Replying To Email With Your Voice

A RIMarkable reader recently asked me what I thought about a new service for the BlackBerry currently in beta called Jott which, among other things, will convert your voice into text allowing you to reply to emails and such using your voice instead of having to thumb them out. I figure that instead of just giving them my opinion, we could ask the opinion of the broader BlackBerry community.

I haven’t had the chance to give Jott the once over on my BlackBerry, however, it appears to be similar to some of the visual voicemail solutions that we’ve talked about before. The difference is that your voice is what is being transcribed and then sent off to the person that you are emailing.

Jott is currently a free BlackBerry download while in beta so give it a try and remember to come back here and tell us what you think.

Written by Robb Dunewood on April 2nd, 2008 with 9 comments.
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Do You Sleep With Your BlackBerry?

I was just reading an article about how Madonna cannot bear to be without hear BlackBerry and even sleeps with it under her pillow and it got me to wondering about how many RIMarkable readers sleep with their devices.

I have to admit, although I don’t sleep with my BlackBerry under my pillow, it usually finds it’s way to the nightstand next to my bed. I don’t imagine that Madonna and I are the only ones.

Written by Robb Dunewood on April 2nd, 2008 with 8 comments.
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XM Radio Comes To The BlackBerry

XM and QuickPlay announced yesterday XM Radio Mobile for BlackBerry Smartphones. For $7.99 per month select model BlackBerry users will get access to 20 channels of XM programming, mostly commercial free music channels as well as The Virus (uncensored talk) and XM Comedy (uncensored comedy) via QuickPlay’s OpenVideo.

I have XM in my car on doubt that I will ever buy a car again that doesn’t have it. For me personally, however, the 20 channels that are initially being offered just aren’t enough. I carry my iPod around with me everywhere and I can get all the commercial free music that I want. The real draw of XM, in my opinion, is all of the sports, news, and talk radio that you get.

I may try the 24-hour trial, however, I think I will be a bit more interested when they offer more of the XM channels that I actually listen to.

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Written by Robb Dunewood on April 2nd, 2008 with 5 comments.
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