Jajah, an Internet communications provider, which has more than 20 million users to date, announced a third party service called Jajah@Call today. This service will enable Twitter users to make free calls to other Jajah@Call users on Twitter. But here’s the catch, the call will only last for a maximum of 2 minutes.
The rationale behind it? 2 minutes is the verbal equivalent of a tweet.
Jajah@call enables Twitter users to initiate a two-way voice chat with other users. According to the company, the service is free, easy to use and works on any platform no matter if it’s a desktop, mobile or web application.
The Beta version is available to selected users. If you are registered with Jajah, check if you are selected by going to Jajah’s “My Services” in “My Account” page. If you are not, you can also apply for it by sending an email to twitter@jajah.com.
How it works
According to Jajah,
“To make a call, you will need to send a tweet with “@call @twittername” where “twittername” is the username of the person you wish to call. Your phone will then ring and the call will be connected. All contact details will be kept private, so you can use jajah@call without giving your phone number away. For the call to be successful, both you and the person you wish to call must be Jajah members.”
This new Twitter call service comes very close to Facebook’s soon to be launched voice chat service by Vivox, a Boston-based company that provides integrated voice service for online games and virtual worlds.
While this whole Twitter voice chat idea sounds interesting, how successful it would be is questionable. 2 minutes calls? Sounds similar to a public phone to me. What do you think? Would you try this service or use it for the long term?
Hmm… Twitter is indeed highly versatile in nature. If a house can tweet, calling a fellow tweep via Twitter shouldn’t be much of a problem.
