Originally Posted by pittpanther (Post 18423780)

Talkatone - The "holy grail" of smartphones is to find an app that allows you to easily make calls without impacting your regular plan minutes. Basically making calls using data, not minutes. For Android, there used to be a combination of Google Voice, pbxes.org, and CSIPsimple. It was hard to setup, hard to maintain, not completely reliable. Talkatone has simplified things dramatically. No need for a separate SIP app or pbx. Combine Talkatone with a Google Voice number, and you easily can make AND receive calls, and send AND receive text messages. Setup is simple, and it's very stable.

Originally Posted by choijw (Post 18430007)

+1 talkatone. free calling back to the US from Europe (on wifi)! you need armv7 or higher though, otherwise, need to install the side-loading version.

Originally Posted by pittpanther (Post 18430213)

What does this mean? What is armv7? What is a "side-loading version?"

Originally Posted by nerd (Post 18423925)

Wifi tethering apps (such as WiFi Tether) have been available previously, but it looks like FoxFi might be one of the few that doesn't require a rooted phone.

Originally Posted by Ali Anwar (Post 18435030)

There's this application called "Trade Accounting" for Android, don't know whether it is available for iPhone or not. I heard its good for keeping accounts. Mostly aimed at making balance sheets and other statements, but it seems you can keep an austere watch on your expenses when you're abroad with this app. I always wanted such an app because I tend to overspend every time. For me searching for apps is the most boring thing. I just found it today and hope it comes handy during my travels.

Originally Posted by nerd (Post 18423925)

Wifi tethering apps (such as WiFi Tether) have been available previously, but it looks like FoxFi might be one of the few that doesn't require a rooted phone.

Originally Posted by allset2travel (Post 18460683)

My bold

I take it that it does not require a rooted phone, right? Thanks

Originally Posted by TWA884 (Post 18442099)

This morning, a + icon appeared in the notification bar. I had no idea what it was. It lead to a spam ad.

It turns out that some apps install AirPush, a push-notification mobile ad network, on the phone.The ads are dsiplayed through the notification bar.

AirPush Detector is a very small program, around 300 kb, that quickly scanned the phone, identified and removed the app containing AirPush (AroundMe World in my case).