{"id":5304,"date":"2011-04-26T20:21:21","date_gmt":"2011-04-27T01:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/?p=5304"},"modified":"2023-12-07T07:24:35","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T13:24:35","slug":"t-mobiles-bobsled-free-calls-on-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/04\/t-mobiles-bobsled-free-calls-on-facebook\/","title":{"rendered":"T-Mobile’s Bobsled: Free Calls on Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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T-Mobile Takes on Skype with Facebook App<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like it or not it seems that Facebook is becoming more and more an escapable part of your digital life, and now T-Mobile\u2019s Bobsled is giving you yet another way to ignore communicate with friends and family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

What’s Bobsled:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Bobsled allows users to make calls to anyone on their friends list on Facebook for free. Not to shabby considering that you may have friends and family across the country or around the world. If you ever wondered what having Skype on Facebook would be like this would be it (albeit with some takeaways).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So why use Bobsled over Skype? Well that ultimately depends on your web habits. Unlike Skype, Bobsled comes with over half-a-billion potential users, users that won\u2019t be required to sign up for another web service, create some lame user handle, or be given another strange telephone number that they won\u2019t remember. If you\u2019re friends with John Doe, then you\u2019ve got his number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How it works:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you made it this far then you\u2019re at least possibly interested in trying it out for yourself. So here\u2019s what you need: a computer and a Facebook account. Bobsled is compatible on Windows, Linux, and Macintosh computers and works on all the major browsers: Safari, Firefox, Chrome, and IE. Install the .pkg file from their Facebook Page: http:\/\/apps.facebook.com\/bobsledbytmo<\/a> restart the browser and you\u2019re ready to get started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once installed on your browser, open up the chat window and you\u2019ll notice a new telephone icon. Select a friend and you\u2019re ready to start. If you\u2019re friend hasn\u2019t installed Bobsled yet, they\u2019ll be harassed (just like all your other app requests do) invited to use the service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s it; below is a simple gallery to illustrate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But what do you think about it?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As of this morning, T-Mobile voluntarily pulled the app while they work with Facebook address design issues<\/a>. So I will hold off on making a final verdict but know this much, it worked very well in terms of call quality and connectivity. We’ll keep you posted and once it goes live, we’ll do a before and after review.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

T-Mobile’s Bobsled lets you call Facebook friends for free, potentially competing with Skype. No signups, no strange usernames, just calls to your friends’ existing numbers. Compatible with major browsers and platforms. 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