A few minutes ago I have access to Google Maps and Google Street View has launched in Spain, especially Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and Seville. For those who do not know, Street View is a free service from Google that allows a panoramic view from the street.
This service represents a great leap in our mobile phones, as from now we will see our city from our mobile phone with Android (currently only on sale in the U.S.) or the iPhone, which can use Street View inside a few weeks or days with actuaización iPhone OS 2.2 we can find in iTunes.
Surely, you can see any part of our city opens a new way to find directions, as if so far only saw the map, now we can see exactly how is the place, restaurant, shop or street where we want to go.
Although currently only available to iPhone and Android, we will inform you when it becomes available on other platforms.
Truphone is an application similar to Fringe which allows us to make VoIP calls via our mobile phone. It installs as a native application on the smartphone and is compatible with Nokia, Blackberry and iPhone.
Unlike Fringe, which we set ourselves for Skype, SIP or Google Talk, Truphone allows us to buy directly call minutes. Furthermore, calls between Truphone users are free.
Truphone tariffs are very simple: 6 U.S. cents for calls to fixed, mobile and 30 cents to 20 cents. to send SMS messages (but currently can only be sent from mobile Nokia).
To install Truphone on Nokia (compatible with recent models) or Blackberry to have access to the official website. In the case of the iPhone we can find for free on the App Store. Remember that it’s free and only pay when you make calls to traditional numbers.
¡Update! When you install Truphone, you will need to make an account, which you will need to enter your phone number, email and a PIN. Then comes a call from an unknown number. We will have to enter our PIN again to confirm our account.