HelloSoft Launches New VoIP Platform for Dual-Mode Symbian Smartphones

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HelloSoft Launches New VoIP Platform for Dual-Mode Symbian Smartphones

6:30 am on April 7, 2007 | Category: VoIP, Mobile Devices, Software

Voice over IP software developer, HelloSoft Inc., launched a new mobile VoIP platform for the Symbian operating system this week, in an attempt to enable IP calling on the next generation of Symbian smartphones.

HelloDual-Mode, as the name implies is designed to ride the oncoming tidal wave of dual mode devices by allowing users to make cheap wireless VoIP calls when inside a Wi-Fi hotspot.

“As VoIP technology is becoming more prevalent in day to day life, businesses are not the only ones benefiting from it; more and more consumers are turning to VoIP to keep in touch with friends and family from their home PCs,” commented Symbian’s vice president of ecosystem development, Mike Whittingham. “HelloDual-Mode on Symbian OS will help handset manufacturers bring the VoIP PC experience to mass market mobile phone users more easily and in a shorter time frame.”

“With VoIP technologies rapidly changing the mobile device landscape, HelloSoft is on the forefront of these technologies by continually delivering the most optimized VoIP for mobile devices,” explained Ron Victor, the General Manager of Marketing and Business Development at HelloSoft. “HelloDual-Mode now enables handset manufacturers targeting the mass market to build multi-mode handsets based on Symbian OS.”