Forgot to mention fring

Take one free sipgate account with a uk geographical number (020,029,0117... style)

Take fring and the sip plugin (all free)

Go abroad and disable your cellular network, but turn on wifi.

Now friends and family can call you in your hotel in canada by dialling a local uk number.

Alternatively, you can call them from your local number too.

I use sipgate for my main house phone as the number follows me wherever I move, just requires the internet. Fring lets me pick up house calls on my mobile phone when i'm out.

Perfect pairing would work with any android sip client but fring just works and gives me access to msn folk too

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Skype charges for an external london number last I used it.

What's app is just messaging no?

Sip is the way. Been using it for nigh on 6 years, it's fantastic. Lived in 3 different places and yet still have the same number, use it all the time when abroad.

Until google voice hits the uk, nothing can beat it.

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My family and friends aren't always at a computer this way they can call me from wherever, house phone, work, mobile and it doesn't cost me anything

Get a UK number from sipgate and then they can call you for local rates wherever they are in the uk.

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I don't use much these days but going to list what I have on my phone, even if some are obivous

Adaway (requires root)
Chrome
Dice Player
Dropbox
Evernote
Flixster
MPC&VLC Remote
Spotify
Tapatalk
XBMC Remote

I am starting to look for a new phone, my nokia N9 is 6 years old now but still works fine if I charge once a day. OnePlus  seems good ?