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Video messaging is becoming more common due to the growing presence of integrated webcams in laptops and mobile devices, but most video messaging services require one of two things: either you and the person you’re messaging both install proprietary software, or you have to record your video message and save it to your computer before uploading elsewhere.  Cool product Eyejot aims to eliminate all inconvenience from the video messaging process.  Eyejot is purely browser-based, so it doesn’t require any software installation.  Eyejot also handles your video messages in the cloud when you record them, so you don’t have to worry about file management.  Essentially, Eyejot is taking the most convenient aspects from web-based e-mail services and applying them to the younger video messaging format.  Eyejot wants to make sending video messages as simple as e-mail for consumers.  They want to make it so that fewer people have to call computer support just to send video mail over the web.

One of the potential advantages of using video messages over standard text e-mails is that tone is far easier to convey in video mail.  This leaves less room for miscommunication, which can be especially important in a business setting.  In addition, the ability to convey more emotion through video could be advantageous.  For example, if you’re pitching a business project, showing enthusiasm through a video is more likely to pique someone’s interest than just text.

While Eyejot’s basic web client is free to use, they offer a business version, which adds features like longer recording times, file attachments, and document storage.  They likely hope that users will upgrade to the paid version once they become hooked on the free version.

Eyejot does offer a mobile version of their service for tablets and smartphones.  Currently, the app is only available on the iPad, iPod touch, and iPhone.  However, they also claim to be working on an Android app.  For now, users who want assistance using Eyejot on their mobile devices will want to find Apple support.  Eyejot is banking on the idea that video mail will become just as common as text e-mail, and they are certainly doing their part to make that happen.

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