Make free calls to landlines, mobile phones with Vonage app

(Credit: Vonage)

Quick housekeeping note: I'll be taking the day off tomorrow, so I'll see you back here on Wednesday. Here's a great freebie to tide you over until then!

Talk is cheap, right? How about this: For a short while, talk is free.

Vonage Mobile (Android|iOS) is a voice-over-IP app that lets you make free calls (and send free texts) to other Vonage app users.

You can also use it to call landline and mobile phones -- but normally this costs money. For a limited time, however, you can use Vonage Mobile to make free calls to landline and mobile phones.

The app taps Wi-Fi and 3G/4G networks to make voice calls, thereby circumventing your allotment of monthly minutes (but not your data plan, obviously). Side benefit: owners of iPod Touches and Wi-Fi-only iPads can make phone calls, provided there's an open Wi-Fi network nearby.

As part of the promotion, you can place calls to anyone in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico. The fine print: The service "is for personal, non-commercial calling and excludes calls to certain geog... [Read more]