CallWave Announces Free Unlimited Text Messaging.Free Web 2.0 Widget Pronounced "wih-jit," for decades, the term has been a popular word for a generic "thing" when there is no real name for it. It is often used to describe examples of made-up products along with other fictitious names; for example, "10 widgets, 5 frabbits and 2 dingits. Now Distributed via Yahoo!([R]) Widget Engine In computer software, a widget engine is host software system for physically inspired applets on the desktop (desktop widgets). Originally, desk accessories were developed to provide a small degree of multitasking, but when real multitasking OSes became , Apple([R]) Dashboard, Microsoft([R]) Vista and Google([R]) Personalized Homepage SANTA BARBARA Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. , Calif. -- CallWave, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CALL) today announced the launch of its text messaging Sending short messages to a smartphone, pager, PDA or other handheld device. Text messaging implies sending short messages generally no more than a couple of hundred characters in length. widget (also known as a gadget) for Yahoo! - a free, desktop-based application enabling users to send text messages to virtually anyone, anywhere from their computer whether their handset is nearby or not. This widget expands CallWave's suite of integrated voice and text messaging services to include desktop texting. For mobile phone users who also use the web each day, the CallWave Free Text Messaging widget delivers invaluable ease and efficiency - making the PC a natural companion to the mobile phone. By making it easier to send text messages worldwide, CallWave Web 2.0 widgets and gadgets can dramatically increase text daily usage and adoption. While text messaging continues to grow in popularity, many consumers find it difficult to text on a phone's small interface. CallWave solves this problem - using the familiarity and ease of the computer for text messaging. Additionally, users who are in front of their computers every day may prefer the convenience of communicating in that environment. During the beta, subscribers can send an unlimited number of text messages to phone numbers in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Canada. The service also supports international SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. . With the widget in the Yahoo! Widget Engine, users can view a list of contacts and select who to text. Replies to the message are routed to the subscriber's handset. Subscribers will be given access to their messages stored in a permanent, searchable archive, accessible from a personal web page. Pricing and Availability The CallWave Text Messaging widget is free during beta and available at www.callwave.com or www.callwave.com/widgets.asp. The widget (gadget) is also distributed via Apple Dashboard, Microsoft Vista See Windows Vista. and Google Personalized Homepage See iGoogle. , and Yahoo! at http://widgets.yahoo.com/gallery/view.php?widget=41630. CallWave's Services Suite The company's current offerings include: * Visual Voicemail Visual Voicemail or Random Access Voicemail is the process of adding a visual aspect to mobile phone voicemail and allowing users to listen to their messages in the order of their choice. for Email: Sends a copy of mobile phone voicemail messages to users' email - enabling them to see, sort, listen and respond (via text or callback) to messages from their in-box. The caller's name, number and message length are displayed in the subject line, making it easy to identify which message to listen to first. * Visual Voicemail Desktop Client: A robust desktop environment that enables users to manage and archive their call activity and complex calling community. Users can hear, screen, and respond to their calls in real-time, while auto-populating a PC-based contact log and address book. * Visual Voicemail Widgets & Gadgets: Provides another way for end-users to experience the benefits of visual voicemail. These are innovative, lightweight applications that keep important services at a user's fingertips "Fingertips" is a 1963 number-one hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, "Fingertips" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States. on the desktop. * Voice-to-Text Transcription: CallWave will soon launch a voicemail transcription service, Vtxt[TM]. Incorporating CallWave's proprietary speech recognition and WEB 2.0 visual voicemail technology, Vtxt transforms mobile voicemail into readable, searchable and storable content - allowing users to read the gist of their voicemail on the handset, manage and reply to voice and text messages from a personal web page, and search a permanent archive of voice and text messages. About CallWave, Inc. CallWave is leading the way in developing applications that make phones and computers work better together. With CallWave, tasks that are difficult to do on the phone become much easier on the desktop - without changing phone numbers, handsets or service providers. CallWave enables consumers and businesses to get more out of the devices they use everyday - their computers and phones. CallWave also private-labels convergence applications, such as PC-based visual voicemail, to service providers to reduce churn, expand on-line marketing and drive revenues. Founded in 1998, CallWave is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California Santa Barbara is a city in California, United States. It is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 92,325. . For further information, please visit www.callwave.com. This press release may contain certain statements of a forward-looking nature. Such statements are made pursuant to the "forward-looking statements" and "safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. " provisions within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The statements contained herein which are not historical facts are considered forward-looking statements under federal securities laws. Such forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs of our management as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to them. The Company has no obligation to update such forward-looking statements. Actual results may vary significantly from these forward-looking statements. |
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