Now Magic Jack with the combination of Femtocell technology, allows you to use any GSM mobile phone to make calls via the Femtocell-enabled Magic Jack. A MagicJack account costs you only $19.99 per year, or equivalent to about $1.70 a month only. So while you’re at home or workplace, you can use your GSM cellphone to make calls via the Femtocell-enabled Magic Jack.
You just need to bring your cellphone within 8 feet of the MagicJack femtocell to register your cellphone. You can then talk away within a range of a 3000 square foot house. Calls made through the Femtocell will not use your minutes, as they’re routed through MagicJack networks.
The MagicJack femtocell will potentially work with any mobile phones from any carrier. If you have an old GSM cellphone, you can make use of it to make calls via the MagicJack femtocell. You can make free calls (local + long distance) to people using magic jack or other femtocell-enabled Magic jacks. The femtocell also enhances mobile phone reception for indoors and gives clear voice quality. Watch the clip below for more information.
via engadget businesswire
January 8th, 2010 at 2:29 pm
Wow that is pretty cool. so pretty much any calls made from home doesn’t use your minutes. cool find.
January 8th, 2010 at 5:08 pm
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January 8th, 2010 at 9:54 pm
Yeah, Magic Jack is a great gadget that hooks up to your computer’s USB port, allows you to connect a home telephone set to it to make free local or long-distance calls to others’ home telephones that have the magic jack connected.
And now the Magic Jack combines with the femtocell unit, allows you to use your mobile phone to make free calls through it, within the range of a 3000 square foot. So while you’re in the house or office that has a femtocell-connected-magicjack, you can enjoy free calls using your cellphone
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September 21st, 2010 at 8:22 pm
Magic on TV says that it costs only 19.99 when you go tp there website or either radioshack it costs 39.99 = 6.95 for handling and shipping