 extra the coupon code is Xmas2012. This offer expires on December 31st.

visit Rebtel’s special page for this promotion now

Rebtel also has a Voucher code Rebtel5 which is meant for thanksgiving but that voucher will only give you $5 extra when you recharge with $10. The offer we found is better than that offer so proceed with the Xmas2012 promotion.

Straight Talk coupons – wireless service with free shipping and cheap phones

Straight talk is a wireless service provider that we recently reviewed. Their unlimited calls, text, and data with $45 per month deal is an amazing deal. Now, to make it even more sweeter they have launched a few new irresistible offers. Here is a lit of these new offers by Straight Talk.

Free Overnight Shipping at Straight Talk: All your Straight Talk phone purchases will come with Free overnight shipping. Buy your phone today and get it first thing in the morning.

Talk, you are in luck. Samsung T528G phone is available at just $29.99 and off course it comes with free overnight shipping. Click here to grab this offer.

There is also a refurb Samsung 528G phone for $19.99. Remember that refurbished phones are usually as good as new. You can get aRefurb Samsung 528G from here.

Samsung Galaxy Precedent M828C phone: Straight Talk also has Samsung Galaxy Precedent M828C phone for just $69.99. Yes, that is cheap. You can grab yourself one of those phones from this link. Obviously there is Galaxy S3 but this is a precursor to that, so can’t be terrible. But you can let us know if that is the case.

Similar to the T528G, there is a refurb of M828C is also available for just $49.99. You can get yourself one of those phones from here.

Net 10 Wireless offers gift cards, free shipping, and cheap phones

You might be aware that Net10 and Straight Talk are ran by the same people. If not you will figure this out from the offers that we are going to announce now.

Free overnight shipping on any phone

LG 500 G phone at just $19.99 from here. You will also get a $15 gift card with this phone making the net cost of this not so bad phone $4.99.

There is another little high end phone, LG Optimus Q LG 55C for $149.99 and it also comes with a $15 gift card. You can purchase it from here.

Samsung Galaxy Precedent M828C for just $69.99 with $15 gift card. It is cheaper than Straight talk here. You can purchase one from this link.

Although there is no refurbished M828C with Net 10, there is T404G by Samsung for $29.99 and it can be purchased from this link. Since this is not an Android phone you won’t get the $15 gift card. But if you buy any Android phone, there will be a $15 gift card automatically applied in your cart.

Please remember that we will keep updated this thread. Press Ctrl+D and bookmark this page so that you do not miss on any deal.

Your chance to shine, share, and win an iPod:

We have also created a special forum for Black Friday where you can post the deals you find. At the end of this month the best deal poster will win an iPod.

Call United States for FREE

Localphone.com, an international call provider. It will be giving away free calls to the USA over the Thanksgiving weekend, so I'm getting in touch now to give you plenty of notice.

Users will be able to call mobiles and landline numbers in the US, from anywhere in the world or within the US, for free over 4 days from Thursday to Monday. They'll be able to call straight from their mobile phone, landline or computer. We are not a calling card company so there's no need to buy SIM cards or a calling cards. We simply give the user a local number to dial, which connects to their friend abroad. There are also no contracts or hidden connection charges.
If, after the offer ends the user wants to continue calling the US, calls will be charged at our normal cheap rate of half a cent per minute.

The details of the offer have been added to the website at LOCALPHONE.

Source: Catherine Holley from LocalPhone.com

Free International Calls by Starfone – 60 Minutes Trial Offer

Are you in search of a way that lets you make free international phone calls to your colleagues, loved ones, or friends? There are a number of different companies that can offer free international phone calls to anywhere in the world that you would like. However, one company that truly stands out among the rest is Starfone, a VoIP service provider with A+ rating by Better Business Bureau. Starfone will allow you to make international phone calls for free with the trial offer which gives you 60 minutes just to tryout the service. As we always claimed, trial services are the best for users. They can try a service without any pressure and then if they like it they can stick to the service. It is a win-win situation for both service provider, provided they are offering decent service, and for customers alike.

Can I really call anywhere in the world?

Yes! you can call anywhere in the world that you want; some of the places that you can call all around the world include:

Iran
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
UAE
Sudan
Lebanon

And the listed above are only a few of the many different places that you can call all over the world; no matter where you live, you can use this calling service. It is not like some of the other calling services that have a restriction on certain places that you can call too which is why Starfone is one of the most popular options for making international phone calls. Even after the 60 minute free trial the rates are cheap and are considered to be some of the most affordable calling rates that you will find across the web. Some of the other call service companies will also require that you sign up for a contract with them and that you use a PIN code. However with Starfone there is no need to worry about contracts or PIN codes; it is simple to use and you can be communicating with people from across the world in minutes!

What are some of the low rates that I can Expect to Get?

