Amphibian

July 29, 2008 · Filed Under Web

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I’ve blogged about a couple of things before, when I’ve actually said wow and it has made me think, “man, I need that!”.
Well today is another one of those days, and funnily enough, it is not npower who is doing this to me

It is ‘Silicon Valley’s First Phone Company”, Ribbit, which has just been bought by our very own BT. Techcrunch have a good post here on the acquisition which has cost BT a cool $105 Million, but I honestly think it is money well spent.

So what is Ribbit?

Our platform enables developers to bring together the richness of voice calling and Web 2.0 experiences. With Ribbit, voice can become a rich feature that can be added to any application, on any device. Free from a traditional handset or the latest mobile phone, voice can now be delivered and received on multiple devices in multiple locations, across any network. It can be integrated, monetized and personalized using the Ribbit platform.

The best way to understand how powerful Ribbit is, is to check out the first application which is called amphibian.

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amphibian looks amazing! I’m pretty staggered with how useful and intelligent it is. You know that feeling when you think, whoa! How an earth do they do that? It feeds my fascination with all things web!

With amphibian you can finally:

Manage your mobile voicemail like email on your computer and on your mobile phone.
Turn your voicemail into text to make voice messages sharable, searchable, and most importantly actionable.
Take and make mobile calls from any browser or web page - such as iGoogle, Facebook, and many more.
Experience Caller ID 2.0 - dip into the social web and know not just who is calling but what the caller has been doing.

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I urge you to check out the amphibian page here and watch the demo movie - it shows how your mobile phone becomes completely integrated with the amphibian web app. What really impressed me is the fact that when someone calls (get this), it show up their caller details but will also show their latest flickr photos, blog posts, movies etc. Now THAT is impressive.

I’ve registered my interest and am now really looking forward to getting going with this. One of the coolest webapps I ever seen - I hope it launches soon, and well done BT!

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