iVisit: So Many Ways To Communic8

We've come a long way from the days I remember where calling across the country was definitely a special occasion thing. Now we call anyone anywhere pretty routinely, whether in a personal or a B2B context.

iVisit hopes to help all of us take the connectivity of the phone still further. With a broad array of valuable service for just $4.95 per month per user, they may just do it. Check out all the things you can do using your 3G phone and the iVisit service:

- Online video chat with up to 8 users
- Push-to-talk across carriers
- Text messaging
- Record and Share Audio, Photo, and Video Messages
- Track mobile users with GPS Location Based Services
- Desktop-to-mobile, mobile-to-mobile, and desktop-to-desktop connectivity

Here's how they toot their own horn:

iVisit combines audio-video conferencing, instant messaging, presentation and desktop sharing into one powerful unified communication solution. It works on desktop computers and mobile devices, enabling cross carrier and cross platform connectivity.

Our breakthrough peer-to-peer (P2P) networking technology dramatically reduces the cost of unified communications and online meetings. With FREE one-to-one conferencing and multiparty for $4.95 per month (per user), iVisit is affordable to deploy across your entire organization. Invited participants attend meetings free!

iVisit is not just a solution that replaces travel, training, and other occasional events. We are enabling organizations and individuals to make unified communications and collaboration as widespread and frequently used as email.

Our pioneering efforts have enabled audio/video conferencing and Location Based Services (LBS) between 3G mobile phones and desktop computers. Managers can remotely assist, track, and interact with their mobile workforce to see what they see in the field. You can also host or attend online meetings from anywhere using your mobile phone.

It is a 3G oriented service, but the penetration of 3G phones is rising so rapidly that this gives them loads of room to grow.

The company also offers a business services plan that includes all of the personal offering's features plus:

- Host and attend live meetings
- Manage a remote workforce
- Real-time collaboration with presentation, application, and desktop sharing
- Secure server solutions manageable without an IT department

I particularly like the idea of videoconferencing through phones -- a nice offering for a distributed team.

Now, not all of these features are new, by any stroke. But iVisit is far less expensive than many of the alternatives -- something that will prove a big selling point in a down economy.

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