29 August 2007

COMMUNICATE 2.0: 315 ways to communicate online and to call (over mobile & sometimes over landlines) for free or almost nothing; sometimes anonymously


Man's desire to communicate seems to be endless - since we discovered the phone as a device for social talk in the sixties, we're spending more & more of our time to all kinds of silly (and only some serious) chatter.

To me it's surprising that there's so little innovation in interfacing between all these devices & applications. Landlines, mobile phones, email, webmail, voicemail, VoIP, messenger, chat - who will enable me to manage them all from one Über-app?! [Although... InterTalk comes close].
Since a little more than a year, there's a remarkable volume of new activities around (alternatives for old style) telecommunications - thank God; there might come a day where the operators won't be able to rip us off anymore.

120+ additions in this update, in italic.

2prong - Get email address for 24 hrs
2recall* - Record calls on any phone (USA)
3bubbles - Add chat to your blog
3jam - One to many texting
41day - Send your email later
5minutefriend - Videochat for 5 minutes with random users
9cays - Group email2web
Abcde… - Get the longest email-address
Aduim - Instant messenger (client, Mac)
Agile - Mobile instant messenger
Aimexpress - Instant messenger (web based)
Ajchat - Create chat rooms
Allfreecalls - Make free calls from the USA
Amsn - Instant messenger (Linux)
Aptela - Voicemail2web
Ayttm - Instant messenger
Barablu - Free or cheap calls, IM, chat etc. thru mobile & web
Bbpress - Publish & manage your forum
Bitlbee - IRC clients using IM protocols
Bitwise - Encrypted instant messaging
Blinklife*** - Social email
Blobber - Communicate with other site visitors
Blogoforum - Categorize your forum by tagging
Blogtv - Live video cast tool
Bok - Call long distance & international for a few cents (USA & Canada)
Boxbe - Use as your public address, let advertisers pay to reach you
Braincast - Voicemail2web
Breeze - Email marketing solution
Butterfat - Traceroute map mash-up
Callthefuture - Place future phone calls
Callwave - Voicemail2text (USA)
Campfire - Permalinked chat
Camtwist - Add sfx to your video chats (Mac)
Causerie - Mobile instant messenger
Ccube - Call anonymously with other community members
Cellcast - Record audio or video with your cell phone & share it with friends
Celltell - Send voice notes from your phone
Centericq - Instant messenger (client)
Chatcreator* - Create your chat room instantly
Chatfu - Cartoonize your chat
Chatsum* - Chat with & leave messages same-site-visitors
Chinswing - Voice message board
Clipsync - Watch videos together & chat
Combots - Communicate & share emoti(c)ons 1 to 1
Communicationtube - Meta instant messenger
Connectmeanywhere - Mobile & landlines over IP
Constantcontact - Webmail solution
Conversate - Create your own chat
Conversivechat - Chat solution
Convinceme - Choose from 3 debating features
Craigsnumber - Get a temporary, anonymous phone number
Crickee - Send & receive sms for free
Daisy - Meet & share with fellow site visitors
Dropsend - Email & store large files
Earthcaller - Call any land number for free
Easymessenger - Meta instant messenger with RSS
Ebuddy - Integrates several messengers (formerly E-messenger)
Efax - Web2fax
Emesene - Instant messenger
E-messenger~ - Integrates several messengers (relaunched as Ebuddy)
Eqo - Call, text & IM your buddies on your mobile
Evoca - Create, manage, share & search voice recordings
Evoice - Voicemail2web
Exodus - Instant messenger (Jabber client)
Eyejot - Communicate through video messaging
Fastmail - Webmail solution
Feefo - Leave feedback on sellers; forum
Flixn - Record & publish video messages
Flurry - Get your email & more on your current phone
Flurrymail - Your email on your current mobile phone
Foonz - Make group calls for free (USA)
Forlater - Send email reminders to yourself & others
Freeconferencecall* - Organize conf calls for free (USA terminated)
Freedigits - Stay anonymous with this VoiP service (USA)
Frenzoo - Dress up your avatar, then chat
Fring - Call for free on your 3G cell
Funkycall - Record, upload, deploy & share your phone pranks
Fuzzmail - Record & send 'film' of how you generate an email message
Gabbly - Get chat on your blog
Gabmail* - Record & send videomail
Gaboogie - Organize & manage web conferences
Gajim - Instant messenger (XMPP client)
Getabuz - Create a voice mail with music
Gigya - Myspace2email
Gizmo - Call Gizmo friends for free, or pay low rates
Gizmocall - Browser-based voip
Gmail - Webmail service
Goim - Instant messenger (for players of DirectX games)
Good - Global mobile messaging for the enterprise
