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FYI: If you cannot wait for an invite, they are <$10 on ebay.

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Just checked out the gizmo5 configuration page, it now has a Google Voice section where you can input your GV username and password. What this does is when you setup a VoIP application or phone with your Gizmo5 login information (make SURE you are using the 10+1 digit gizmo5 phone number to login, not the gizmo5 username), you get free outgoing calling (direct dial)! No more using a separate application or the web to call your gizmo5 number first with your GV #. Just pick a contact and call away. This is great news that gizmo5 and google are collaborating together. I forsee another google takeover soon (I hope).

I tested this with Siphon (iPhone app, from Cydia – free, allows calls over 3gedge) and was able to make outgoing calls right from the VoIP app – before I had to open GVMobile (separate app to call your Gizmo number first before placing the outgoing call), otherwise it would state “you have no gizmo5 outgoing credit, etc”.

Works perfectly with Sipdroid for all android phones, must install the version off there site http://sipdroid.org/ if you want to utilitize 3G/Edge calling, if not the version on the market uses Wlan and works just as well. Use setting below

Steps:
1) Login to your gizmo5 (www.gizmo5.com) account page
2) enter your GV username and password
3) Go to your SIPVoip Deviceapplication and enter the following: (or just download the gizmo5 application)
-Username: your 10+1 digit Gizmo5 number found on your Gizmo account page
-Password: enter your password
-Server: proxy01.sipphone.com
4) Login to GV and add your Gizmo5 number and verify it – pick up the call when you receive it and enter the verification code

DONE – free, easy to use outgoing and incoming calls with your GV number! Everything works great, when you call out, it shows your GV #, and when ppl call your GV #, it should ring your gizmo5 account!

You can also buy an ATA addon and hook up your landline phone to it and use the same settings! Been reading forums and it seems that the Linksys PAP2 NA is the recommended ATA: PAP2 NA on eBay

If youve never heard of gizmo5, they allow unlimited incoming calls. Now this is where Google Voice steps in and the magic happens, whenever you want to call someone via GV, it requires it to call your phone, and then use GV to call out – so basically every call incoming and outgoing, is really incoming. Gizmo5 just made it 100 times easier with this integration and now no callin is required to dial out.

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Careful with ebay PAP2’s as listed above. High rate of defects.As reported by many on DSL Reports

Also there is an Error in regards to “landline” description for the ATA. I believe the person means your POTS phones with the FXS port. FXO is to connect to the CO landline. The Linksys SPA-3102 will do this. $69.98 at Amazon. This way you can still have your Telco line come into the device for everyone that has your landline number, and call route out VoIP for outgoing Calls

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Detailed Tutorial with Pictures

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Be sure NOT to use Nimbuzz if using iphone. It is not able to verify your GV account link to gizmo since you cannot dial the code GV gives you (there is no dialpad). Also, I was unable to call out using Nimbuzz – dialing out did nothing other than it pretending to call out. I was able to receive incoming calls though.

Siphon from Cydia worked flawlessly.

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New info added by Gizmo:
Calls are limited to 20 minutes, service subject to change

If you use Skype then this isnt news to you. To everyone else listen up: Skype is a phone service where you can call any skype member free worldwide, think of free mobile to mobile but on a much larger scale. You can also call anyone within the US for 36 bucks a year, thats unlimited calls folks. You can aslo get unlimited incoming minutes with a local phone number from almost any area code you like for another one time fee of about 40 bucks. You can purchase up to 10 phone numbers so you can have a Florida area code so when Granny calls she wont pay long distance, you can set up a New York area code so local business will think you have a local office and so on.

The only catch is you need a wireless network for this to work. Luckily you most likely already have one, if not they are easy to setup. Then you need a phone like this one that Amazon has on sale for 89.99 with free shipping and no tax.

So this is what you need:

1. Wireless Home or Office Network
2. Skype Wireless phone
3. Skype account in good standing with SkypeIn and SkypeOut

With the exception of the one time fee for the phone you can have unlimited nationwide long distance for less than 100 bucks a year.

Lets see any VOIP provider top that, what a minute I think I know of a way to get all of this for free….. A detailed post will follow that will show how to get unlimited long distance, a new local number and a completely free phone service.