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Newber Adds Second Line to Your iPhone and Knows Where You Are

by Terrence O'Brien on January 12, 2009 at 05:35 AM

Newber Adds a Second Line to Your iPhone and Knows Where You Are
Yet another truly innovative iPhone app is being smothered by Apple and the company behind the application, 'Newber,' has taken to CES to publicize its fight to get a spot in the iPhone app store.

Newber (whose logo is very similar to a certain Linux distribution's) is similar in many respects to Google's GrandCentral, in that it gives you a special phone number, separate from your cell and land line, and calls to it can be seamlessly transfered between you cell, home, or work phones.

Two things make Newber unique however. First Newber is designed specifically for the iPhone. It's an installable app with its own dialer, contacts manager, and voicemail page that allow you to make calls from you Newber number on your iPhone. Second Newber is location aware. After programing in a phone number you would like Newber to forward to it records your location using GPS. If you're on your iPhone in the office or at home and your reception is bad or your battery is dieing all you have to do is hit one button and Newber uses the GPS to locate you and switched the call the proper phone.

Judging from Apple's Terms of Service and past record we wouldn't hold our breath on Newber making it on to your iPhone legitimately. But it could become a bit hit with the jailbreak crowd.

Tags: app store, AppStore, ces-2009-top, grand central, GrandCentral, iphone apps, IphoneApps, newber

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