Bloove Brings Your Mobile to Your PC, a Phone Away from Phone
Posted by geoffwhiting on December 20, 2007
Bloove, which launched its public beta in October, has released the newest version of its self-titled software, a Web service that allows mobile phone users to access their phone’s services from a computer. This program can perform a variety of mobile functions including managing contacts and speed dials, SMS sending and placing phone calls.
The company looks to capitalize on a forgotten corner of mobile market, the corner that tends to forget its phone at home or the office. It works with a growing number of Nokia and Sony Ericsson mobiles, so all users need to do is sign up, download the application to their phones and then start dialing calls and sending text messages on their phone’s behalf. Text messages can be sent from a computer without the phone being present.
Currently, Bloove can only dial the phone for users, who then must then use their phones like normal. In the future, it plans to release an option for paid subscribers to place a VoIP call, which will not require the phone itself, but users will need headphones and a microphone for their PC.
Bloove connects to a phone wirelessly, so no cables or computer software are required, just the application on the phone. Users can even edit or create an address book if they currently don’t have one or their computer has a more complete one.
A nice feature of the newest version is that users are given access to their Inbox, Drafts, Sent and other folders on their mobile phone. They can browse these files normally and through a contact history. If a user has his phone with him, he can save messages to Bloove’s server and then remove them from his phone without losing them. All the information stored on a Bloove account can also be transferred to a new phone if the user’s is ever lost, stolen or the screen cracks and all he can see is black.
Service membership is free in the current version, and allows each user to attach one phone to the account and store 15 contacts and 100 messages. All other features available have no such limitations. Bloove currently has a little over 1,000 users and claims that these users have “saved their 100,000+ contacts.”
