Called Voxer, it provides a walkie talkie push-to-talk voice service reminiscent of Nextel. Or, in modern parlance, it’s sort of like text messages but with voice instead of text.
To use Voxer, create a new identity or log in with Facebook, sync it with your phone’s address book and/or Facebook, then start chatting with other individual friends, or groups that you join or create. The interface shows a text message style interface. You hold a talk button to record a quick message for the other party, although there’s also an option to listen live to an incoming message that a friend is recording. You can also send text messages within the flow of correspondence.
Services like this rely on network effects, and its launch on Android earlier this month could have played a big part — iPhone users are no longer stuck just using the app with other iPhone users. The phonebooks are far more essential than Facebook overall, although the latter is crucial for some demographics.
App On: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/voxer-walkie-talkie/id377304531?mt=8
Services like this rely on network effects, and its launch on Android earlier this month could have played a big part — iPhone users are no longer stuck just using the app with other iPhone users. The phonebooks are far more essential than Facebook overall, although the latter is crucial for some demographics.
App On: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/voxer-walkie-talkie/id377304531?mt=8
