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The voice to text service company, Jott, has brought its voice recognition technology to BlackBerry devices. Using Jott’s technology BlackBerry users can now reply to email using their voices. The Jott voice recognition technology works with the BlackBerry 8800, 8300 and 8100. By using Jott for BlackBerry, you will be able to reply (at least according to Jott) 3-5 times faster than typing the message out, you will be able to send more personal replies and possibly most important be able to keep your eyes on the road while replying to email, of course in order to reply you would have had to read the message first.
Jott for BlackBerry also works with Bluetooth headsets. If you are interested, simply download and install, Jott will then automatically add a “reply with Jott” option to all emails that you receive from then on.

Product [Jott for BlackBerry] Via [Boy Genius Report]

US Cellular has gotten into the unlimited offering spree that we have seen from the other carriers this past week. Their new unlimited national calling plan is $99 per month and includes unlimited voice calls. In addition to the unlimited voice plan, US Cellular also has an unlimited texting option for $14.95 and unlimited easyedge data for $9.95. The unlimited voice plan is available for new and existing customers but is a limited-time only offer.

Read [US Cellular] Via [IntoMobile]

Helio first ran this $99 unlimited data and voice plan late last year but unfortunately it was only available for a limited time. Good news for anyone that wanted to take advantage of the offer but missed out, its back.

Down from the regular $145 a month, you can get unlimited daytime minutes, nights and weekends, mobile to mobile calling, text and video messaging, 3G web and email and GPS with Google Maps, all for $99 a month. Once you choose your plan you will have the option to choose the Ocean, Mysto, Fin or Heat. Helio does indicate that this will be a limited time offer, but no ending date was found so better not hesitate if this is right for you.

Read [Helio]

If you’re at work, out and about or just chillin’ at your neighbor’s, it’s pretty difficult to know if your home security system is going off. To solve that problem, NextAlarm today announced V-Notify, an automated Interactive Voice Response system that will immediately call a customer’s cell or business number and let them know something bad is going down. Customers can also log into their security system through NextAlarm.com or call into it from any phone to get the system status and, for those using the Alarm Broadband Network, change the system settings. For serious alarms, it can even cross-connect customers with their local police, fire department or paramedics. V-Notify comes standard in paid NextAlarm plans, which cost $5 per month for NextAlarm and $11.95 per month for Full Dispatch Monitoring. It’s not included in the Free NextAlarm Notify Plan, which is, uh, free. V-Notify sounds pretty similar to their existing E-Notify service except for the addition of a voice attendant, but let’s hope it’s a little better than a letter change and a lovely voice.

Site [NextAlarm]