Googletalk - Instant messenger
Gossip - Instant messenger (Gnome client)
Gotalkmobile - Mobile instant messenger
Gotvoice - Save & share your voice mail in email
Grandcentral* - Get 1 phone number for all your calls
Grouptivity - Reduce response on group email
Gtalkr - Google Talk, Flickr, YouTube, feeds
Hellodeo* - Record & send your video message
Heysan - Mobile instant messenger (web based)
Hictu - See thru which channels you can best communicate with your contacts
Hinale - Chat with people who have visited the same sites
Hotmail - Webmail solution (now: Windows Live Hotmail)
Hotxt - Skype for sms
Hullo* - Integrates soft, cell & landline phones
Ichat - Instant messenger (client, Mac)
ICQ - Instant messenger
Icq2go - Instant messenger (web based)
ICQphone - Call at low rates
Iglance - Push-to-talk videoconf and screen-sharing
Iloveim - Meta IM
IM+ - Mobile instant messenger
Imeem - Share words, files & people (on messenger)
Imeep - Chat 1 to 1 at random
Imhaha - Meta instant messenger
Imo - Instant messenger
Imthere - Share where your are & where you're going
Imunitive - Instant messenger
Imvu - 3D messenger
Incircles - Add a chat app to your blog
Instan-t - Meta messenger
Interfax - Web2fax
Iotum - Sorts & processes calls on relevance
Iskoot - Call people on your online buddylists
Itzle - Chat with other site visitors
Jabbin - PC2PC voip (Jabber client)
Jabphone - Messenger2phone
Jajah - Free phone calls, glocally
Jangl - Hide your cell phone number
Jaxtr - Link your phone to the web
Jibdig - Instant messenger
Jivetalk - Meta instant messenger
Jmsn - Instant messenger (Java)
Joopz - Web2Text & Text2Web
Jott - Voice & text 2 email & mobile
Jubii - Webmail solution
Jumpchat - Instant messenger
Jumpclaimer - Inform your relatives about your whereabouts thru sms
Juvino - Reroute your mobile calls and texting
Kishkish - Detect lies thru phone
Koolim - Meta messenger
Kopete - Universal messenger
Kopete - Meta instant messenger
L8r - Send your email later
Licq - Instant messenger (ICQ-like, Linus)
Lingr - Chat community
Litepost - Webmail
Mabber - Mobile messenger
Mail2RSS - Inmail2RSS
Mailemotion - Create & send videomail
Mailfriends - Penpals site
Mailvault - Store, process & encrypt your email
Mamjam - Location based instant messaging
Mangeloo - Run IM on all devices & everywhere
Mapchatter - Chat on maps
Maywehelp - Surf any web page & Chat with other site visitors
Mcabber - Instant messenger (Jabber client, Linux and Mac)
Mecamessenger - Meta instant messenger
Meebo - Integrates several messengers
Meemo - Mobile email service
Mercury - Instant messenger
Messagemate - Meta instant messenger
Messagr - Find & communicate with people with matching interests or knowledge
Messengerfx - Instant messenger
Micq - Meta instant messenger (ICQ-based)
Mig33 - Chat, text & call your friends
Minowireless - VoiP on your mobile
Miranda - Instant messenger
Mixd - Text & send pics & vids to groups of friends
Mobbah~ - Email or wap your photo + location
Mobivox - Free or cheap international mobile calls
Movamessenger - Meta mobile instant messenger
Mozeo - Text cast to & chat with your own group on your cell
Mtmessenger - Meta instant messenger
Mundu - Meta instant messenger
Mycybertwin* - Clone yourself into a chat robot
Myemail - Check email anywhere
My-moment - Share what you're doing & find new friends
Mysay - Communicate with friends through voice2web messages
Nabaztag* - Get info & communicate thru wi-fi rabbit device
Naim - Encrypted instant messaging
Nat1ion - Chat while you surf
Newsletterarchive* - Store & share your newsletters
Nimbuzz~ - Free mobile community calls, chats, IM
Nonoh - VoiP
Nowpos - Voice2Email community
Octro - Mobile instant messenger
Onesens - Send teasing webmail messages
Ooma - Free phone calls over landlines
Oovoo - Talk face-to-face over the web
Openwengo - Make free PC to PC video and voice calls over IP & communicate with your IM contacts
Orgoo - All your communications integrated in one dashboard
Oyco - Meta communications toolkit
Paltalk - Videochat for social networks
Pandion - Instant messenger (Jabber client)
Papla - Instant messenger (also mobile)
Peekamo - Peekamo - Mobile community
Peekkochat - Make every site a 'place' (Firefox plug-in)
Persony - Organize & manage web conferences
Pheeder - Alert all your friends with 1 phone call
Phonegnome* - Add VoiP to your PSTN, SIPped
Pidgin - Meta instant messenger
Pikapet - Create & send a personalized ecard
Pinger - Instant voice messaging
Pinppl - PIN messaging for Blackberry users
Planetminibox - Let your site visitors chat with you & each other
Plugoo - Take your IM to any page you want
