Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. I just wanted to know whether is possible to use an iPad mini as a cell phone. No, you can't use it as a carrier cellphone. But if you have enough data in your plan, you can use it as a cellphone through services such as Google Voice or Skype which can give you a phone number that you can call with and be called with over the internet. They both provide apps that will "ring" your iPad when someone calls the number.
Google Voice is free to have a phone number. Skype charges for a phone number, but that includes some sort of fee that gives you a predetermined number of minutes. If you mean whether you can make phone calls using your SIM card, no, you can't :. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top.
Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Ask Question. I figure may as well make it my phone also.
My question is, now that hangouts works as a call service is that a viable option as well and how do you deal with the SMS issue. I understand the iMessage portion of your blog above but what about if someone sends me a standard SMS to my cell number after its been ported to Google Voice? Where is that received and responded? I could have missed something you already covered. Thanks for your assistance. Hi Jason. If you ported your number to google voice you can send and receive actual phone calls too if you use the talkatone app.
Been doing this with a cellular iPad mini for a year now. You just have to remember that the mic is on top of the ipad if you are holding it like a phone. Still trying to figure out the thing myself. Any idea how to find what the 10 digit number to a local dispatcher is? Apple really just need to enable emergency calls as it does use an actual local phone number for data. Many say to dial for emergencies, though.
Good point about the mic being on the top of the iPad. A pair of EarPods sound great though if you have them. I have read comments in blogs that Google will no longer allow Talkatone to use Google Voice as of May Something to do with Google merging google voice into Gogle Hangouts.
Are you experiencing any oddities with your Talkatone service now? Some Talkatone users are already complaining of outages. As for the delimma…. I remember reading somewhere that an old crummy cellphone should still be able to dial EVEN without any service provider. I have not tried this yet but plan to test this shortly. Anyone know more about this and can offer more info? It previously had verizon on it. I got through to with no issues.
Just tell them you are testing an old phone for service and they understand. No outages yet. Hope they have a viable google hangout alternative for phone calls and texts. And yeah any old flip phone can still reach I made the plunge and ported my number to google voice in late I use an iPad 2. My bag is a Kensington…they make incredible bags for the iPad with great prices.
I forward my ported number to the Skype number. I use Skype only because my earlier tests showed Skype had far better audio quality then google voice using Talkatone. I would love to just use hangouts for my phone instead of Skype so I will retest the audio calls eventually…but for now Skype audio calling is rock solid.
Sadly, I currently only have 3G service. Upgrade to a tablet that has 4g. You really need at least 5mb speed on data to prevent those awkward poor data voice stretches. Thanks for your insights Dave. Is forwarding calls from Google Voice to Skype slow for the person calling you? I would think that might be a bit slow.
Hi Ken, the forwarding from google voice to Skype is instantaneous, not slow at all. It also includes all you can eat calls in the US and Canada. And of course if you buy an office subscription you even get 1 free hour of global calling a month to most countries. So my google voice number is simply forwarding the call to my Skype number. No lag since google voice is only involved in the forward call handoff to Skype. Once I pick up on Skype, the conversation is from Skype and the caller.
The only time I would get lag is if the data connection was bad. Not yet. A mini should work exactly the same and in fact will be more portable. Go to your Google Voice account and add your Talkatone number as a forwarding phone number. After you do this, outgoing calls show from your Talkatone phone number.
Google Voice doesn't allow you to forward text messages to linked numbers, though, due to potential spam issues. Actively scan device characteristics for identification. Use precise geolocation data. Select personalised content. Create a personalised content profile. Measure ad performance. Select basic ads.
Create a personalised ads profile. Select personalised ads. Apply market research to generate audience insights. Measure content performance. Develop and improve products. List of Partners vendors. Daniel Nations. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn. Updated on June 25, Jon Fisher. Lifewire Technology Review Board Member. Article reviewed on Jun 09, Tweet Share Email. Apple iPad Macs. What to Know A common way to make calls on an iPad is with Facetime but you can also use your iPhone's cell number or the Messages app.
You can also use third-party apps like Skype or Talkatone with Google Voice. Was this page helpful?
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