Nextel Communications is launching a “NextMail” application that allows users to send a streaming mp3 voice message from their phone to any e-mail recipient quickly and easily by simply pressing the “Direct Connect” button on the side of every Nextel phone. Because its messages are sent with a time and date stamp, NextMail provides a quick and easy means of communicating the status of current jobs or projects. The application can send the mp3 file to as many as 50 email addresses at once – and the recipient of a NextMail message can easily respond to the originator in text (SMS) form. Customers can also deliver NextMail messages to their own e-mail inboxes as verbal reminders or to record meeting notes.
Nextel describes its ‘Push To E-mail’ as the convergence of instant walkie-talkie voice communication and e-mail. NextMail is powered by Pacific DataVision (PDV).
The is available on any Nextel handset for $7.50 per month. Airtime charges apply when recording NextMail messages and customers may incur usage charges based on their rate plans. http://www.nextel.com