The rates are all low but they vary depending upon where you will placing a phone call too. Below are some of the rates that you can expect to pay when calling to certain places:

Lebanon: 8.9 cents/min
India: 2.9 cents/min
Egypt: 9.9 cents/min
Sudan: 15.9 c/min
Iran: 8.9 cents/min
Syria: 14.9 cents/min
Morocco: 4.9 cents/min
Jordan: 9.9 cents/min
Iraq: 5.9 cents/min

The above rates are just a few of the many rates to show an example of how much you can plan on paying; the prices are all in a similar range so you can always expect to pay thelowest rates. You can find rates to your destination at their rates page.

Invoices Can be Paid for Online

Starfone makes it easy and convenient to pay for your invoices with online pay. It ishassle free and you don’t have to worry about paying with a check. All you need to do is click on the “Pay Now” button and you will be redirected to the payment page to make your payment(s).

Is there a possibility that I Could be Short on Minutes?

The good news about Starfone is that the company has an Auto-Fill feature which helps to keep from running short on minutes. Another amazing benefit that you get from using Starfone is that every single time you make a phone call using the services you get $5.00 of spending for minutes for free! Is this the new thing that is hip? Remember how Vonage calling cards offer bonus credit when you top-up.

When auto-refilling your call minutes for over $20 you will receive an extra $1.95 worth of minutes to use towards your phone calls. When spending over $50 to refill your minutes you will receive $2.95 in extra calling minutes; now this is outstanding as many of the other similar call service companies do not offer such a deal. Spending over $100 on minutes is the option that will get you $5.00 extra in minutes!

With these minutes you will be able to call over 300+ countries all across the world. Contacting family members, friends, and co-workers has never been made easier!

What are the different promotional deals that I can benefit from?

You can expect several different ways to benefit from using Starfone services. One of the first promotional deals that seem to catch peoples’ attention the most is the free trial deal which gives you a total of 60 free minutes to use. When you sign up you receive 30 minutes free, and then you will receive an additional 30 minutes when you enroll in the Auto-Pay or Auto-fill service that is available.

Another promotional deal that you can expect to benefit off of when using Starfone services is getting 5% off when using the STARDIAL feature. All you have to do to use the stardial feature is log into your account, got to “My Call Records,” and click on stardial .

Referring friends that sign up for Star dial will also help you to benefit; you can earn up to $10-$20 in minutes to use towards calling internationally when you refer your friends.

Last but not least, there is Direct Pay benefit that you can enroll in and receive 10% off your next invoice.

As you can see there are many great benefits to using the Starfone international calling service. Visit their website to learn more about their services.-->

Vonage Starts Selling International Calling Cards

In a recent development the major VoIP service provider known for its international calling service over home phone plan has entered the international calling cards business. This new venture was announced on Vonage’s blog on 25th of October and it is named Vonage Digital Calling Card. We have been keeping an eye on customer reaction and it seems no one understands why Vonage is embracing a business model from previous decade. We are sure the economist working for Vonage, wait let us rephrase that — We are sure the people working for Vonage have thought through this and found this to be a good candidate to augment their already semi successful calling service.

The details of calling card business

This product enjoys the benefits of the Vonage brand name. However, you do not have to be a user of their existing services to get a calling card. You can sign up for the digital calling card (that’s the name of their new venture) and buy your card right away.

In order to start using your card, you need to sign up and register one phone number with their system. You can register any number but you can only register one phone number at this time. You will get a call from them to verify that you own that number and then you can start making calls.

Call rates are not that bad either for most of the destinations. However, they are not the cheapes in the industry either. We tried their digital calling card and we found that the call quality is pretty good. If you are looking for pricing, then here is a brief summary ofVonage calling card rates to a few of the destinations:

India: 2.4 cents per minute

Mexico: 4.6 cents per minute (2.1 cents per minute for Guadalajara, Mexico city, and Monterrey)

United Kingdom: 1.4 cents per minute landlines and 10.8 cents per minute for cell phones.

You can find a comprehensive list at their digital calling card website.

Bonus credit on every recharge

Call it stupid or call it smart, Vonage gives you a bonus when you make a purchase of $15 or $25. The bonus for $15 purchase is $5 and for $25 purchase it is $10. This means for every $15 spent you will get $20 worth of talk time and for every $25 spent you will get $35 worth of talk time. There is no time limit as to how long is this active, it seems this is an ongoing offer.

It seems the person who wanted to make this decision said “This is what we gonna do. We will keep our prices high but we will award bonus credit to our users for making a purchase in the amount of $15 or $25. To make the matters interesting, we will advertise the rates based on the final price that a user gets when he purchases $25 worth of credit from us.” See the rates advertised by them on their website:

Yes, the last part is where you see the corporate evil in their business practice. We hate this practice and if Vonage is listening to us they should know that this strategy did not help Airtel call home. They kept advertising cheaper rates than they were actually offering and consequently failed to keep their lights on. However, we want you to understand the following:

The highlighted prices are conditional. You will only get those prices when you purchase $25 worth of credit.

