The YMax tech consumer product company is showing off a new MagicJack product designed to allow users to make VoIP phone calls using a mobile phone.
Specifically, the new product includes a small GSM base station, called a femtocell, which allows owners to make VoIP calls using a mobile phone to residents in the United States and Canada.
Once plugged into a computer with broadband Internet access, the MagicJack will locate all mobile phones in the household -- and can cover a 3,000-sq. ft. home -- places a call to the mobile phone, and the owner then connects the phone to the PC.
The MagicJack can be used with the Apple iPhone and other locked mobile phones, but company officials believe consumers are more likely to use older phones with the MagicJack VoIP product.
New users receive 12 months coverage for free with purchase, and then must pay $20 per year for continued service.
The MagicJack for VoIP will be released sometime during Q2 2010, and will cost around $40.
YMax previously sold a MagicJack model that is used with traditional analog phones, with many customers applauding the company for its easy-to-use product. Regular femtocells are developed for use in individual households and small businesses, but the technology has developed far enough along it can be used by regular consumers.
There is a rising number of average consumers using VoIP in favor of regular landline service, which is an ideal marketing opportunity for MagicJack and companies making use of femtocells.
