Make Free Phone Calls Through Twitter with @Call

I'll admit this one made me laugh when I saw it, and I didn't quite believe it. I had kind of a "what will they think of next" reaction, but after looking into it a bit, it does seem promising. The premise of JAJAH @Call is simple - you just need to sign up for their service (the person you're calling needs to be signed up as well) and then send a tweet to call them. So if I wanted to call Kevin I could easily tweet @call @crackberrykevin and I'd be connected. It supposedly works from any Twitter client (desktop, BlackBerry, text etc) without a hitch. From what I understand the calls are free for two minutes, and there are fees after that (the full pricing list varies by location). For more information or to sign up, check out jajah.com. If you test out the service be sure to leave a comment and let us know how it works.

7 Comments

Posted by autoprime Thursday, Sep 17, 2009 980 days ago

would it still be using cellular minutes tho? just as google voice etc would... (unless using the pick3, myfavs etc trick).

Posted by 8509338511 Friday, Sep 18, 2009 980 days ago

what is this?

Posted by blackbms Thursday, Sep 17, 2009 980 days ago

Unless you get a free 2 minute international call I don't see a good use for this. Anybody I have in twitter that I want to talk to is in my phone book. Then with Vlingo I just say "call friend" and off it goes. If I want a free call I just use Google Voice and since I have my google number in my "circle" the incoming call is free to me.

Both those seem much easier than doing the @call @name to make the call.

But it is an interesting idea. Neat to see what people are coming up with for the use of twitter.

Posted by cwhitney24 Thursday, Sep 17, 2009 980 days ago

not sure about this one. think sticking to something like google voice would be better.

Posted by gslivingston Thursday, Sep 17, 2009 980 days ago

...yeah but one of my buds in London has a UK mobile # and a US google voice #. we can talk for free when he's on his laptop (and I'm on my US mobile) but google voice won't forward to an international # - i.e. his mobile. with twitter software on his mobile we can 'jajah' for free.

Posted by SOCIALITEx Thursday, Sep 17, 2009 980 days ago

silly. phone cards are cheaper i think. lol

Posted by 8509338511 Friday, Sep 18, 2009 980 days ago

BLUF: I am in Iraq my family in the USA, Can I use this to call my wifes blackberry for free?

Do I get charged international connection fees or minutes on my calling plan when I answer the phone using jajah?

I dont understand how to use jajah via twitter