You can get it by going to our download section which will direct you to the Apple Itunes store.

We hope you will enjoy it. Please give us your feedback, as we rely on your comments and ideas to make sure we keep providing the best VoIP solution.

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We have also updated our list of supported handsets lately. We have added no less than 100 devices to our list. You can find them all here.

We try to keep our list of supported handsets up to date but sometimes there are phones that might be left out, so if you don’t see your phone on your list you can try to select a similar model and see if barablu runs on your device. If you have any doubts please contact our support team – They can help you and verify whether your phone is supported or not.

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How does it work?
The calls are handled a little differently on Java compared to our other platforms. Basically, all calls from Java will be routed through a local number – We call this an “Access Number”. This means that your operator will charge you for a local call, or use up any free minutes you may have.

All initiated calls from the Java client will require that you are routed through our access number, so all Java calls will be charged by your operator at local rate.

You will not be charged by your operator or from barablu when you receive calls from other barablu users.

The first thing you should do!
Is to make sure that you update your barablu profile so your mobile phone number is the same as the number of the SIM inside your phone. This is very important. If the SIM number and the mobile phone number in ‘my profile’ are not the exact same then the voice calls will not work.

Where does it work?

You can use barablu java calls everywhere in the world but we can only route you through access numbers in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and UK, so it will only make sense to use it in these countries. If you select any other country than those listed above, and make a call you will automatically be routed through our Austrian access number and your service provider will charge you the applicable rate.

Call Schemes
To help you understand how it works we will go through each possible scenario and tell you how the call is handled and how you will be charged.
There are 4 different call schemes – Here is how it works:

1) Java call to any other user (PC, Nokia, WM)
If you are signed in to your Java phone and calls someone else who is logged into barablu on another device, then neither one of you will be charged by barablu – This is treated as a normal barablu call.
Your operator will charge you for a local call to our access number.

2) Java call out to landline/mobile phone
If you want to make a call to someone to their landline phone, barablu will charge you the applicable rate.
Your operator will charge you for a local call to our access number.

3) Other barablu user (PC, Nokia, WM) call Java
If you receive a call on barablu from one of your friends who is logged into barablu on another device, then you will not be charged by barablu or your operator.
The user who is calling you will be charged by barablu because the call will be treated as a ‘barablu out call’.

4) Java call to Java
If you are signed into barablu on your Java phone and want to call another barablu Java user then (like in scenario 3) the call will be handled as a ‘barablu out call’. This means that you will be charged by barablu and your operator will charge you for a local call to our access number.
The Person who receives the call will not be charged at all.

Other users
As you can see in point 3 barablu users signed into barablu from other devices will be charged at barablu out rates to call users who are online from Java phones – Therefore we have created a new icon for our Java users, so you can always see if a person is signed into his Java phone and this way know if you will get charged.
The new icon looks like this If you call someone with this icon you will be charged by barablu.

Happy Calling!
The Java installers are available from our download page. Find your phone on the device list and try it out!

For further info see our userguide.

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The Phone is available for international pre-order, but unfortunately it will not ship until the end of January, so if you thought you had just found your final x-mas present I’m afraid I’ll have to dissapoint you.  The phone itself shows some promise, though – It features a 624 MHz processor, 128 MB RAM, wi-fi, 2 MP camera and 400 minutes of talk time, along with a 2.5” touchscreen, microSD slot, and 3G connectivity. It promises to be a worthy rival and great alternative to T-Mobile’s G1.

The Kogan Agora and T-Mobile G1 can look forward to some significant competition as it was recently announced that 14 new members will join the “Open Handset Alliance” including Sony Ericsson, Toshiba, and Vodafone Group Plc. They are joining a list of members that also include companies like HTC, Motorola, T-Mobile, and Intel. This means that we can surely look forward to a bunch of new exciting devices next year running the Android OS.

I’m sure you will all be happy to know that here at barablu we are working on a barablu version for Android. Our developers are working very hard and we are expecting to be able to offer it to you in the year to come. By the time we are going to offer barablu for Android we hope you will have a wide range of Android based devices to choose from.