Postful - Webmail2snailmail
Proteus - Meta instant messenger (Mac)
Protus - Enterprise communication solutions
Psiim - Instant messenger
Quickim - Mobile instant messenger (wi-fi)
Quickmail - Email2RSS
Quicktopic - Group message board
Radiohandi - Group chat
Radiusim - Location enhanced messenger service
Raketu - Free regional and international calls, VOD, IM, SMS, multi media player, podcasting, slide show & feeds from your PC & mobile
Reactee - Order a T-shirt that people can respond on by sms
Readspeaker - Text2speech app (Spanish)
Rebtel* - Call international at local rates - using your cell phone
Relaytor - Group-email messages, files & polls & aggregate all response
Retroshare - Instant messaging & file sharing
Ringcentral - Phone & fax services
Roundcube - Webmail
Sameplace - Chat while you surf
Scatterchat - Secure IM for activists & dissidents
Scratchnscribble - Mail real handwritten postcards
Scribeit - Group chat thru mobile messaging
Sendspace - Email large files
Seriosity - Enhance enterprise communication through MOG principles
Seven - Email etc delivered to your mobile
Shinyletter - Mail2snailmail
Sideklick - Get contextually relevant video suggestions added to your IM
Sideklick - Get contextually relevant video suggestions added to your IM
Sightspeed - Voice & video over IP
Simulscribe - Voicemail2text
Sitepal* - Design speaking animated avatars
Sitòfono - Receive calls from your website
Skylook - Record & store all Skype communications
Skype - Call, conference, messenger, file sharing
Slawesome - Add voice to your email
Snimmer - Instant messenger
Social-mail - Email2RSS
Soonr - Mobile2web & v.v.
Spambob - Disposable email addresses
Spark - Instant messaging & free phone calls
Spinvox - From voice to text to mobile or email
Springdoo - Add your voice to your email
Sprintsweets - Compose & send postcards with animated typography
Sproutit - Mailroom: process email together
Stickam* - Multimedia communication tool
Swarmthedotcom* - See how other people browse & chat (Firefox)
Talkety - Cheap calls via any device
Talkplus - Get a second mobile number on your cell
Talkshoe - Chat, talk 1:1, host a talkshow
Talkster - Mobile2IM for free
Talktrust - Call anonymously
Tamadaa - Webmail solution
Tapgad - Get & reply to email thru sms
Teleflip - PC2Text
Tello - Locate & collaborate with your key contacts
Tempinbox - Receive inmail anonymously
Textmarks - Customize your own sms info service
Thinkingvoice - Publish this click-to-call widget on your blog
Tipicme - Mobile instant messenger (Jabber client)
Tjat - Mobile instant messaging
Trillian - Instant messenger
Truphone - Mobile VoiP
Truphone - Call & SMS other users for free on your mobile
TrustfFax - Web2fax
Trustmymail - Spam filter based on your circle of contacts
Turbomsn - Mobile instant messenger
Tworl - Chat with strangers
Twttr - Share where you are thru your cell phone
Txtmob - Share sms messages with your friends
Universalmessengerplus - Meta instant messenger
Unizr - Bring up & share your topics
Userplane - Chat, messenger, record
V4s - Add voice to your email
Vanilla - Forum solution
Vennt - tag-based forum solution
Vephone - Free or cheap calls over IP
Vlip - Record video messages & have video conversations
Voipcheap - Free calls over IP
Voipdiscount - Free calls & SMS over IP
Voxlite - Send video messages
Vringo - Share video ringtones with your friends when you call them
Vyke - Make cheap international calls over PC & mobile
Wambo - IM, group messaging & media sharing
Waxmail - Add voice to your email
Web2messenger - Send messages from web 2 messenger
Webcammax - Add multimedia & animations to IM
Webmail - Webmail solution
Webride - Add forum to any web page
Wengophone - Meta instant messager with conference and video calls
Wiffiti* - Text your message to public screens
Xfire - Instant messenger for gamers
Xpanity* - Communicate on every web page
Yackpack - Group voicemail
Yafumato - Meta instant messenger
Yakalike - Chat while you surf websites
Yehba - Instant messenger
Yeigo - Talk, IM & text for free to other users
Yoo-hoo - Put a Yoo-hoo in your signature, get an alert if someone tries to reach you
Yoomba - Email2IM&2phone (free)
Youcams - Videochat in widgets
Youmail - Record unique voice mail recordings for anyone that calls you
Yousendit - Email large files
Ysm - Instant messenger (ICQ client)
Yugma - Free web conferencing
Zemble - Communicate, collaborate & connect thru group text
Zlango - Icon language for sms
Zohochat - Create your own chat room
Zohomail - Webmail solution
Zohomeeting - Organize & manage web conferences
Zozoc - Free international SMS
Zweitgeist - Meet & communicate with people on websites

