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PingChat!
Released January, 2010
The Pros:Free app. Available for iOS, Android, and BlackBerry. Allows friends to chat for free as an alternative to txting.
The Cons:Slow on iPhone 3G. Can only chat with friends who also have the app. Small text box is placed right over Google Adsense can lead to inadvertent clicks.
PingChat! is a free, downloadable chat app for iPhone, Blackberry, and Android that allows users to chat for free with each other over WiFi or data plan. It is an alternative to text messaging, which requires users to pay for the service.
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Available for iOS, Android, and BlackBerry
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Allows friends to chat for free as an alternative to txting
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Support for all media (pictures, video, and voice)
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Can be used in WiFi setting even when mobile signal is weak (vs. txting that requires reception)
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[S]end, [D]elivered, and [R]ead notifications
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Now, has the ability to disable ads
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Can only chat with friends who also have the app
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Small text box is placed right over Google Adsense can lead to inadvertent clicks
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No pay option without ads
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Somewhat cluttered UI in comparison to competition (WhatsApp, Kik, Android SMS, iPhone SMS)
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Erik:
#pingchat They recently updated this app to give the user the choice to opt out of the annoying ads below the text box. This is a great move for the user, however, from a business perspective who wouldn't disable them?
They've also added the infamous S,D,R indicators that got
#kik_messenger into hot water with RIM.
Mar 21, 11
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Erik: Wow. Things are heating up. RIM must be scared of
#kik_messenger 's disruption to their Blackberry market:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/15/rim-pulls-kik-messenger-from-app-world-cites-number-of-issues/Kik really undermines their BBM service, which looks like their marketing as a key differentiator. If people turn to Kik in droves (a cross platform messenger), they won't need BBM. If they don't need BBM, they don't need a Blackberry at all. Do the math.
Ok, so it's damage control time for RIM corp. If they were to buy Kik, they would have to drop their cross-platform functionality, but that wouldn't work.
#PingChat! (or someone else) would scoop up the market share instead. Bottom-line is that BB, iPhone, Android, MS and their carriers need to accept this new, free, cross-platform, carrier-independent form of mobile instant messaging in some way. Or die
Nov 16, 10
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