Ribbit to attempts a single interface to all voice apps

My biggest problem with the large proliferation of messaging and VOIP applications is that in order to communicate with everyone on their favorite, I have an ever increasing number of resource hogs running. Ribbit has promised to conquer the communication apps bloat with an new product called Amphibian. Amphibian will come bundled with Ribbit’s VOIP service, but the added utility of communication with anyone via a single program makes it attractive enough to try.

Let’s start with the communications part. Amphibian is a Web-based phone that acts as a command center for all of your incoming and outgoing calls, no matter what number people use. It effectively gives you a universal phone number. Whether someone calls your home, office, or cell phone, or even rings you on Skype, Google Talk, or MSN Messenger, you can answer all the calls on Amphibian or route them to wherever is most convenient for you. “The codename is Amphibian,” explains Crick, “because it lives equally well outside the Web as inside the Web.” During a live demo, Ted called Crick’s cell phone, and Crick answered it on Amphibian. In the middle of the call, he transferred it back to his cell, which rang, and he picked up the conversation where he left off. (from Tech Crunch)

Amphibian is supposed to release in a few months. Assuming that it does, we’ll inform you when it’s up, and maybe even do a review when we’ve tried it.