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Spoink
Spoink (Spoink.com) is a free social networking and multimedia micro-blogging service that provides telecommunication, online journals, email and social networking services to individuals and businesses. Spoink integrates Podcasting, Blogging and Telephony into a single easy to use interface with personal status updates and social networking. This service enables anyone to podcast on any phone from anywhere as well as post audio, video, pictures and text via short message service (SMS), instant messaging (IM), email or via a web browser.
Origins
Spoink, Inc. was founded in 2007 by industry veteran Erik Bowman. The initial intent was to create a toll free telephony solution that converts voice messages to podcasts. Spoink originally grew out of a development project with Vertical Answer), a Hosted PBX company located in Redondo Beach, California. The project quickly took on a life of its own during alpha testing as enhancements were suggested by users and were later implemented. These enhancements included support for micro-blogging as well as audio, video and picture hosting. Support for submissions via instant message, email, SMS, MMS and direct web posts were then added and over a 3 month private beta process additional refinements were implemented. On May 15, 2008 the public beta was released to the general public.
Trademark Status
The Spoink trademark was orginally applied for December 3, 2006 and was successfully registered (Registration Number 3289873) trademarkUSPTO since September 11, 2007
Features
Multimedia posts (Audio, Video, Pictures) can be made via Web Interface, Email, MMS and Toll Free call from most telphones.
Text posts can be up to 500 characters (nearly 100 words) and can be made via Web Interface, Email, Instant Message and SMS. Limitations on text post size is dictated by your IM or Mobile Carrier.
Tips and Tricks
You can use any telephone to create a podcast. Under Settings -> My Phone Numbers add all the phone numbers that you will be calling from (be sure check the activate check box before saving). Then you can call their toll free number (888) 8-SPOINK and press 1. Start speaking or hold your phone in the direction of the audio you wish to record. When you are done, hang up. Your podcast will be inserted into your account within 1 to 2 minutes.
UPDATE: If you send an email to 
within 5 minutes of recording your podcast, the email text (and attached picture or video clip) will be added to your podcast. The text is limited to 140 characters.
