Tuesday, August 14, 2007

numbr : Disposable Phone Numbers That You Can Use

Hey, have you ever wanted to get a phone number just for a temporary activity/project? For instance you wanted to sell something in the Craigslist and list your number in which you could be reached, or list your number in the classifieds in the newspaper. What about if you are dedicated to your business but don’t want to give your cell phone number to your partners that is accessible all the time? We all value our privacy and have life so we all wish something of our remains private. Don’t you wish that the number you gave for the above purpose just disappeared so that you won’t have to terminate and reinitiate your contract just because of this kind of costly publicity?

Well if the answer “Yes” to any of the above questions then you should definitely check out the site http://numbr.com which is being increasingly visited day per day for the very purpose. This site lets you secure a randomly generated phone number in your own area code (if you are located in any US city) that you could distribute to your temporary contacts. Instead of calling you directly in your original number your contacts will call the number you got through numbr which will get routed to your original number keeping it secret all the time while you get the job done the way you wanted it to be. Those numbers are disposable. Meaning once the time limit of keeping the number active, ranging from an hour to as long as a month, which you could choose during the setup expires, it will no longer be yours. But you can always sign-up for another one without burning a hole in your pocket since it is available free of cost. The site provides plenty of features to make its service convenient to its users. The service gives features such as blocking all calls from blocked Caller IDs, filtering calls of telemarketers, screening the call before you reply (very useful feature), setting private hours in which you don’t wish to be disturbed by incoming calls, access to your call logs, voicemails and many-many more.

One cool feature that has recently been added is iNumber widget which lets you record a personal greeting that you can embed in your listing, blog or any of your web-page. The reader can then choose to call you after going thru your greeting in your numbr.

The history of the company tells us that its name was originally called Craigsnumber that was developed for the use of users of Craigslist who are trying to post the classified ads to the site. numbr is following the footsteps of its ancestor by providing this unique service for free.

The introduction of services like these would make millions of applications possible that will help to make web a better place.

If there’s any other application that you could think of besides what is mentioned above then let us all know about it by posting comments. If you have any suggestion regarding this article you can reach me at udz.blogger AT gmail.com



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