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Grand Central

The elusive concept of a single phone number.  (I say elusive because I've seen solutions like this before and none have really knocked my socks off.  And given how many numbers I have now I'd use a workable solution.)  Lots of web-based customization options.  Single voice mail box.  Allows screening of voice mail as it is left.  When you answer a call it gives you a menu prompt and you press 1 to talk, 2 to ignore, 3 to screen voice mail, etc.  Can record calls at the push of a button. 

Initial Reaction: I'd like it better if it didn't have the menu option things, though it still has potential.  It sounds like it will never really work with caller id though, which can be a hassle with a cell phone we're I often want to know whether a call is important enough to step out of a meeting to take it. 

JAJAH

VoIP service for cell phones targeted at international callers.

Initial Reaction: Looks like a good solution for folks who make a lot of international calls. 

uControl

Alarm monitoring service provider.  Not dependant on phone line.  Uses broadband, cellular and landline to send alerts to monitoring station.  Allows control of the alarm system from any browser.  Full logging available on the browser.  Uses existing alarm system from any provider.

Initial Reaction: Seems a lot better than alarm monitoring solutions I've used in the past.  I really like this one if it works as well as they claim.

BeHere

A scary looking conference room phone.  Video and sound using VoIP transmission. Can share applications from the computer as part of the call.  50 patents claimed.  Just announced a marketing partnership with Avaya.

Initial Reaction: Could have some potential, especially for folks who do a lot of speaker phone calls. 

Tags: DEMOfall, DEMO, Grand Central, JAJAH, uControl, BeHere

Comments

[Call Cruncher]

Thanks for the article. I look forward to your future work.

[Hiteshri]

Dear Sir,

I am from India and looking for a micro chip which can record two way conversation of cell phone without knowing of user.

I would obliged if you can forward me detail for such product if you have.

Regards,

Hiteshri