I
wrote about Jott before. Jott is a Seattle company which uses intelligent voice recognition software to connect your phone with a number of useful online applications such as Google Calendar. I've found their service to be convenient, especially when leaving OB or Pediatrician offices. I simply call the 1-800 number, and speak the details of our next appointment (i.e. "Pediatrician appointment on Monday the 18th at 8am") and it's added to my calendar. Much easier than trying to type it into my phone with one hand while holding a crying baby in the other. Taking home a reminder card requires me to remember to put it on my calendar when I get home.
When I wrote about Jott before, I mentioned that they lacked a revenue stream. They were totally dependent on venture capitol. Well that has changed. Jott has
announced a pricing structure for their service. No one likes to pay for something which used to be for free, but this is one case where it's probably worth it. $3.95/mo for unlimited service seems like an excellent value for what Jott provides. They also provide a
Pre-Paid Plan which is probably the best bang-per-buck for most casual users.
If you find yourself having to set yourself reminders, to-do events or simple notes you should really check out Jott. With some simple tools like
KiGoo,
GCalDaemon or
Google Calendar Sync it's easy to sync this to your existing calendar applications.
For the record, I still think Jott will be bought up by Microsoft and have their software integrated into a future version of Exchange. Even though $3.95/mo is a bargain, I don't think it will be enough to make Jott profitable.