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Jott Now Has Feeds
Great New Service
One of my all-time favorite web services, Jott, has added yet another kick-butt feature. They have added the ability to listen to RSS feeds. They have a few pre-selected feeds set up, but the service is completely customizable. You can choose your own feeds to hear over your phone.
How It Works
First, you call Jott like you normally would. You dial 1-866-568-8123 for toll-free access, or 1-347-523-8843 if you have MyFaves by T-Mobile or MyCircle by Alltel. When the prompt asks you who you want to Jott, you can say “jott feeds” or press 6 on your keypad. The prompt will then ask you which feed, and will go over the list of feeds for you. You can also press the number of your feed on the keypad, also customizable, if you know which feed you want. After that you can simply listen to the posts. It’s that easy.
Some of the feeds that are already set up on Jott Feeds include Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Weather, LifeHacker, Mashable, and TechCrunch. They also have several feeds ready to just click and go in addition to the ability to add your own custom feeds.
What Practical Use Is This?
The first thing that comes to mind is if you are a commuter. You have the ability to listen to podcasts during your commute; but blogs are still something you have to read yourself. With Jott Feeds, you can listen to your favorite blogs being read to you while you travel. But, that’s the tip of the iceberg. You could subscribe to Twitter updates, Facebook statuses, or any service with an RSS feed. This would include Google alerts, which have RSS feeds. Unfortunately, there is no way to get password-protected feeds. Jott Feeds would be great for employees to subscribe to Intranet feeds from the field.
You can read more on Jott’s blog.
Shaine 