CallWave Launches First Video Contest

Santa Barbara, CA (PRWEB) May 15, 2007 -- CallWave, Inc. (NASDAQ:CALL) today announced the launch of its Video Contest, challenging users of its Visual Voicemail and Text Messaging services to put an original spin on how their favorite CallWave tools, such as the Visual Voicemail for Email or Text Messaging Widget, have made life easier by simplifying everyday communications. One winner will be selected to win a $499.99 cash prize and have his or her video posted on CallWave.com and popular user-generated video sites, such as YouTube.com and Break.com.

“From work to play, CallWave services simplify everyday communications, whether using Visual Voicemail for Email to listen to your boss’ voicemail via the PC or sending a free SMS to your girlfriend with our desktop widgets,” said Kelly Delany, VP of Corporate Communications at CallWave, Inc. “After receiving positive feedback from our customers, we realized these stories were too good to keep to ourselves. This Video Contest is our chance to celebrate all the ways in which CallWave makes life better.”

Consumers may submit their up-to 90-second video to VideoContest @ callwaveblog.com, now through 12:00am PST, Tuesday, June 30, 2007. The winning video will creatively demonstrate the use of CallWave Visual Voicemail for Email and/or Visual Voicemail/Text Widgets and/or Gadget. CallWave will judge all entries and the winner will be notified by Friday, July 6, 2007.

Viral Video Contest Details
All video submissions must be in QuickTimes .MOV, Windows .AVI or .MPG format and no bigger than 5 MB. The video must end with a verbal or text notation directing the viewer to www.callwave.com. In addition, the video must contain no nudity, violence or hateful matter and each consumer must specify resources, such as images and sound, used in the video that were not originally produced. All submissions must contain contact information in the body of the email so the winner can be notified. Lost, late, misdirected or illegible entries will be disqualified. All decisions are final.

Please visit www.callwaveblog.com/contest for more rules and regulations and to review the conditions of entry.

CallWave’s Services Suite
The company’s current offerings include:
*    Visual Voicemail & Text Messaging Widgets: These free, easy-to-use desktop widgets and gadgets enable users to manage mobile phone voicemail and send text messages to virtually anyone, anywhere from the convenience of their computer. Widgets are innovative and powerful tools that keep important services at a user’s fingertips on the desktop.
*    Visual Voicemail for Email: This free service sends a copy of mobile phone voicemail messages to users’ email – enabling them to see, sort, listen and respond to messages from their in-box. The caller’s name, number and message length are displayed in the subject line, making it easy to identify which message to listen to first. Users can then play, pause, replay, save, forward or delete the message. Users can also reply, via text or callback, right from the PC.
*    Voice to Text Transcription: CallWave will soon launch a voicemail transcription service, Vtxt™. Incorporating CallWave’s proprietary speech recognition and WEB 2.0 visual voicemail technology, Vtxt transforms mobile voicemail into readable, searchable and storable content – allowing users to read the gist of their voicemail on the handset, manage and reply to voice and text messages from a personal web page, and search a permanent archive of voice and text messages.
*    Visual Voicemail Desktop Client: A robust desktop environment that enables users to manage and archive their call activity and complex calling community. Users can hear, respond, and screen calls in real-time, while auto-populating a PC-based contact log and address book.

About CallWave, Inc.
CallWave is leading the way in developing applications that make phones and PCs work better together. With CallWave, tasks that are difficult to do on the phone become much easier on the desktop – without changing phone numbers or adding any equipment. CallWave enables mainstream consumers and small businesses to get more out of the devices they use each day – their landline, PC and mobile phone. CallWave also private-labels PC-based voice applications to service providers, so this community can deliver visual voicemail solutions to their customers – reducing churn and driving revenue through new landline, Internet and mobile convergence applications. Founded in 1998, CallWave is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California. For further information, please visit www.callwave.com.

This press release may contain certain statements of a forward-looking nature. Such statements are made pursuant to the "forward-looking statements" and "safe harbor" provisions within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The statements contained herein which are not historical facts are considered forward-looking statements under federal securities laws. Such forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs of our management as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to them. The Company has no obligation to update such forward-looking statements. Actual results may vary significantly from these forward-looking statements.

Media Contacts:
Kelly Delany, CallWave Inc
805.690.4040 or kelly.delany @ callwave.com
Elizabeth Cahill, Rohlan PR
323.627.7878 or lcahill @ callwave.com

Investor Contact:
Patrick Todd
805.690.4188 or patrick.todd @ callwave.com

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