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Newber iPhone App Routes Calls To and From iPhone
I4U News — ... Chris Nikkel, Director of R at FreedomVOICE Systems, has been shocked by the overwhelmingly positive reception Newber has received. “We were proud of Newber going into the Beta test,” says Nikkel. “But even we were surprised by the enthusiasm of our testers. Many people are eager for a solution like Newber to be made publicly available. We listened carefully to our testerʼs feedback and used it to build an even better product. Weʼre ready for Newber to hit the App Store.” Via FreedomVOICE Posted on Thu, 6 Nov 2008 06:02:34 CST | by Shane McGlaun ...

Bright Spots for Consumer Electronics in 2009
Wired: Gadget Lab — The consumer electronics industry, like every other industry, is worried about its prospects for 2009. A shrinking economy, vanishing jobs and an imploding financial system cast long shadows over the coming year. But there are few bright spots on the horizon for CE manufacturers, according the Consumer Electronics Association, mainly involving green technology, next-generation input methods such as multi-touch screens and motion sensors and embedded internet access. The consumer electronics industry claims to be "the only industry that has a growth rate of over seven percent" despite the economic ...

Hands-On With Newber, The Location-Aware Call Redirector For Your iPhone [IPhone Apps]
Gizmodo — ... The biggest difference between the two is that Newber costs $5 a month and 2 cents a minute, whereas GrandCentral is free. Is being able to route your calls to your landline automatically worth what's essentially long distance rates? Tough to say. But they're still in beta, and it may be possible that they'll tweak prices a bit before launching fullscale. [Newber via ...

App Store review process lags behind
textually.org — ... who's Newber iPhone app Newber was to be touted this week at Macworld, never got the the go-ahead even though it was submitted October 2nd. The company created a petition encouraging Apple to clarify the App Store policies, expand the definitions of factors involved in the approval process, provide more detail on the status of submissions, and provide more information detailing why an app is rejected. ...

Newber location aware phone number
Coolest Gadgets — ... Mobile applications seem to be a bit of a theme this year and Newber is joining the fray with the launch of it’s location aware business number service. ...

Get FreedomVOICE’s Blackberry beta “call-switching service” - Similiar to Newber iPhone app
D' Technology Weblog — ... FreedomVOICE have announced that their Blackberry beta is still accepting applicants. The call-switching service can be used as a unique answer to femtocell and UMA, as calls can automatically be switched to another line in areas of poor reception, or can be used in enterprise settings for gathering phone usage statistics. It’s a perfect fit for the enterprise superstar BlackBerry. ...

Company halting iPhone app work after long approval delay
textually.org — ... submitted its Newber application for App Store approval more than six months ago, but still hasn't heard anything from Apple. Now, the company has decided to stop development and cuts its losses at $600,000. Although it's an unfortunate situation, Newber's story is an example of the risks associated with too much early marketing of App Store applications. ...

FreedomVOICE abandona projeto para iPhone depois de meses de atraso e milhares de dólares investidos
MacMagazine — Depois de um investimento que ultrapassou a barreira dos US$500 mil, a FreedomVOICE anunciou esta semana — confira aqui a carta aberta (PDF, 56KB) do CEO da empresa, Eric Thomas — que está abandonando a fase beta de testes do Newber, um aplicativo para iPhone que uniria tecnologia de voz sobre IP (VoIP) com detecção geográfica, permitindo que usuários realizassem chamadas diretas para variados números telefônicos. O Newber foi enviado para aprovação em 2 de outubro de 2008 e, 169 dias mais tarde, a Apple não só não deu luz verde ao aplicativo, como também ...