For several years now, a secret research group here at Pinger has been working to solve a very challenging problem in the area of autonomous cognitive wave displacement. Last month this group achieved a significant breakthrough: the ability to text, call and even send picture messages without an Internet connection.
Dr. Jocelyn Cloutier, renowned researcher and Chief Technical Officer at Pinger, Inc. explains: “Our team has developed a unique apparatus that converts data files to gamma waves, which are then transmitted by antenna directly to a satellite system, and converted back to data.”
“A Textfree user can speak into her device while wearing this apparatus, and the person on the other end of the call hears perfect audio. Better yet, it works simultaneously in both directions, so you can have a real-time two-way conversation. It’s breakthrough technology, really. And since no Internet is required, it works anywhere on Earth.”
Don’t worry if all this technical mumbo-jumbo is hard to understand. We often don’t understand Dr. Cloutier either. What we do know is that this significant research finding will affect millions of Textfree users, who can finally say “goodbye” to WiFi.
All you need is an iPod touch, Textfree, and an antenna. You can make your own using about $3 in tin foil.
Now Textfree with Voice gives you absolute freedom to talk, text, even send picture messages from anywhere on the planet! Who have you talked to without WiFi lately?
Get Textfree with Voice FREE in the App Store and start talkin’!
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April 1, 2011 at 9:12 am
huh?
April 24, 2011 at 5:21 pm
Omg i grabbed my ipod right away and looked for this. That was soooo not even funyy, Omg im really mad now thanks a lot.
June 22, 2011 at 12:30 pm
So can u really txt without wifi i have textfree with voice can i do that
September 14, 2011 at 2:49 pm
does it work
April 1, 2011 at 9:16 am
will this actually work? do i make the tin foil like a hat? like how that lady has it in the picture?
April 1, 2011 at 9:18 am
April fools!!!
April 9, 2011 at 9:32 am
shut upp
April 1, 2011 at 9:18 am
what a minute APRIL FOOLS RIGHT?!
April 1, 2011 at 1:20 pm
Probably
June 16, 2011 at 4:11 pm
yup!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 1, 2011 at 9:23 am
lame. but i’ll take this opportunity to say that I wish textfree would take the time to permanently fix all of the (reoccurring) bugs they keep experiencing instead of constant (albeit, impressive-like free phone calls) innovation. Make the product better before you branch out.
April 1, 2011 at 9:25 am
S.o.b s thought they were serious at first dang
April 1, 2011 at 9:32 am
Pinger, I love your products. I think your support staff is great. But most users of your products, especially TextFree, are children with a huge sense of entitlement but a tiny funny bone. They are not going to get, or not going to appreciate your April Fools Day humor on this topic. There really are a lot of kiddies out there who think that the only reason they can’t use TextFree on their iPod Touch devices when they’re not connected to the Internet is because you – Pinger – won’t “let” them.
April 8, 2011 at 4:36 pm
@John M. Hammer, whatt!! I appreciate the april fools day humor XD and im a kid! ( 13 =P ) I think it was hillarious. What I also have to say is that you really think that we think pinger won’t “let” us use internet on our ipod touches XD geeze do you think were 3 years old? Everyone knows that they dont have the advanced technology to do so. What kids have you been listening to?? O.O
April 12, 2011 at 2:49 pm
Kids who are less intelligent than you apparently…some people are that stupid believe it or not
April 1, 2011 at 10:29 am
hahaha best april fools joke ever.
April 1, 2011 at 10:37 am
Wow, I usually dont click on links, but this made me take a look. haha thanks for the laugh
April 1, 2011 at 10:54 am
Will the tin fioil I already hat in my hat work
April 1, 2011 at 11:19 am
how do you make an account on here??
April 1, 2011 at 2:12 pm
Heya, Brandon, you simply need an ipod touch or iphone and then install the textfree app on that device and after that you’ll figure it out. You’ll get a phone number that works with your ipod touch so that you can use it as a phone or if is a phone already it spares you of the need for a headset with mic for the ipod touch. Otherwise you’ll just have to limit yourself to sending free SMS texts, not free calls too.
June 29, 2011 at 9:48 pm
If you have a touch, are u still limited to hotspots? or do you get wifi everywhere because of some apple deal or something?
April 1, 2011 at 11:29 am
…iWas so sure it was real til iRead the “tin foil antenna” LOL, very funny. Keep you the good work guys
April 1, 2011 at 1:50 pm
Lol, good April Fools joke!
April 3, 2011 at 1:46 pm
Thank you for my laugh of the day. When my thirteen year old daughter can to me asking for $3 in tin foil, to make a hat on her head, it was so enjoyabe. Thank you.
April 27, 2011 at 6:21 pm
Awesome 🙂
April 4, 2011 at 4:38 pm
man they just april fooled us i wish that were real becouse lets say i was at a place with my friends and i need to text my mom see and no wifi thats why they should do no wifi hope they come up with no wifi 😮 😮
April 4, 2011 at 5:14 pm
Noah’s comment directly above bears out the point I made in my earlier reply to this April Fools Day blog. And also demonstrates that, while today’s kiddies are functional literates with technology, they have no idea AT ALL how their magic boxes work.
April 5, 2011 at 1:20 pm
… lmao well obviously he didn’t get up to that chapter in school yet 🙂
June 16, 2011 at 9:05 am
dancing is cool
and how you put the faces on? plz…………
April 7, 2011 at 2:15 pm
wow can you text without wifi too!
April 7, 2011 at 2:24 pm
Can you not wear a tin foil hat cause i think wearing one would be kinda weird when your in a car or something.
April 7, 2011 at 2:29 pm
OK this better not be an April fools joke!
June 16, 2011 at 9:03 am
is isn’t april fools any more it was
on april the 1st tha?