Vonage calling card comes with an inactivity fee

Although Vonage calling card website boldly highlights that there are no hidden fees or gimmicks, they have a fine print where they detail the inactivity fee. If you look at this image from Vonage digital calling card website you will see that they claim nice things while they do not practice what they claim.

The inactivity fee is a $2 penalty if you do not use your credit for 6 months. That is likely not going to happen but it does not make sense to advertise that there are no hidden fees.

The customer reaction to the calling card launch

We were reading some posts on Internet and it seems people are having fun with the launch of new product that Vonage has kept low-profile for now. Here are some of the best comments we could salvage from Internet:

By iShakher on gigaom blog

ahh, was so excited to see this service.

But , only one registered phone ?! Comm’n now Vonage . Can’t believe they restricted a simple & yet most common feature of a calling card.

Who wants 4 calling cards to be used in a family of four. Deal breaker for me, right there

This is not bad right? This comment proves that there is a customer base that will appreciate this service. However, read this next comment by James on the same post:

2001 called, wants its VoIP products back.

That is hilarious mostly because it tells the bitter truth.

Final Words on Vonage Calling Card Service

Let us divide into pros and cons. The pros of this service could be listed as:

Backed by Vonage network
Online account management compared to traditional calling cards
Auto recharge so that you never run out of balance
No need to run to a store to buy next calling card
No connection fee per call

The cons on the other hand would be listed as

Backed by Vonage network
Expensive than other calling cards
No additional discount for existing Vonage users

Top 5 best Diwali offers on smartphones and tablets

KYMI rounds up the best deals on smartphones and tablets available this Diwali

Published on Nov 8, 2012

Smartphone and tablet manufacturers are racing against each other to offer consumers the best deals possible on their devices this Diwali. Take a look at KYMI’s pick of the best deals available in the market right now.

1. Nokia Asha smartphones: The Finnish manufacturer has teamed up with Yatra to gift buyers of Nokia Asha handsets free travel vouchers. Those who buy the Asha 305, Asha 308 or the Asha 311 get travel vouchers worth Rs. 4,500 from Yatra with their purchase.

2. Nokia Lumia smartphones: Those who go in for Nokia’s Lumia handsets get free colourful accessories for their devices. The Nokia Lumia 900 comes with a Nokia J Bluetooth Headset free. The actual cost of this headset is Rs. 5,570. The Lumia 610 is being marketed with a free Philips Headset, the retail price of which is usually Rs. 1,499.

With a Lumia 800, one gets a Nokia Purity Headset by Monster worth Rs. 5,110 for free. Those who purchase a Lumia 710 get their hands on a Bluetooth Stereo Headset BH-111 free of cost. The actual retail price of this headset is Rs. 2,110.

3. Kobian Mercury tablets: Kobian is giving away 4 GB microSD cards to those who buy any of its Mercury slates. One can choose from Mercury MercurymagiQ, Mercury mTab7 or Mercury mTabRio. Buying a tablet between November 1 and November 25, 2012 will ensure a free microSD card – and a chance to win bigger prizes including LCD TVs.

4. HCL tablets: With every HCL purchase, including its tablets, the tech giant is giving away a free bag worth Rs. 1,500. Winners of a daily lucky draw get silver coins and those of the weekly draw get their hands on gold coins. Winners of the bumper draw receive gifts ranging from a free car to free bikes. Everyone who buys an HCL product is free to enter the draws.

5. Samsung Galaxy smartphones and tablets: Samsung loyalists are in for a treat this festive season as the tech giant has brought down prices of a number of its popular Galaxy devices. Price cuts range from Rs 500 to Rs. 1,000 and are reflected on various shopping websites like HomeStop 18, infibeam and Flipkart.
The reduced rates apply to handsets including the Galaxy S Duos, the Galaxy Y Duos, the Galaxy Y, the Galaxy Y Duos Lite and the Galaxy Ace Duos. The Galaxy Tab 2 has also seen a reduction in its price from anywhere between Rs. 1,000 to Rs. 1,500, depending on whether it is purchased in store or online. -->

Samsung Galaxy S3 Android Jelly Bean 4.2 update arrives in India in January 2013

Samsung Galaxy S3 users have every reason to smile. With the Android Jelly Bean 4.1.2 update in place for Galaxy S3, we are hearing that Samsung is gunning for releasing the latest Android 4.2 update for Galaxy S3 by mid-January next year.

Replying to a query posted by a fan on the availability of Android 4.2 Jelly Bean update, Samsung Mobile on their German Facebook page replied that after the completion of the Android 4.1.2 update worldwide by the end of this year, the roll-out of the next version of update, Android 4.2 will commence.

