I saw Phonevite in today’s Mashable e-newsletter and tired it out immediately. So far setup has taken a little longer than I would like, there is no data portability to import your contacts from email. you can only upload a .csv file. Phonevite allows you to send voice messages via your phone or the web to be sent to email, phones, twitter, Facebook, MySpace, and can even be embedded on web pages. While messages do post to the a fore mentioned social networks, it does not play on the sites, but redirects you to the Phonevite.com profile users profile to listen to the recording. I found this to be another disappointment. On the Phonevite website they list many ways that this app could be used including:
• Send Important School Updates
• Send Absence notifications
• Remind colleagues of Conference Call or Sales Meeting
• Announce Company News
• Broadcast Emergency Alerts
• Provide Appointment Reminders
• Confirm Orders and Product Delivery Status
• Recruit Volunteers / Substitutes

The embeddable widget makes for convenient messaging from any website or blog. However there is no support for embedding on non-hosted WordPress pages at this time. Premium services include Email Voice Messages, unlimited broadcasts, but calls have a maxium length of 2 minutes. Similar services like Utterli, and Vlingo do a better job of sharing voice data with less steps, more crossposting, and and ease of importing contacts.

For more information about Phonevite’s services visit their website.

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