Voice SMS – Bubble Talk(TM)

Bubble Talk is a new service that allows mobile phone users to to send a voice message instead of a SMS text message.  This new service has been introduced by  a Singapore company called Bubble Motion and is already operational in Singapore and Malaysia.

When I first saw

this I scratched my head wondering  about the difference between this and voice mail. The difference is this – unlike voice mail, when you send a Voice SMS, the receiver’s phone does not ring but instead beeps like when it receives a text SMS. Given that texting has been slow to catch on in the US, Bubble Talk may have some real potential.

The Wall Street Journal Article