GN Netcom, the company behind the Jabra Bluetooth accessory maker, launched the Jabra Mobile Developer Program at the CTIA Wireless in Las Vegas with the idea to attract developers and provide them with technology and resources needed to “create innovative, mobile hands-free, voice-enabled applications.”
Right from the bat, they’ve started with 15 member companies with new members being added on a daily basis. Any company can participate if it qualifies — i.e. a company must be an active developer with at least one commercially available Bluetooth-enabled mobile application that has audible and voice-enabled components (or have a desire to learn how to develop this technology into their applications).
Jabra on its end offers developers featured listing on the Jabra Mobile Experience website, marketing support and integration with Jabra’s global marketing plans, access to Jabra technical experts, and exposure to Jabra’s carrier and retail distribution partners.
For consumers, the new Jabra Mobile Experience portal showcases voice-enabled speech-to-text mobile, music and entertainment applications for their headset. The expanding list of mobile apps currently available for download includes: Vlingo, Voice on the Go, HulloMail, slydial Voice Messaging, MotionApps, SlackerRadio, MyCaption, d2u Transcriber, mVoice Productivity, VoiceBox Dialer with Bluetooth and Traffic, Jabra Skipping Stone, Voicebox Technologies, Inc., Talkhouse, Grooveshark, and EasyDialer 2.7.