And I call this a blog. Where have I been? For one thing I have not been standing in line for an iPhone. I think a few reviewers have seen that there are some important advancements with the iPhone. In my years of high tech marketing I have suffered the ignominy of feature laundry lists pretending to be product design, so Apple’s entry brings a respite from that freight train.
We certainly work at TeleVoce to architect products with a sense of design utility. I am chuckling and jealous of the various marketing brilliant strokes to leverage the iPhone for VoIP plays. In the real world it will take some time for mobile providers to exploit IP connectivity. The TeleVoce alternative simply gives users the ability to essentially own their own calling card service—without a calling card. We allow ANY mobile phone to use Skype to make calls to buddies or exploit low rates. No data plan or any special phone is required.
The PontiVoce software offers a unique platform to allow a user’s Skype account to serve them on any phone, all from their connected PC. PontiVoce lets users stay connected for incoming as well as outgoing calls, including conference calls. So many offers are simply about low-cost calls. Building on Skype does open more options. Skype is not stuck in last Century’s telephone concepts and we enjoy bringing more to the platform.
Skype buddies reach you on your mobile at no cost to them. You can reach them at their Skype account from your mobile. PontiVoce. It works for iPhone. It works for any phone. What a concept.