Poll Everywhere was the first product to make mobile phone voting and SMS polling easy: You never have to call us or go through a lengthy sign-up process. We’re now introducing mobile web voting. This is a little different from our regular web voting where you distribute a private link to your poll. While you could always use a cell phone’s web browser to vote, traditional “web voting” was best suited for blog and email distribution. Now we have a streamlined interface for people to cast votes or send txt2screen using their mobile phone’s web browser: http://poll4.com

Some customers have asked about the costs of text messaging. Many people have a text messaging plan that costs less than $0.01 per message; those that don’t may pay between $0.05 and $0.20 per message. This can add up over time for frequent users. Mobile web voting uses a cell phone’s web browser to send messages directly to Poll Everywhere, effectively making the per-message cost free for iPhone, Blackberry, Windows Mobile, and other smartphone users who have a data plan.

Just tell your audience or classroom to use their phone’s web browser and enter poll4.com (think, “Poll For” – we kept the address short because typing on a phone’s keyboard can be a pain). Poll4.com contains a box to submit a vote, just like sending a text message straight to our SMS short code. That’s it! It works for both free text and multiple choice polls.

To learn even more about this great new way to vote, go here.

We’re always improving. And you’re going to see a whole lot of improvements in the coming months.