Jott: Taking Handsfree to a New Level

Have you ever been walking along (or driving) and frantically trying to put down an appointment, phone number, message, to do item or reminder and wished there was an easier way. This very action (and highly dangerous at times) led me to find a better way. I debated posting about this. We try to mostly stick to apps, hacks, tips and tricks that deal with the Shadow and Windows Mobile Standard/Smartphone. However I found Jott to be such an incredibly useful service with many possibilities that I had to share it with you.

EDIT: I forgot to mention the voice recognition that Jott uses because it works so well that you’ll forget you’re talking to a computer. You really have to try it out.

How I Use Jott

It took about 2 minutes to sign up for Jott but to reap full benefits you will need to put in some numbers and set up ‘lists’ and groups. I added the people I communicate with the most to Jott first and then created ‘groups’ of people that I tend to try and communicate with all the time. For example if you have a select group of friends that all hang out together and you spend a lot of time communicating between each other you can add them as a group and Jott them all at once. You would dial Jott, say Friends, confirm and say your message. Jott automatically sends a message to all those people. This is very handy in business when you need to disseminate a lot of information to many people fast. You can also Jott yourself a to do list item or a reminder. You can set the time and date and Jott will send you a text/email when the time arrives.

Calendars! Jott can add appointments to your Google Calendar. Which, if you think about it, can extend the functionality as far as you want to go. For example, if you use Outlook all the time and are constantly handling appointments you can setup Google Calendar Sync with Outlook and link Jott to your Google Calendar. Then all you have to do is Jott an appointment and it will show up on your Calendar(s) automatically. In a business environment this can go so far with shared calendars (even Google Shared Calendars). Throw in some Exchange Sync action and you’ve got a brilliant setup.

It’s not all suits and ties though. Jott can integrate with any number of other Web 2.0 services and social-networks (haven’t seen a facebook Jott yet but I’ll keep looking). For example, twitter, remember the milk, I Want Sandy, Yahoo Groups, Trapster, Tsheets, most of the major blogging platforms and more. What I got a kick out of was being able to Jott an RSS feed. You can call in and LISTEN to an RSS feed.

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This is an example of how Jott post messages to your friends and family. It’s easy and it only takes a few seconds with your phone. listen

Powered by Jott

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Above is an example of how a Jott to AllShadow.com shows up. At first glance it seems simple, and it’s supposed to be, but upon further consideration it has a lot of power to make your life easier. So stop reading already and go try Jott.

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