Comments on: On Facebook, Many SMS Apps Find Little Use http://gigaom.com/2008/04/20/facebook-sms-apps/ The Business of Technology Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:31:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Janet http://gigaom.com/2008/04/20/facebook-sms-apps/#comment-876846 Janet Mon, 05 May 2008 02:24:13 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=12210#comment-876846 There are many simple ones that give you trial SMS text messages. Found that www.Bubbletext.com was the way to go for sending sms text messages from the web safely. You can add credits anytime using Paypal. There are lots out there too... There are many simple ones that give you trial SMS text messages. Found that (link) was the way to go for sending sms text messages from the web safely. You can add credits anytime using Paypal.

There are lots out there too…

]]> By: Francesco http://gigaom.com/2008/04/20/facebook-sms-apps/#comment-876789 Francesco Sun, 04 May 2008 15:34:26 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=12210#comment-876789 SMS is an one-to-one, on-the-go, using a simple interface, instantaneous mean of communication. Social networking is an one-to-many, in front of a PC / notebook, using a very rich interface, asincronous mean of communication. There is long way before these two means of communication may go together. Twitter is the SMS of the web. SMS is an one-to-one, on-the-go, using a simple interface, instantaneous mean of communication.

Social networking is an one-to-many, in front of a PC / notebook, using a very rich interface, asincronous mean of communication.

There is long way before these two means of communication may go together.

Twitter is the SMS of the web.

]]> By: Michie http://gigaom.com/2008/04/20/facebook-sms-apps/#comment-872594 Michie Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:54:14 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=12210#comment-872594 <p>@OM I have tried most of the methods in the article, http://gigaom.com/2007/03/12/free-sms/ and found that peekamo was the way to go for sending sms from the web or from phone. Your phone number stay a secret and people can reply to your messages directly to your phone.</p> <p>What I really like about the service is its ability to use local short codes to send sms from my phone to my friends all around the world and it costs be only my local texting charge from my phone. Obviously from the web it's free.</p> <p>If you haven't checked out www.peekamo.com out yet, I suggest you give them a shot. Btw, I also think jaxter is cool, but I have not been able to successfully send messages every time, I think jaxter will probably catch up to peekamo but for now it's no competition really.</p> @OM I have tried most of the methods in the article, (link) and found that peekamo was the way to go for sending sms from the web or from phone. Your phone number stay a secret and people can reply to your messages directly to your phone.

What I really like about the service is its ability to use local short codes to send sms from my phone to my friends all around the world and it costs be only my local texting charge from my phone. Obviously from the web it’s free.

If you haven’t checked out (link) out yet, I suggest you give them a shot. Btw, I also think jaxter is cool, but I have not been able to successfully send messages every time, I think jaxter will probably catch up to peekamo but for now it’s no competition really.

]]> By: Can Useful Apps Succeed on Facebook? | Jacob Madison http://gigaom.com/2008/04/20/facebook-sms-apps/#comment-872267 Can Useful Apps Succeed on Facebook? | Jacob Madison Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:02:08 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=12210#comment-872267 <p>[...] Om Malik discussed a conversation he had with Sarik Weber who’s company had developed a free SMS application on [...]</p> [...] Om Malik discussed a conversation he had with Sarik Weber who’s company had developed a free SMS application on [...]

]]> By: omfut http://gigaom.com/2008/04/20/facebook-sms-apps/#comment-872235 omfut Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:39:41 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=12210#comment-872235 <p>Om: Not sure why the comment i left yesterday didnt show up. Anyway, copying the same again. Thanks for linking my article. I always thought that SMS messaging would be a great fit for social networking. Well, looks like it’s not the case. Talking about Voice Apps on facebook, I thought they might take a little longer to get traction from Social Networking community. Check out my latest article I wrote about facebook and MySpace voice apps. (It doesn’t look promising) http://latestgeeknews.blogspot.com/2008/04/do-we-really-need-voice-apps-for.html. I guess u are right, facebook and MySpace users like Vampire Bites, Hug Me or Super poke than these communication apps.</p> <p>Here are the list top 10 facebook apps: Super Wall Top Friends FunWall Hug Me Movies SuperPoke! Likeness Compare People iLike Superlatives</p> <p>Cheers, omfut</p> Om:
Not sure why the comment i left yesterday didnt show up. Anyway, copying the same again.
Thanks for linking my article. I always thought that SMS messaging would be a great fit for social networking. Well, looks like it’s not the case. Talking about Voice Apps on facebook, I thought they might take a little longer to get traction from Social Networking community. Check out my latest article I wrote about facebook and MySpace voice apps. (It doesn’t look promising) (link) .
I guess u are right, facebook and MySpace users like Vampire Bites, Hug Me or Super poke than these communication apps.

