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Bobsled Calling Day at Vivox

Date posted: March 1, 2012 by Yvonne Gaudette

Last week, we celebrated Bobsled Calling Day – a day dedicated to our favorite IP calling app from T-Mobile and Vivox. While we all enjoyed the burst of pink from cake to clothing, and even more so the chance to see our very own Bob Bowles posing in his best Bobled mascot outfit, there was a greater purpose behind the fun and frivolity.

It’s hard to believe, but it’s coming up on a year since we first launched Bobsled in April 2011. A lot has changed since then. Bobsled has evolved from the world’s first free one-click voice chat application for Facebook to a robust cross-platform, multi-device IP calling service. Now everyone gets it, especially when they want to talk with friends on Facebook or make international calls. People love the service and value it provides and understand how Bobsled is changing the way we communicate.

We thought it important to spend some quality time with Bobsled in our offices, on-boarding our newbies, to ensure everyone is familiar with the service, using the mobile apps, and enjoying the free calling. Our efforts were met with success as we identified areas for refinement and added some new feature requests to make the experience even more user friendly.

As we look ahead to another year of innovation with Bobsled, we hope you’ll jump on for the ride. And no, we won’t make you wear a fuzzy pink onesie, but you just may want to.

Let's Bobsled!

 

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News from CES: Bobsled Extends Free Calling

Date posted: January 11, 2012 by Rob Frasca

I’m here at CES 2012 in Las Vegas with 150,000+ others, and record number of exhibitors this year. The buzz for new voice control TV products from Samsung and Lenovo and talk of ‘TV Everywhere’ services from the cable operators has topped the list of exciting news this week. But T-Mobile and Vivox have some exciting news of our own to share for Bobsled users. We extended our free calling and dial-out capabilities for Bobsled Calling to the mobile platform.

Last fall, Vivox and T-Mobile introduced free calling from the web via Bobsled, which allowed users to dial-out to any landline or mobile number in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico right from the browser for free. Now, we’ve extended free calling to the mobile platform. Bobsled users can now place phone calls from their mobile and Wi-Fi enabled devices to the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico from anywhere in the world for free from the Bobsled Calling app.

Supported devices include Android-powered smartphones and tablets, and Apple iOS devices including iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. iPad users can also use the very cool dialpad in the Bobsled Calling app and the call is connected for free.

And no, you don’t have to be a T-Mobile customer to use it! How’s that for freedom of choice? Anyone can download the Bobsled Web App at bobsled.com, or the Bobsled Mobile App from the Android Marketplace or iTunes App Store and start calling friends and family online, on-the-go, anywhere on any device for free.

Bobsled just keeps getting better and better and there’s a lot more in store! We’re actively working alongside T-Mobile to develop more valuable features that will help consumers communicate their shared experiences across devices, platforms, social networks and carriers.

Have you tried Bobsled yet? If not, what are you waiting for?

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Your voice. Everywhere – with the all new Bobsled by T-Mobile

Date posted: October 11, 2011 by Sam Melnick, Marketing Manager

Today marks the official T-Mobile launch  of the new and improved Vivox-powered Bobsled voice chat application. Some of you may recall that we worked with T-Mobile to launch the original Bobsled application earlier this year. The app was well received, but this is a fast-moving, competitive market. So, we went back to work and have developed new features and capabilities that we know users will love. (more…)

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Bobsled by T-Mobile

Vivox has partnered with T-Mobile to power their Bobsled browser and mobile applications. Using Vivox's VoiceEverywhere technology, Bobsled users can communicate with their Facebook friends from an iPhone or Android app and anywhere they are online.

To learn more and chat with your Facebook friends, visit www.bobsled.com.