Cophone – Mobile work phones running in the cloud
Hi HN,<p>My name is Tudor and I am the maker of cophone. With cophone you can have your private virtual smartphone running in the cloud, complete with a phone number so you can use it just as you use your physical smartphone. And it works from your browser!
Although cophone mainly targets companies, private individuals are welcome! At the moment only US phone numbers (+1...) are available, but more country codes are coming soon. Also having multiple numbers is in the pipeline!<p>Signal app works - just choose "Call" instead of "Text" when verifying your number.
You CAN receive text messages, but some apps that require you to receive one in order to register might still NOT work (i.e. Whatsapp). That's because they might not recognize cophone numbers as mobile numbers so you'll never receive the challenge message.
Main desktop browsers are supported. Chrome on Android also works but on IPhone there're still some issues, esp on older iOS versions. I'm working on it!<p>Cophone is marked as beta because I haven't tested it at scale and there are still some rough edges.<p>I am exploring having a freeware version with a common, shared phone number and an extension for each user. So you'd dial +123456789 followed by #098765 to get connected via PSTN with a cophone user - let me know what you think of this.<p>I'd love to get your feedback! Don't hold back if you have a feature request or something doesn't work as expected for you!<p>If you'd like a deluxe tour please reach out (tudor at cophone dot io) and I'll be happy to show you around!