Here are the list top 10 facebook apps:
Super Wall
Top Friends
FunWall
Hug Me
Movies
SuperPoke!
Likeness
Compare People
iLike
Superlatives

Cheers,
omfut

]]> By: kenobi http://gigaom.com/2008/04/20/facebook-sms-apps/#comment-872231 kenobi Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:40:13 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=12210#comment-872231 <p>The photo's a bit dark. Couldn't you have turned up the contrast in Photoshop?</p> The photo’s a bit dark. Couldn’t you have turned up the contrast in Photoshop?

]]> By: Christopher Herot http://gigaom.com/2008/04/20/facebook-sms-apps/#comment-872214 Christopher Herot Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:23:29 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=12210#comment-872214 <p>Facebook encourages a definition of "friend" that encompasses a much larger group than those people I would want to interrupt with an SMS or a phone call. If I know someone well enough to SMS or call them, I already have them in my contact list and synced to my mobile phone from which I can message or call them without opening any widgets. I think there is plenty of opportunity to use SMS as a way of connecting people with applications, but if two people just want to talk to each other they will reach for the phone.</p> Facebook encourages a definition of “friend” that encompasses a much larger group than those people I would want to interrupt with an SMS or a phone call. If I know someone well enough to SMS or call them, I already have them in my contact list and synced to my mobile phone from which I can message or call them without opening any widgets. I think there is plenty of opportunity to use SMS as a way of connecting people with applications, but if two people just want to talk to each other they will reach for the phone.

]]> By: vishal http://gigaom.com/2008/04/20/facebook-sms-apps/#comment-872197 vishal Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:35:16 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=12210#comment-872197 <p>SMS is huge is India. Check out http://tagg.in , SMS based social network in India.</p> SMS is huge is India. Check out (link) , SMS based social network in India.

]]> By: What is Facebook really good for? — Vad NU! http://gigaom.com/2008/04/20/facebook-sms-apps/#comment-872178 What is Facebook really good for? — Vad NU! Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:41:01 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=12210#comment-872178 <p>[...] Malik has an interesting post around the usage - or lack thereof - of communication apps within the Facebook platform. Om questions whether Facebook is really a platform for communication [...]</p> [...] Malik has an interesting post around the usage - or lack thereof - of communication apps within the Facebook platform. Om questions whether Facebook is really a platform for communication [...]

]]> By: Sarik Weber http://gigaom.com/2008/04/20/facebook-sms-apps/#comment-872177 Sarik Weber Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:27:12 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=12210#comment-872177 <p>You made a good point, Om, we are also currently investigating, how we could promote our cellity freeSMS app on Facebook a little more. It works fine and what´s strange is, that in the mobile world it´s actually one of the most successful free mobile Java clients around. Just check here and also look at the user feedback: http://www.getjar.com/products/10337/cellityfreeSMS</p> <p>In order to learn more about how Facebook app building and distribution works in Europe we will organize the first German Facebook Developer Garage in Hamburg, May 14, expecting about 300 Facebook app developers to attend. The next day will be also the Next 08 Web 2.0 conference in Hamburg, so even a far trip from the US could be well worth it. If you are interested in the Developer Garage, please join our Fb group http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=11222753500</p> You made a good point, Om, we are also currently investigating, how we could promote our cellity freeSMS app on Facebook a little more. It works fine and what´s strange is, that in the mobile world it´s actually one of the most successful free mobile Java clients around. Just check here and also look at the user feedback: (link)

In order to learn more about how Facebook app building and distribution works in Europe we will organize the first German Facebook Developer Garage in Hamburg, May 14, expecting about 300 Facebook app developers to attend. The next day will be also the Next 08 Web 2.0 conference in Hamburg, so even a far trip from the US could be well worth it. If you are interested in the Developer Garage, please join our Fb group (link)

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2008/04/20/facebook-sms-apps/#comment-872164 Om Malik Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:04:31 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=12210#comment-872164 <p>@ Paul,</p> <p>You are making same points as I have in the past about, replicating communication functionality inside fB isn't the answer. Making it compelling, that's another story. Nice comment by the way.</p> @ Paul,

You are making same points as I have in the past about, replicating communication functionality inside fB isn’t the answer. Making it compelling, that’s another story. Nice comment by the way.

