VoxOx Is Legitimate Alternative to Skype, Google Voice (
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VoxOx from TelCentris lets users make calls from PC to PC, as well as from PCs to landlines and mobile phones. The Web application, geared to compete with Skype and Google Voice, also enables video, instant messaging and two-way text messaging, file sharing and social networking into one platform. Unlike Skype or Google Voice, VoxOx lets users send instant messages to other social networks, including Skype, Facebook and MySpace. Users may also reply to Twitter tweets and surface friends with a "hover effect," which lets them mouse over any contact to see their Facebook status updates and learn how to contact them.
Skype and Google Voice users who want more bells and
whistles for their phone communications services have a another option from TelCentris.
The startup makes VoxOx
that lets users make calls from PC to PC, as well as from PCs to
landlines and mobile phones, and much more. Windows and Mac user may
download the applications, which is backed by the TelCentris
telecommunications service platform.
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Similar to Google Voice, VoxOx gives users a dedicated phone
number, but VoxOx is more than the middle man routing calls to various phones
-- it connects the calls from endpoint to endpoint in the U.S. and overseas,
thanks to deals with 600 mobile operators.
The Web application also enables video, instant messaging and
two-way text messaging, file sharing and social networking into one platform.
In fact, most of these communications features are accessible pretty much from
one interface, which the program's creators describe as a
"universal messaging window."
TelCentris CEO Bryan Hertz and CTO Kevin Hertz (yes, they
are brothers) provided eWEEK with a quick demonstration Oct. 29, which is when
the company launched Skype-like subscription plans for VoxOx.
The brothers Hertz showed eWEEK how to make a call, take
a call, add video to that call, start a chat, send a text and send an
instant
message from the universal messaging window. Users can also send or
receive a fax, and send files up to 100 megabytes, if they are so
inclined. Conference calling up to 20 users (while on a call, no less)
is also an option.
Like Google Voice, VoxOx also employs a personal
assistant. The brothers Hertz showed eWEEK how to do this from one simple
management interface, which lets users can easily set up call answers, screens
and call routing based on individual preferences -- for each contact in a
user's VoxOx network.
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