Who do you want to Jott?

Recently I was speaking with my friend Steve Drevik and he turned me on to a program called Jott. I will say that I am in my "infant" stages of using this but in the last 2 days alone, I've used it successfully half a dozen times! I'm already a big fan of it and so far I recommend it. Jott has specific programs for the iPhone as well as the Blackberry. Below is a breakdown of what it does courtesy of "The New York Times".

A free service, Jott (www.jott.com) uses your phone as a voice-dictation machine. Once you set up an account, you simply call (866) JOTT-123 on your hand-held device to connect. After the call goes through, you will be prompted for whom you wish to “jott.” You reply with the word myself and wait for the recording tone. Now you can speak “Buy birthday present for Johnny before Aug. 5,” or whatever task reminder you need. Upon hanging up, Jott will transcribe the task and shoot it off in a e-mail message to the address you provided for yourself during setup.
The beauty of this service is that you can assign a speed-dial number to Jott’s service for a one-button call any time you need to send yourself a reminder. The approach can be used while driving or in other situations where text messaging or typing on a small device are less than ideal.
The uses for Jott as a productivity tool do not stop with reminders to yourself while on the go. You can dictate a message to other individuals or whole groups. You can even post an entry to your blog.

Below is a comment about Jott from the creator.

We feel pretty strongly about working hard to create something of value, and only then trying to pay the rent around here.
So yes, the Jott for Blackberry beta is free right now, and will be for awhile, but eventually we'll have to keep the business going. The plan is to make this appealing to a broad set of folks, and so we will try to keep the price very reasonable.
We're getting amazingly strong feedback on it, so hopefully we're on the right track.

John PollardFounder and CEO, Jott.com