Source: snapvoip.blogspot.com

New Symbian Platinum Partner Provides Free Software for Symbian Smartphones, Offering VoIP Calls, Text Messages and Instant Messaging.
EQO Communications today announced plans to release a native Symbian C++ version of its mobile VoIP, text and IM application. EQO (pronounced “echo”) is a free mobile application that lets users call anywhere in the world for rates as low as 1.2p/minute (2.3 cents USD) and also features inexpensive international text messages and free access to popular instant messaging services, including MSN, AIM, Yahoo!, Google Talk, ICQ and Jabber. By developing a Symbian C++ native version of EQO, Symbian smartphone users can enjoy a faster and more responsive mobile VoIP experience.

By using EQO, Symbian smartphone users can now save up to 95% on international calls to landlines and mobile phones, and save up to 70% on international text messages. In addition, calls and texts exchanged between EQO users are free. Once the EQO application is downloaded, users can automatically import all of their existing contacts into their EQO phonebook. With EQO’s presence feature, users are able to see which of their contacts are online and who is available for a call, to receive a text or have a chat using EQO’s free IM feature.
EQO is inviting all Symbian enthusiasts to be part of the beta trial by signing up at www.EQO.com/symbian.
EQO works on hundreds of different mobile phones – for a complete list of supported phones please visit www.eqo.com/supportedhandsets
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Source: snapvoip.blogspot.com

Cerulean announced that they have released a new beta version of Trillian Astra for iPhone. According to the article on Cerulean Blog, more than 3000 people have down loaded the application. This number might go higher as other users get to know about the Astra.
Lack of communication, (IM, Chat) has been a complain of many iPhone users.
If you are wondering what Trillian is, it is the the grand daddy of IM communication hubs. It supports many instant messaging programs, including AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo Messenger, and IRC. I I think most user’s contacts are covered with these.

If you own an iPhone, please feel free to sign up as a Trillian Astra alpha tester. Don’t forget to tell us you own one in the “About Yourself” section in the form! If you are a Mac user, you may also get a chance to use the browser edition of Trillian Astra as a part of the alpha program. I do not have a iPhone yet! but now that DVD Jon has provided a way to use iPhone as a PDA (an expensive PDA) i might get one! But I have a new Mac!