April 8, 2011 at 5:13 pm
Angel, I’m sincerely pleased that you know enough about iOS devices to realize that without some connection to the Internet, the TextFree app can’t communicate with the servers. I’m sure there are other young folk like you. However, if you read through the TextFree reviews on the App Store, or follow some online discussions, you will see that my earlier contention is valid. Many, MANY users – the majority of whom are children – do not understand that an iPod Touch simply does not have the “phone guts” i.e. a cell antenna and other internal circuitry to connect to the Internet without wifi.
April 15, 2011 at 4:20 pm
Lmao, to funny! I didn’t fall for it. Anyone who has an iPod, should know that it can’t connect through celltowers, and/or an antenna. Start reading your specs with your devices, peeps, friendly suggestion.
April 16, 2011 at 8:50 am
it didnt work ):
April 16, 2011 at 8:51 am
text free people are mean for posting this when it doesnt even work right
April 16, 2011 at 8:56 am
Hello Textfree,
My name is Zennia Riley Wallis and I would like to notify you that this new feature on your application does not function correctly on my device(iPod Touch 4g). I followed the directions listed here, and the TextFree application still needed the Wi-Fi connection. May I suggest that you improve the quality of this newly developed feature or I will discontinue my use with your products.
Thanks,
Zennia R. Wallis
April 16, 2011 at 8:58 am
Thank you for proving my contention correct. Now go talk to your doctor because you need an immediate infusion of laughing gas and possibly a funny bone transplant.
April 16, 2011 at 9:07 am
Hello Mr. Hammer & Ms. J,
You are welcome for proving your contention correct. It was my pleasure. And Ms J, I apologize for not ‘floating your boat’ but I do wish to get my point across to the Pinger/TextFree company.
Thanks,
Zennia R. Wallis
June 16, 2011 at 9:01 am
hey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 21, 2011 at 4:49 pm
HAHAHAHAHAHAH that was good!:D they made it sound real!:D
June 15, 2011 at 7:39 pm
no it was’nt !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ❤ it
April 24, 2011 at 5:34 pm
That wasn’t funny. .-. I really need to text without wifi Dx ARGH!
June 15, 2011 at 7:34 pm
yes it was funny
April 25, 2011 at 5:51 pm
not funny ive been waiting 4 no wi-fi
April 25, 2011 at 5:56 pm
Don’t hold your breath while you wait, because it’s not possible. It isn’t that it’s difficult; it isn’t that Pinger won’t “let” you; it is NOT POSSIBLE.
June 15, 2011 at 7:37 pm
yup
hahahahahhahahhahahahhahahahhahahahhahahhahahahahhahhahahhahahhahaha
April 28, 2011 at 2:48 pm
Wow ahah, at first I seriously thought you guys were serious, and I was like, Oh My God! Aaand then I realized it was an April’s Fools thing, and that there was no like circuitry stuff in the iPod to let us use the internet and I was like Dangit! 😦 Oh well at least I have wifi at all my closest friend’s houses, and both my parents’ houses. 🙂
June 16, 2011 at 8:58 am
wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 5, 2011 at 5:12 am
HELLO TEXT FREE A HAVE THE IPOD TOUCH AND I CANT SEND TEXT WITHOUT WI-FI CONNECTION !!
June 12, 2011 at 6:29 am
not true
June 15, 2011 at 7:32 pm
hey text free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 16, 2011 at 8:58 am
yup! yup! yup! yup! yup!
July 2, 2011 at 12:02 am
It works!!
July 3, 2011 at 4:35 pm
Buy a mifi, and carry it with you in your pocket, then put your foil hat on and poof it works like a charm. Lol
July 8, 2011 at 9:22 am
I am very confused because at the app store it still says you need wi-fi so will it work or not?
July 8, 2011 at 9:31 am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools'_Day
July 17, 2011 at 7:07 pm
You commit an error.
Let’s discuss it.
July 21, 2011 at 10:46 am
ok………………..
July 21, 2011 at 10:45 am
this was realy stupid i dont want a big tin foil hat
July 26, 2011 at 10:39 pm
1) I’m not going to where an antenna just so I can see if this works. 2) Even a monkey would know this. 3) I DOESN’T WORK!
August 13, 2011 at 9:46 pm
Haha I luv monkeys !!
August 1, 2011 at 4:48 pm
How Can i Send Txt Messaqes With Pictures?
August 13, 2011 at 9:45 pm
Reyna,
U can send pictures by clicking the lil camera to left of the keypAd u can either take pic or chose from album
August 13, 2011 at 9:40 pm
Hello Textfree!,
I’m Kittycat707! I would like to inform you that I have the new I touch
And I downloaded textfree (with voice) and I keep going to wifi hotspots
To text call and more . Then I got wifi at my house and I could text anywhere in my house. Unfortunately the wifi-box would blink red at not work about 10 min. I found that very annoying. Then I doscovered your website and read the directions at thought WOW this proabaly doesn’t work, well I didn’t so I wasted foil …. My point is HAHA GREAT APRIL FOOLS!! U got me!!!!!
August 29, 2011 at 3:13 pm
I wish there was a way to text and call without wifi… O well.. Nice joke
September 17, 2011 at 11:16 pm
Wait, I cannot fathom it being so strahigtofwrard.
September 24, 2011 at 5:19 pm
Hey
September 28, 2011 at 5:59 pm
I like talk free I’m funny right
October 11, 2011 at 6:38 pm
Omg!! I cant believe you would scam people like this. We should like sue u or somthing! That is so stupid that you would say it like it’s real! There are laws you know! And I think you broke some
October 12, 2011 at 11:12 am
Glad you all liked our April Fools joke this year! I bet you guys can’t wait until next April (~_^)