A few weeks ago, Google launched an app that mobile phone users could take advantage of, but the problem was it was a mobile web app and not a native phone app. Some of the functionality that Google Voice users love like SMS notifications haven't been carried along to the mobile web app so other developers have stepped in to fill the void. Enter GVMax, a free web service that monitors your Google Voice account and notifies you when you receive a new SMS or voicemail. The work around uses Google Voice's SMS-to-email functionality using it to send the forwards to GVMax's servers which are then rerouted to the various ways a user wishes to be notified. When you recieve a new voicemail or SMS, the GVMax system can send you an IM, an SMS, an email or even a message [+]

ShoreTel ShoreTel got a VoiceCon hat trick by winning the "Best of VoiceCon" award for the third year in a row. This is an award not to be taken lightly, since VoiceCon attendees voted on products. Competition was heavy, with vendors pre-announcing news before the show and handing out bribes (chocolate, typically) to influence voters. Interoperability Few enterprises operate a single-vendor IP communications solution, so Cisco, IBM, and everyone BUT Microsoft (more on them later) was talking up interoperability between unified communications solutions, IP communications solutions, and legacy phone gear. The telepresence/videoconferencing crowd, even stalwarts such as AT&T, were also talking up interoperability. Cisco's telepresence solutions can be extended to T1/E1 users and FiOS/DOCSIS cable modem infrastructure. Bottom line: Nearly everyone wants to play well together, because they realize businesses don't have the cash or desire to flush an existing solution. VoiceCon 2009: IBM puts Sametime [+]

Now you can use your RingCentral service on your iPhone. RingCentral Mobile allows you to access commonly used features without ever logging in from your computer. Access your RingCentral service from your iPhone with RingCentral Mobile and: • Show your RingCentral number as the Caller ID when making a business call from your iPhone • View, play and call back your RingCentral voicemails with visual voicemail • Receive and view internet faxes sent to your RingCentral account [+]

Free Conferencing Corporation, best known as freeconferencecall.com, has added private dial-in numbers to its SimpleVoiceBox and SimpleVoiceCenter services. To learn more about Free Conferencing visit Free Call Info.

Private number provides a direct route into the service without access codes or extra digits. The expanded offering includes a full-featured voice mail service with online account access, phone or web admin, multiple configurations that allow users to use the voicemail as a broadcaster, email notification of new messages, daily activity reports with a caller ID capture feature, unlimited outgoing greetings and no limits on incoming messages. A single voice mail box is available for $4.95 per month with unlimited multiple voice boxes available for only $9.95 per month.