Rebtel, a VoIP solutions provider, recently released Rebtel 2.0 for Android (News - Alert) tablets, which enables anyone to make high quality Rebtel to Rebtel calls for free over either Wi-Fi or 3G networks. The new app is available for free on Google (News - Alert) Play.
"We expect the market for Android tablets to see significant increases in the next five years, and our latest product will immediately benefit millions of users who are looking to offset costly international calling rates associated with their traditional service providers," says Andreas Bernstrom, CEO at Rebtel, in a press release.
According to a recent study from Nielsen, 77 percent of tablet owners stated they use their tablet devices for tasks they previously relied on their computer for. Based on the assumption that most users hold on to their tablets for at least a few years, Forrester (News - Alert) Research predicts there will be 760 million tablets in use globally by 2016.
The introduction of the Android tablet app joins Rebtel's existing app offerings available for Android, iPhone (News - Alert), PC, and iPad. It provides users with an optimized tablet experience, low-cost calls to any phone, native address book integration and cost-effective SMS text messages.
Bernstrom further added, "The introduction of Rebtel 2.0 for Android phones last December helped to drive a 96.2 percent approval rating from our customers, and we expect this will have a similar result in satisfying the needs of our customers and the growing demand for true cross-platform interoperability across all our products."
Further, research firm IDC (News - Alert) projected that the Android tablet market share will experience major increases in Q2 2012, as distributors roll out Android tablet devices at lower costs. Display Research, another major research firm, agrees that tablet shipments are projected to grow from 81.6 million shipments in 2011 to 429.9 million shipments in 2017. Therefore, the launch of Rebtel 2.0 for Android tablets during this time will prove to be a great success.
Edited by Jamie Epstein