In Reply to: Wi- Fi question posted by Permisi on Wednesday, 6. March 2013 at 05:39 Bali Time:
(phones one each) and although not with Bigpond we were able to hook up with WIFI anywhere (with passwords) and access our emails exactly the same way we did back in Oz (via mailbox).
For our Samsung smart phones we disabled Data and Data Roaming, had No local simm card, and could hook up to the Internet and for phone calls we used Viber via free WIFI to contact our family and friends.
Viber only uses data so all phone calls where free.
I will stand corrected but you should also be able to be use Viber and Skype on your Ipad if you did not have a phone.
Another FREE app for phone calls etc is Tango....very similar to Viber but also with video calls the same as Skype.
All of these should work on your Ipad and like Skype your contacts will need to download Viber and/or Tango to use it successfully .
On another note I had money on my Skype for phone calls to any land line (mobiles a bit dearer)...had to ring Australia and spoke for over 4 mins for 29 cents.
Viber is very good.
Hope this helps
Hoolz