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If I had a nickel for every time I’ve heard some company promise me that they’re going to reduce the price of my phone bill by letting me use WiFi to make phone calls, I would not have to pay my phone bill for over a decade. Cherry, a new operator based of Belgium, is claiming that their “revolutionary” and “unique” approach to making phone calls will save you money. There are a few clauses: you have to be using a Nokia S60 device, and it has to be running their software.
This is their fancy marketing video, probably done by a starving university student for a 6 pack of beer and a kebab:
And here is an interview with Cherry CEO Bernard Noël De Burlin, Telco Service Manager Davy Van De Moere, done by Robin Wauters from Tech Crunch:
Now granted, they do hand offs between WiFi and GSM, which is pretty cool, but I just can’t get myself excited about this no matter how hard I try.
If you’re interested in someone who does the exact same thing, but supports more devices, and has been in the game way longer, check out Truphone.
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Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
