by whiteswan » Thu Feb 04, 2010 10:15 pm
Haven’t you jailbroken your iPhone so you can use Backgrounder and have your SIP software always running?
I use a jailbroken iPhone with SIP software, so whenever I’m within WiFi, GV can call me back on my mobile SIP program (such as Gizmo or Nimbuzz running in the background using Backgrounder) and I don’t lose any minutes. Invaluable, VC just needs to let you choose how to route each call.
I strongly suggest that the current buttons…
[ $0.10 ] [ Call ] [ (x) ]
…be changed to these three…
[ Phone 1 ] [ Phone 2 ] [ Phone 3 ]
Each button relates to one of the user’s own present calling phones. Crucially they must simply pick up the ‘names/labels’ the user has chose for each phone within GV itself. E.g. mine would automatically show as:
[ Cell ] [ Gizmo ] [ sipgate ]
Then, if I’m out and about, I just tap Cell and it calls me back on my iPhone.
If I’m in Starbucks or some other WiFi zone, I hit sipgate, and it calls me back via Nimbuzz’s SIP protocol.
If I’m at home with no cell signal, I hit Gizmo, and it rings my Gizmo app on my computer.
Other people might have: Cell | Home | Work
The above is a must, I feel. But if you’re feeling really clever, allow the user to set a predetermined ‘WiFi’ number, and when the iPhone detects it is connected to a WiFi signal, calls can automatically go through - for example - sipgate and ring back via whatever SIP program the user has on the iPhone. (I don’t think you need a delay for this, as anyone can use Backgrounder to have your SIP software ‘always on’.)
Anyone else think this is a neat idea?