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Rebtel, which calls itself the second largest VoIP company after Skype, is launching its SDK, allowing developers to add voice capabilities into their apps. Still in private beta, this set of tools is described as easy to use and will enable interested companies to make their apps and games voice-enabled in as little as 15 minutes and offer their users free VoIP calls alongside cheap calls to landlines and mobile numbers. This in turn opens new revenue potential for developers and right from the start two of them signed up to test it out: Palo Alto-based VIVfone, which offers mobile CRM app that improves the business calling, information gathering and transaction services for consumers; and Stockholm, Sweden-based MobisleApps that develops applications in the lifestyle, dating and productivity categories. These and all other developers integrating Rebtel’s platform also benefit from having all signaling and codec handling wrapped into one easy package, with no back-end support or infrastructure commitment needed.
Sounds pretty compelling but it’s important to add that Rebtel isn’t the first company to offer this capability — Twilio has been offering something similar for quite some time.
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Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