Italic = new. Update 061221, 070119, 070303, 070829.

7 comments:

Ben said...

Thanks for adding ImThere (www.imthere.com) to the list. We hope it's a great way to show your friends your interests and your events in one easy format.

Anonymous said...

Hi Bob,
We noticed you just added Ccube to your list and we wanted you to know Ccube is two-way private calling not just for members, but ANYONE who clicks on a member's click-to-call widget. Ccube's widget integrates into any Web page and offers a TRUE click to call solution--no dialing EVER.

Ccube is free to join and every month you get 60 minutes of free calling without ever entering credit card information. Ccube works on ANY phone line and gives users the freedom to step away from their computers.

Thanks again for including us and we hope you enjoy Ccube! Please contact us with any questions.

Springdoo said...

Hi Bob,

Thank you for including Springdoo. We are constantly working to develop the service and have since given users the ability to video blog and broadcast as well as update directly from their mobile phone.

You can now also get Springdoo on Facebook. Just search for the SpringCaster application.

Feel free to contact us if you have comments or queries.

Regards,

Tom Eaves

ZOverLord said...

MyToGo for Skype works with ANY Phone and allows ANY phone to use Skype calling services remotely. MytoGo is FREE and allows you to contact Skype named contacts for Free, as well as check your Skype Voice Mail for Free and to use the low costs Skype rates for both local and international dialing from any of your phones. Click Here for more information about MyToGo for Skype

Anonymous said...

Would you like to add IM-History (www.im-history.com) - the service to store your chat history online and to access it from anywhere

sideloader said...

Hi to all,
We at Morodo are also developing some new applications for the world mobile markets. (www.mo-call.com) MO-Call is our low cost mobile calling your mobile to international numbers designed to reduce those roaming costs.

best regards
simon

Unknown said...

Thanks for adding TalkPlus to your list.

You might like to know that TalkPlus just launched its public beta for Palm and BlackBerry devices. You can now add up to 10 new lines to your smartphone -- seamlessly!

International numbers are also available, along with our low cost long distance, so you can start calling overseas with your mobile phone for just pennies a minute.

You can try it out by going to www.talkplus.com and clicking on the beta link. First month is free and we give you $10 in free credits to try it out. We'd love to get your feedback on it.

-- Barbara

 
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