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lifestyle:involuntary [2021/10/04 20:40] frater_secessus [niceties] |
lifestyle:involuntary [2021/10/07 17:53] frater_secessus [smartphones] added voip |
Once you are online with wifi you can get a webmail address like gmail or yahoo. Google offers free phone numbers through Google Voice, and those numbers can be used for text, voicemail, and sometimes phone calls depending on the setup. You would only be able to access the text/voicemail when on wifi, but it's a good way to stay in touch and the phone number looks like any other phone number. You can also do chat and video calling over your google mail account. | Once you are online with wifi you can get a webmail address like gmail or yahoo. Google offers free phone numbers through Google Voice, and those numbers can be used for text, voicemail, and sometimes phone calls depending on the setup. You would only be able to access the text/voicemail when on wifi, but it's a good way to stay in touch and the phone number looks like any other phone number. You can also do chat and video calling over your google mail account. |
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**Tablets** are functionally like large smartphones, and may make web browsing and forum participation easier. If there is no built-in microphone you may be able to use a bluetooth headset or corded headphones with mic to make phone calls. | **Tablets** are functionally like large smartphones, and may make web browsing and forum participation easier. If there is no built-in microphone you may be able to use a bluetooth headset or corded headphones with mic to make VOIP phone calls. |
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**Note**: with some open wifi systems you have to connect to an unsecure website like http://m.cnn.com (not http//s//) in order to get the connection agreement to show up so you can click on it. | **Note**: with some open wifi systems you have to connect to an unsecure website like http://m.cnn.com (not http//s//) in order to get the connection agreement to show up so you can click on it. |