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Refuse to be ignored! Give your pals Ribbit Mobile.

Thursday, March 25th, 2010 | located in General | No Comments »

It used to be that a little yellow voicemail message icon was a permanent fixture on the face of my phone. Day after day, it would stare at me, begging for attention. “I’ll check it later,” I’d tell myself.  But later would come and go, and my poor neglected messages would wait for another day.  After all, if it was important, they’d call back, right?

I don’t have a personal hatred of voicemail or anything, but sometimes it’s just really inconvenient to dial in and listen.  My old office had the absolute worst mobile signal, so I could see that someone was calling, but couldn’t answer the call. I could receive text messages, but couldn’t dial out.  And so it began. I’d have to wait until I could go out and take a walk (far enough away from the building to get service) to listen to a message that may or may not have been important.  It took 15 minutes to listen to a 15 second message. Who has time for that?

So, yes, I was that person. You know, the one who never gets your messages, takes forever to call you back, and makes you feel like you are being ignored. The world is full of those people, people who just have a complicated relationship with voicemail. You probably even know some.  Want to help them out? Invite them to try Ribbit Mobile. They’ll be able to read their messages when listening isn’t an option, and they’ll no longer have excuses for ignoring your call.

To invite your friends to Ribbit Mobile, just log into your account, find the Invite a Friend section on the bottom right side of the page, and enter your friends’ email addresses.  We’ll take it from there.  Of course, if you want to tell people what a wonderful effect Ribbit Mobile has had on your mobile life and encourage them to sign up, we won’t stop you.

From the Doghouse: Why I Don’t Check Voicemail Anymore

Monday, February 1st, 2010 | located in General | 1 Comment »

Jennifer found this cartoon on the pains of voicemail, and I just had to share. Resonates so deeply with many of us (pre Ribbit Mobile of course).

Of course, I then spent the next 10 minutes going through some of their previous work and found other goodies.

Welcome to Ribbit for Mobile!

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 | located in General | 6 Comments »

The Ribbit team would like to invite you to experience Ribbit for Mobile (R4M).  During the beta release, we are asking for your help to grow and improve the product as we simultaneously iron out some known challenges.

In 2008, BT purchased Ribbit, Silicon Valley’s First Phone Company. Ribbit is an open, programmable communication platform that lets developers add rich voice and communication features to software applications, websites and communities. Ribbit also develops innovative applications that integrate your mobile phone, email and the web; like Ribbit for Mobile.

With Ribbit for Mobile, you can extend your mobile phone to your browser for more functionality. Quickly convert your voice mails into email or SMS, route your phone to any number, or have it ring on your computer. Have your messages searchable and never miss a call. Suddenly you can do more with your phone without changing the phone you have.

Help shape the future of BT with Ribbit
The acquisition of Ribbit is strategically important for BT and will give consumer and enterprise customers new products that push innovation and productivity in a new category driven by the convergence of mobile phones and the web. How can you be a part of this revolution? Try Ribbit and share your insights, experiences, and observations.

Click here to request an invitation to Ribbit for Mobile.

Share your feedback, ideas and user tips.

• Click on Feedback in the top right corner when you are logged in to your Ribbit account.
• Visit our Idea Wall and add your ideas.
• Visit our Forum and exchange user tips.

If you need any further help, please contact the Ribbit support team at support@ribbit.com or call us at +44-0800-028-1150 (UK) or 1-800-4-RIBBIT (US).

Get your invite. Use the service. Be sure to let us know what you think!