Smart Calling: Sidecar Rethinks Mobile Phone Conversations

  • Sidecar is a new app that integrates messaging, real-time video, photo, location, and contact sharing to phone conversations.
  • “It achieves this through an intuitive and polished user interface plus a handful of standards such as SIP and XMPP,” reports Engadget. “Phone calls between Sidecar users are free anywhere in the world — the app even supports free Wi-Fi calling to any number in the U.S. or Canada.”
  • The free app has been in beta testing on Andoid devices for several weeks, but is now available for iOS on both the iPhone and iPod touch.
  • “We’ve been using the app on and off for a few days on several handsets, including a Galaxy Nexus HSPA+ and an iPhone 4S and it works exactly as described,” notes Engadget.
  • “There has been tremendous innovation in smartphones in every area except the basic phone call,” said Rob Glaser, chairman and co-founder of Sidecar. “Over 800 million people around the world have smartphones; the time is right to re-imagine what a phone call can be. That’s the mission of Sidecar.”
  • The post includes a video demo.

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