Voxeo Labs Launches Phono Mobile

Voxeo’s Phono Mobile allows you to add amazingly clear voice calls and instant messaging to iOS and Android apps.Orlando, FL July 22, 2011

iOS and Android apps using Phono Mobile can even receive real phone calls from regular phones, SIP voice-over-IP customers, Skype users or other Phono users.

Additionally, Phono Mobile unlocks communication for non-phone devices just as the iPad, iPod Touch and Android tablets. Users of those devices can make or receive phone calls and chat conversations though their device does not include an actual phone component. Even better, the voice calls can use HD voice to offer a far superior listening experience than traditional phone calls.

The phenomenal success of the Phono SDK

Phono Mobile builds on the phenomenal success of the Phono SDK, a JavaScript jQuery plugin that lets developers add voice and text chat to web browser-based applications using only a few lines of code. Near 10,000 developers - including two of the largest mobile carriers in the world - are using Phono to deploy applications ranging from customer service to crisis response. Applications written with Phono Mobile can as well run within any desktop web browser - including Chrome, Internet Explorer, and Safari - on Windows or Mac OS X.

“Phono Mobile opens up the world of voice and chat communications to any mobile developer who knows how to use JavaScript and HTML5,” said Jason Goecke, VP of Research for Voxeo Labs. “Developers can now create iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and Android apps that connect users directly using voice or chat.”

The open industry standards of HTML5

Built on the open industry standards of HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, XMPP, and SIP, Phono Mobile uses the PhoneGap application platform from Nitobi Software to create apps for iOS and Android that can be submitted to the respective app stores for purchase or download by mobile users.

“Phono Mobile is a perfect example of how PhoneGap can enable a developer to create one app and deploy it across multiple platforms,” said Andre Charland, CEO, Nitobi Software, “We’re looking forward to seeing how developers enhance their mobile apps now that they can add audio and IM communication.”

Phono Mobile works on an iOS or Android phone or tablet using either a WiFi or 3G data connection. Apps using Phono Mobile can as well connect to Voxeo’s Tropo.com cloud communications service to make use of speech recognition and text-to-speech in 24 languages, call recording, conferencing, phone number transfers, SIP, XMPP/Jingle, iNum and Skype connections as then as the ability to add communication to public instant messaging networks including GTalk, AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, Jabber and social networks like Twitter.