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2008/04/20/facebook-sms-apps/#comment-872162 Om Malik Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:02:52 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=12210#comment-872162 <p>@ Joey Tyson</p> <p>You say: Why would I go to my computer and open Facebook when I can simply tap out a text anywhere using my phone? I don’t mind paying for a plan to get the convenience factor.</p> <p>I thought people were spending days logged into Facebook and lived inside fB and that is why they were the new social OS etc etc etc.... ;-)</p> @ Joey Tyson

You say: Why would I go to my computer and open Facebook when I can simply tap out a text anywhere using my phone? I don’t mind paying for a plan to get the convenience factor.

I thought people were spending days logged into Facebook and lived inside fB and that is why they were the new social OS etc etc etc…. ;-)

]]> By: Paul http://gigaom.com/2008/04/20/facebook-sms-apps/#comment-872160 Paul Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:27:26 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=12210#comment-872160 <p>SMS might as well stand for "Substitute Message Service," since it is really a lower-quality alternative to email.</p> <p>SMS doesn't thread easily, doesn't take any attachment, makes it tough to communicate with groups, is only readable from one device, winds up being tough to categorize, store and search, necessarily gives other people access to your phone number.... With greater smart phone penetration it will soon disappear from the rich world.</p> <p>It is most popular among teens, who, unlike adults who work in offices, are moving around all day and usually without access to email. Others use it because it's the only way they can send text-based messages from their dumb phones, or because their friends don't have email-capable phones (or both).</p> <p>Now imagine someone sitting down to a computer and choosing to use SMS instead of email. It's even dumber than developing an app to enable it.</p> SMS might as well stand for “Substitute Message Service,” since it is really a lower-quality alternative to email.

SMS doesn’t thread easily, doesn’t take any attachment, makes it tough to communicate with groups, is only readable from one device, winds up being tough to categorize, store and search, necessarily gives other people access to your phone number…. With greater smart phone penetration it will soon disappear from the rich world.

It is most popular among teens, who, unlike adults who work in offices, are moving around all day and usually without access to email. Others use it because it’s the only way they can send text-based messages from their dumb phones, or because their friends don’t have email-capable phones (or both).

Now imagine someone sitting down to a computer and choosing to use SMS instead of email. It’s even dumber than developing an app to enable it.

]]> By: Peter http://gigaom.com/2008/04/20/facebook-sms-apps/#comment-872156 Peter Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:52:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=12210#comment-872156 <p>Nobody uses SMS in the U.S.</p> <p>Nobody uses SMS through Facebook.</p> <p>Therefore, Facebook is not a viable communications hub.</p> <p>Makes perfect sense to me!</p> Nobody uses SMS in the U.S.

Nobody uses SMS through Facebook.

Therefore, Facebook is not a viable communications hub.

Makes perfect sense to me!

]]> By: Joey Tyson http://gigaom.com/2008/04/20/facebook-sms-apps/#comment-872149 Joey Tyson Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:41:30 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=12210#comment-872149 <p>I would think that most of the people who know much about SMS and would use it more than occasionally already have an SMS plan with their mobile provider and simply send SMS messages using their phone. Why would I go to my computer and open Facebook when I can simply tap out a text anywhere using my phone? I don't mind paying for a plan to get the convenience factor.</p> <p>Also, note that Facebook's Mobile application currently logs nearly 400,000 daily active users. People (including myself) use it all the time to interact with Facebook both in sending and receiving SMS/EMS messages.</p> <p>I personally don't see how your concluding sentence follows from the rest of the article... I've looked at some of the Facebook SMS apps, but they didn't really make sense to me. (Make sense in terms of purpose and features, not in terms of usability.)</p> I would think that most of the people who know much about SMS and would use it more than occasionally already have an SMS plan with their mobile provider and simply send SMS messages using their phone. Why would I go to my computer and open Facebook when I can simply tap out a text anywhere using my phone? I don’t mind paying for a plan to get the convenience factor.

Also, note that Facebook’s Mobile application currently logs nearly 400,000 daily active users. People (including myself) use it all the time to interact with Facebook both in sending and receiving SMS/EMS messages.

I personally don’t see how your concluding sentence follows from the rest of the article… I’ve looked at some of the Facebook SMS apps, but they didn’t really make sense to me. (Make sense in terms of purpose and features, not in terms of usability.)

]]> By: Can Useful Apps Succeed on Facebook? - The Unofficial Facebook Blog http://gigaom.com/2008/04/20/facebook-sms-apps/#comment-872143 Can Useful Apps Succeed on Facebook? - The Unofficial Facebook Blog Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:22:32 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=12210#comment-872143 <p>[...] Om Malik discussed a conversation he had with Sarik Weber who’s company had developed a free SMS application on [...]</p> [...] Om Malik discussed a conversation he had with Sarik Weber who’s company had developed a free SMS application on [...]

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