Vlingo InCar for Android available for download worldwide

Vlingo has announced that Vlingo InCar is available to all Android users on device from the featured section of Android Market. Vlingo also launched a new feature called “Vlingo Answers”. Users simply speak to ask a question, in any form, and have the answer read to them, out loud, immediately. Vlingo’s data currently shows that the most commonly asked question asked to date is “How many feet in a mile?” The answer: 1mile = 5280 feet.

For those of you unfamiliar with the recently launched beta feature, Vlingo InCar offers users:
+ Voice-driven, hands free initiation – Vlingo enters listening mode upon Bluetooth connectivity
+ Voice driven, hands free initiation using a “wake up word”
+ Conversational user guidance instead of a touch screen
+ Ability to send and respond to messages, make calls and get directions using only voice commands

In addition to Vlingo Answers and InCar, Vlingo can power most tasks on Android devices. Users can simply press the “Vlingo widget” to:
+ Send text and email messages
+ Search the web using Google or Yahoo!
+ Update Facebook and Twitter status
+ Open built-in and 3rd party applications
+ Speak into any application with the Vlingo Everywhere voice keyboard
+ SafeReader – hear incoming text & email messages while you drive
+ SuperDialer – one-click calling to an infinite address book, and reviews, maps and directions for any business.
+ Foursquare – check in, connect with friends, or shout out an update on foursquare.

Today’s release also includes include several enhancements:
+ Bluetooth headset support for Vlingo and Vlingo InCar beta on AndroidTM2.2 (Froyo)
+ New “Vlingo Control” widget with a SafeReader skip control
+ Bug fixes and performance improvements

Vlingo is available free of charge for Android 2.1, and above. Note Vlingo InCar beta is optimized for Android 2.2 devices. Users worldwide can find and download Vlingo on device from the featured section of Android Market. Note Vlingo is optimized for US English only.