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Sunday, October 18, 2009

Using Magic Jack

By Dennis Whitefield

Reading this article will help prepare you for using Magic Jack. Specifically we will talk about how to purchase, how to install and the different features of the softphone screen. When you are finished reading this article you will feel confident about buying and using this internet phone service.

Local retailers now have the Magic Jack for sale. More and more places all of the time are getting it, places like Walgreens, Walmart and Best Buy. You can also buy it online from the official website or other places like eBay or Amazon. If you can, buy it locally from a store. It will be easier to exchange or return if you do.

A three year old child could install Magic Jack. All it takes is to plug the device in to a usb port and wait for the downloading process to be finished. During this time you need to provide your location address and information about area codes.

The hub of Magic Jack is the softphone screen. If your computer is on, so is the softphone screen. It has different buttons to link you to the different features of this service. They include links to popular websites and your dialing pad.

Voice mail is a fun feature of the Magic Jack and the softphone screen has a button to access it. When you first set this up, you will need to dial the voice mail and enter the default password you were given. Make sure you change your password when you are setting up the voice mail options.

Magic Jack does offer a 911 option, but I really don't recommend depending on it. Too many things can go wrong that could affect you during an emergency. You might have forgotten to change the location address on your softphone screen. It is a good idea to keep another phone as backup for these times.

Other buttons on the softphone screen take you to popular websites. Of course Google and Yahoo are on there, as well as AOL and Weather.com. The 411 button takes you to a web site that is a searchable telephone directory.

These are the basics for using Magic Jack. It is possible to save a lot of money on your long distance phone calls with it. Now that you know the best place to buy one, you can decide if you want to try out this new internet phone service.

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