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We have carried out some generel bug fixes and optimizations to voice and performance.
Check it out and let us know what you think!

You may also notice a few changes to our website – We have changed the Sign Up process and done some changes to the “my barablu account” area. So if you Sign In to your account to check your call history, add credit or seomething else then don’t be surprised by the very different look.

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The new releases contain some generel bug fixes and some optimization to voice quality while also reducing the bandwidth slightly. 

We have also integrated AIM and ICQ and our new barablu skin on windows mobile and symbian, plus our new Multi File Transfer feature. The Multi File Transfer enables you to send more than one file at the same time to different users.

As always, your feedback and comments are greatly appreciated.

Enjoy!

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Did you know that you can enable Auto-roaming in barablu for Nokia?  

What it does?

Auto-roaming enables you to roam freely between 3G and Wi-Fi. For example, if you are connected to Wi-Fi and you leave the hotspot, then barablu can automatically connect again using GPRS, Edge or 3G.

This way you can make sure that you stay connected to barablu all the time - And you don’t have to manually sign into barablu if you loose your connection.

How to activate Auto-roaming and how it works?

Go to options à Account Settings à Auto-roam à And select your preferences.

Once you have opened the Auto-roaming menu you get 4 options:

• GPRS Only:

This means that barablu will only connect using GPRS. If you loose your GPRS signal you will also be signed out of barablu.

• Wi-Fi only:

This means that barablu will only connect using Wi-Fi. If you move from one Wi-Fi hotspot to another hotspot then barablu will automatically connect to the new Wi-Fi hotspot -  If you are not within reach of any hotspots then you will stay signed out of barablu.

• Wi-Fi and then GPRS:

This option prioritizes Wi-Fi connections. If you select this option then barablu will first connect using Wi-Fi. If you loose your Wi-Fi connection then barablu will automatically scan for other Wi-Fi access points to connect to – If barablu does not find any Wi-Fi connections, then it will connect via GPRS.

• GPRS and then Wi-Fi:

If you select this option you choose to prioritize GPRS connection – This means that barablu will always try to connect via GPRS/Edge/3G – Should you, for whatever reason, loose your signal, then barablu will first try to connect via GPRS, and if there is no signal at all, it will scan for Wi-Fi connections and connect you if there are any available.

Pretty neat, huh?

There is one thing you should remember, though.

barablu will only connect to connections it already knows(hotspots where it has already been connected once before). So, if you find yourself a new Wi-Fi hotspot you will have to manually log in the first time, but after that barablu will do it automatically.

Hopefully, this cleared up some of the confusion about this very useful feature – And if you are one of those who were thinking about trying it out before, but was not entirely sure what it did, then now there is no excuse – Start Auto-roaming so you can be logged into barablu at all times.

Happy Auto-roaming!

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We have had some enquiries about our barablu personal numbers.

On the website we refer to this number as 8088… but lately we have changed the format, so when you sign up to barablu, the number you are given actually starts with 5600…

This has caused a little bit of confusion for new users who signed up to barablu.

Let me just point out that absolutely nothing has changed except for the format of the number.

The old and new format are 100% compatible with each other and you still get all the free calls and barablu features that you always did when signing up – Oh! and by the way!

Check out our new animation video which gives you an overview of some of the features you get when you do sign up to barablu.

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It has been quite busy here at barablu the last few months. We have revamped the User Interface for the application and made it more user friendly. And added some new cool avatars and smileys too. We hope you’ll like it!
In response to many requests we have also enabled our users to import AIM and ICQ contacts, so now you can be in contacts with all your friends at the same time. At present this is available for PC, but we will be expanding this to all platforms within the coming weeks. We will announce it here, when we do.

There is still work to be done, but we feel that we are moving in the right direction to maintain our position as the best VoIP application available.

Once again, welcome to the barablu blog. Enjoy, and subscribe to the feed, or keep coming back to stay up to date with changes and new features.

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