The latest version brings a host of simple and smart features like gesture typing keyboard, Photo Sphere camera, customizable tablet for enabling multiple sharing among others that promise to make your experience more fluid and immersive.

Check out Top 10 features of Android 4.2 Jelly Bean

However we don't have to wait too long to taste the Android 4.2 Jelly Bean with LG Nexus 4 expected to arrive in India by November-end. Powered by a quad-core 1.5 GHz Qualcomm APQ8064 Snapdragon processor and Android 4.2 OS, Nexus 4 boasts of very impressive specs and with the latest iteration on board - make its rival Androids look outdated.

Based on LG’s flagship device, Optimus G, the device will come fitted with a 4.7-inch 1280 x 768 display and two cameras - an 8-megapixel rear camera and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Backed by a 2100mAh battery, the device will also pack in a 2GB RAM and 16GB storage.We hope to hear a official word from Samsung about the Android 4.2 update next month, meanwhile relish the Jelly Bean update.-->

Top most Best Internet Fax Services – Send and Receive Fax Online

Faxing can be painful and an expensive task unless you have a dedicated fax service in your office. Most of the time people like us are stuck due to unavailability of fax machines or too many people vying for one machine. In this age and generation of paperless technology one might wonder if there is anyway to go “e” even for faxing. Well, there is. For people who are always on the go and do not have an access to any fax machine, there are several websites that allow you to send as well as receive faxes and that too for free. While some may post ads on your document, there are many websites that allow you to disable that feature. They may allow you limited pages but there are also services that provide unlimited faxing at very cheap rates.Here we present a list of some of the Online Fax Services:

Gotfreefax.com is a website that offers free as well as paid fax services to US and Canada. This service is however, only for sending faxes and not receiving them. In case you need to receive some faxes, you may have to use some other services listed below. In case of using their free service, you are allowed only 2 faxes per day and each fax can have a maximum of 3 pages. The cover page is free and will not have any ads on it. There are also premium pay-per-fax services and premium fax services for business.

Faxzero.com is another service that offers free fax services. Here too you can only limited faxes. In this case, you can send about 5 faxes per day and only 3 pages maximum per fax. There will however be an ad on the cover page. There is also a paid service which charges you $1.99 per fax which allows you 15 pages per fax. We would however not recommend using the paid service as there are many services that are cheaper on a monthly basis. This is also restricted to US and Canada. They have international faxing but the charges and the plans are different.

OneSuite.com is a website that allows for inbound as well as outbound fax services. If you are a person who just needs to receive faxes, they have a plan called OneSuite Fax Basicwhere in you pay just $1.00/month and get unlimited faxes on your email. If you need both inbound as well as outbound fax services, they have a plan called OneSuite Fax Plus where in you pay just $2.95/month and send as well as receive unlimited faxes. But since we are talking about free services, if you are a person who is just looking for a one time faxing solution or say just for a few days, then this might be a good option too because they offer a no subscription one month free trial. Also, they have a service wherein you can start with just $10 and get not only faxing but also international call forwarding and VoIP services.

popfax.com is a website that offers service across 23 countries. Their plans start at $4.99/month. They offer various features and seems to be extremely good for businesses. They also offer a Free trial. They have many services like send only faxes, sending and receiving faxes, faxmailing, mobile fax etc. This might be a goof option that you can use for international faxes. When you check their website, you will be able to see that there are a lot of options that you can check out. The site can be a little confusing so you might want to spend sometime navigating for your requirement.

Ringcentral.com is a paid service that offers different plans based on your requirements. This seems to be a fairly popular website that allows fax service. It allows for both Inbound and Outbound faxing. The plans start at $7.99/month which allows for 500 pages/month to $39.99/month which allows unlimited pages a month. They also offer free 30-day trialfor each of their services. They operate for US and Canada only. They provide great on-phone support for their customers. Call them at 888-350-2177 for special promotions not published on the Internet.

extremefax.com is another paid service. But this one is slightly cheaper than ring central above. The plan is just $6.67/month for 500 pages. They also offer a free trial for 7days. They offer sending as well as receiving of faxes. They also allow for receiving voice messages.

srfax.com is website that offers paid faxing but with a 60 day free trial. They have 3 plans but only 2 have the trial offer. The basic plan includes a 25 pages limit monthly for $3.39/month. This however, doesnt have a trial period. The other two plans which are $6.95/month for 200 pages and $9.95/month for 500 pages have both a 60-day trial period. They also have business plans that start at $15.95/month

There are many more services that you will find. But these are some of the services that we felt offer good services. You will find more or less similar services across the other websites too. You can consider the above services as representative of the general services that are found across the industry.

Happy Faxing people!!!-->

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