It says: There have been several inexpensive or free “turn your iPod Touch into a wifi phone” gimmick apps or services over the past few years, but they’ve always been a hassle (listen to a 30 second ad before your call begins..) or short-lived – so, I’ve just always dialed directly with my brick phone, and told my contacts “my real number is the google voice #, ignore the caller id”.
Which is not really true, skype have been providing real phone service for years.
The biggest difference is that you have to have a Skype In number, which is yet another phone number to give to people and for them to have to manage. Plus, it costs $5/mo. I like the one-time charge to port my number to Google Voice, and I'll simply answer the device that's closest to me at the time.
Which is not really true, skype have been providing real phone service for years.