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June 27, 2008
Texting Without Typing
Dear Larry,
I don’t own one of those fancy cell phones that does
everything under the sun, but I can send text messages. Is there any way I can
send an e-mail from my cell phone as well?
F. C.
Dear F. C.,
Indeed there is. All you need to do is “JOTT” it down. And
it’s so easy to e-mail—and text—this way, you may forego traditional texting
completely! Even better, it’s completely free (aside from the cell phone
charges).
Imagine this: You’re driving on I-95, and you just remembered
you had to remind your spouse about dinner. Simply call JOTT (866-JOTT-123) on
your cell phone, and the conversation will go something like this:
“Who do you want to JOTT?”
“Sally.”
“Sally. Is this correct?”
“Yes.”
<Beep>
“Hi Sal, don’t forget about dinner tonight at 8.”
“Got it.”
Within a minute or so, Sally receives both a text message on
her cell phone and an e-mail on her computer with a perfect transcription of the
message. Furthermore, she can also choose to listen to the original voice
message you recorded.
Or imagine this: You’re in your car and want to remember to
record a TV show tomorrow night:
“Who do you want to JOTT?”
“Me.”
“JOTT yourself.” <Beep>
“Don’t forget to record the Tony awards.”
“Got it. Want a reminder?”
“Yes”
“What day?”
“Today.”
“What time?”
“10 o’clock.”
“AM or PM?”
“PM.”
“Tonight at 10 o’clock PM. Is that correct?”
“Yes.”
“Got it.”
At 10:00, the text message appears on your cell phone as well
as your e-mail inbox.
Finally, imagine this: You’re driving and listening to the
radio and hear this great Jordin Sparks song on the radio called “No Air.” You
want to buy the CD:
“Who do you want to JOTT?”
“Amazon.”
“Search Amazon. Is this correct?”
“Yes.”
“Say the name of the item.”
“No Air.”
“Got it.”
When you get home, you’ll find an e-mail from Amazon with
links to download the song as well as the album.
Okay, you’re sold. So how do you sign up for this service?
Simply go to www.jott.com, and click Sign Up.
You’ll need to supply your name, e-mail address, cell phone number, a password,
your time zone, and your zip code.
If you want to be able to JOTT family, friends, or colleagues,
add their names, e-mail addresses, and cell phone numbers to your JOTT contacts
(or import your contacts directly from your e-mail address book). You can even
set up contact groups so you can JOTT several people at once.
JOTT will also let you listen to information feeds from the
Internet:
“Who do you want to JOTT?”
“JOTT Feeds.”
“JOTT Feeds. Which feed?”
“Weather.”
“Conditions for Greenwich, Connecticut. Partly cloudy, 72 degrees. Chance of
afternoon thunderstorm…”
“JOTT Feeds. Which feed?”
“New York Times.”
“Tim Russert, 58, NBC’s Face of Politics, Dies. Mr. Russert, moderator of ‘Meet
the Press,’ was a fixture on television…”
So jot this down: Start using JOTT!
This is Larry Schneider, logging off.
