FreedomPop is bringing free mobile service to tablets

FreedomPop, the carrier offering free and cheap data plans on Sprint’s network, today announced that it’s bringing its free voice, data, and text plans to tablet users starting with the iPad mini and Samsung Tab 3. Since LTE iPads only support data over their cellular connection, the carrier provides iPad users with Apple headsets with mics for making calls and an app that routes calls/texts through its own VoIP platform. While there are competitors like Skype that enable VoIP calling on iPads already, FreedomPop has a couple things going for it.