Well guess what, its no future. Johnny Lee, you know the guy who amazed the world with his wii hacks, showed off the “Moveable Interactive Projected Displays Using Projector Based Tracking” technique that basicly does what the image above show in 2005 (!). Check out the video, it’s truly amazing!

His new project called “Foldable Interactive Displays” completely blows you away. Apple, Nokia, Microsoft (surface) … eat your heart out or even better, hire this guy!

Well you can! Unfortunately Skype is throwing up some wall to prevent this (no disrespect to their business model). There are more VoIP providers on the net than Skype alone, one of them is VoipBuster. And VoipBuster is (one of) the solutions that enables you to make those cheap local and international calls using just your Nokia phone to which you are so attached :).

This guide shows how you can setup the Nokia Internet Telephony application that is available on the latest Nokia models (if someone can find a complete list with compatible phones let me know!) to make very cheap local and international calls using the VoipBuster as the SIP server.

When you’re lucky and completed the guide successfully you’ll be able to make true internet calls as the image above shows!

Some prerequisites:

• A VoipBuster account
• A phone that support SIP
• An unlimited dataplan (if you plan on using 3G instead of WiFi connections)
• Some patiences when you don’t get it right the first time

For the impatient ones here are the settings right away:

Phone -> Settings -> Connection -> SIP settings

• Profile name: VoipBuster
• Service profile: IETF
• Default access point: choose a WiFi connection (I don’t recommend a 3G connection due to software issues)
• Public username: your_voipbuster_username@voipbuster.com
• Use compression: no
• Registration: When needed
• Use security: no
• Proxy server: don’t need to change anything here
• Registrar server
• Registrar server address: sip.voipbuster.com
• Realm: voipbuster.com
• Username: your_voipbuster_username
• Password: your_voipbuster_password
• Transport type: Auto
• Port: 5060

Phone -> Settings -> Connection -> Internet tel. settings

• Profile name: VoipBuster
• Sip profiles: VoipBuster

Read on for the full guide (with many screenshots !)… there is “surprise” at the very bottom for those that are unfortunate and don’t have the latest gadget phone that support SIP

Go to you’re phone settings.

open up the connection settings,

and move on to the SIP settings.

Add a new SIP profile.

These are the default settings for a new SIP profile.

Change the default profile name to VoipBuster, leave the Service profile at IETF.

Select a default access point. In this case I’ve selected my home WiFi network.

I’ve tested it with a 3G connection and it works but is a major bug (feature?) in the Nokia Internet telephony application, once you’ve connected thought a 3G connection there’s no (easy) way to disconnect… so be warned.

By the way it’s shame you can’t select an access point group in the SIP profile like in most other application. This means that if you want to use multiple default access points you’ll need to create multiple SIP profiles with each one having an different default access point set.

Your public username is your VoipBuster username with @voipbuster.com attached.

These are the default settings for the registrar server.

Set the registrar server to sip.voipbuster.com

Set the registrar realm to voipbuster.com.

Set the registrar username / password to your VoipBuster username / password.

After saving the profile you should see a the new VoipBuster SIP profile.

Next we need to create a new telephony profile.

Create a new profile.

Change the default name to something like VoipBuster.

The VoipBuster SIP profile you’ve just created should be selected automaticly but just check for sure.

Open up the Internet telephony application and it should start detecting services (=WiFi netorks) immediately.

If the application didn’t connect automaticly to the default access point (the one you’ve provided in the SIP profile) you can connect manually.

Take a look in the Internet Telephony settings.

You can change the preferred call type to Internet call which will result in using internet calls when you’re in range of your default access point. So when you enter you home or office WiFi network the phone can automaticly switch to internet calls.

Setting the login type to automatic will cause the Internet telefphony application to immediately initiate a connection when the application is starter. When the login type is set to manual you’ll always need to select an WiFi access point before an connection is initiated.

Connecting to the VoipBuster SIP server using my home WiFi network.

A SIP connection is in place (see the internet phone icon in the statusbar on the right hand side of the screen). Now just select an entry in your phonebook, choose call and there you have it, you can select to call using an internet call.

That’s all … now go start making those phone calls that you know you’re mobile operator won’t be happy with! Who doesn’t want to call to Malawi (Africa) for a mere $0.03 a minute :)

And now for the surprise…
Don’t have a phone that support SIP? Too bad, but there is hope!
The freely downloadable Fring application supports SIP and has a wide install base for many different phones! Just setup the VoipBuster SIP profile in Fring and you too can make those cheap calls!

Toch zijn er een altijd een paar punten die pas naar boven komen bij intensief gebruik. Dus hieronder een aantal punten die -gelukkig allemaal via een software update te verhelpen zouden moeten zijn- ter verbetering van het gebruiksgemak (en plezier) van deze telefoon.

• Keyboard shortcuts in het menu, dit zat al in mijn nokia 6680 van 2 jaar geleden, waarom nu niet!?
• Keyboard shortcuts in de messaging applicatie, om nu elke keer een email als “read” te moeten markeren via het menu maakt het leven er niet makkelijker op.
• Keyboard shortcuts in het algemeen, het lijkt er op dat wat opera en google wel snappen met hun mobiele applicatie nokia enigszins vergeet. Snel navigeren op een telefoon gaat via shortcuts!
• Vertraging tussen de “klik sound” en het maken van de foto is nu +/- 1 sec … dit werkt niet lekker.
• en een optie om de “klik sound” van de camera uit te zetten in stil stand, ook weer iets dat wel op m’n 6680 van 2 jaar geleden zat.

Heeft nokia een suggestiebox waar ik een briefje in kan gooien?