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For a meager $1, the Line2 app certainly has the capacity to start a revolution in the field of telecommunications. It is very useful in saving money and making calls in places where AT&T’s signal is weak. Line2 is like an alternate phone within one’s phone. It gives one’s phone an extra phone number. This phone number comprises of everything including its very own contact list and voice mail.
The company that is offering this useful app is Toktumi. Toktumi is releasing this app with the view that one may give the Line2 number to workmates and business contacts and may use his original AT&T number for family and friends. The Line2 app is the visual reincarnation of the phone software used in the iPhone. Also this is an app that is permitted to be sold by Apple. This is a point worth mentioning because prior to this, Apple had prohibited any app that looked or worked very similar to its own software to be listed on its App Store.
However, the most useful feature of this app is that it makes the iPhone a dual mode phone. In normal conditions, it makes calls utilizing AT&T’s airwaves. However, if one is in a wireless hotspot, it can make calls through the internet. Interestingly, the Line2 software also works on the iPod touch. That implies that one could turn one’s iPod touch into a cell phone without having to owe a single cent to any particular telecom provider.
Line2 service costs $15 per month after a 30 day free trial. Line2 also permits overseas calling at cheap rates. Calling most countries would cost one between 2-5 cents a minute.
Unfortunately, Line2 doesn’t work seamlessly on the 3G network. It works loads better on the Wi-Fi network. Fortunately for users, when one initiates a call when in a 3G network and then enters a WiFi hotspot, Line2 switches perfectly to the WiFi network without leaving the call. All these features make Line2 a very useful app.
