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Re: A balanced argument on the future of newspapers

kerrypalringo — Wed, 06 May 2009 07:01:04 -0000

A debate between Steven Johnson and Paul Starr on the future of journalism in this month's issue of Prospect magazine. well worth reading to complement Jason Pontin's recommendations.

http://www.prospect-magazin...

Re: Orange now paying 10% lifetime commission on contracts

kerrypalringo — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:05:46 -0000

I believe T-Mobile will be introducing a revised payment scheme that is based on 20% of monthly ARPU--so guess which network retailers are going to promote?

Re: For the record...

kerrypalringo — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:01:13 -0000

Palringo is happy to be one of the sponsors of this year's Swedish Beers event at MWC. Martin Rosinski and I will be there handing out beer tokens! If you want to get a head start, sign up and download palringo at www.palringo.com and join the Swedish Beers group (Groups/join). And, if you add me as a contact, this might give you a chance to get those beer tokens a lot earlier. So, sign-up now and see you next wednesday night.

best regards
kerry ritz
palringo ltd
www.palringo.com
twitter: kerryritz

Re: For the record...

kerrypalringo — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:00:15 -0000

best regards
kerry ritz
palringo ltd
www.palringo.com
twitter: kerryritz

Re: Mobile In/Mobile Out

kerrypalringo — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:00:32 -0000

A few random thoughts:

be careful in trying to replicate the "web experience" on mobile. Context in the broadest sense is much more important with mobile than the web. there are still usability issues in mobile that cannot be ignored (from battery life to screen size)--and services ignore these at their peril.

yes, the iphone has raised the bar regarding certain aspects of usability, it also proves the point that single purpose devices do have a future--people will gravitate to devices that best service their needs, whether it's music, web browsing, emailing etc(and the iphone does not do all of these really well).

on the subject of the iphone, there is a risk of seeing the consumer from the prism of the iphone. let's not forget that symbian shipped 20million devices per quarter last year ! let me give you an example of a very non-scientific poll i conducted a couple of months ago. i was in silicon valley, in a room of start-ups, vc's etc: 50% iphones; 25% blackberry as primary device; 3% G1; 25% other; and 50% had blackberry as second device. i did the same poll with similar mix of people in london: 10% iphone; 40% nokia; 40% blackberry as primary; 30% blackberry as second device.

Unfortunately, the reality of the mobile world is that NOT all devices, operating systems are alike--it;s not like the web (and, yes, this opens the debate about developing native vs browser based applications).

And, finally, if we are going to talk about hardware and mobile devices, let's not forget that it's as much as fashion and design as it is about functionality. Both the Kindle and the G1 both fail on this count--and, this is an area Apple understands very well (perhaps it helps that Brits have been a key part of the iPhone/iPod design teams!). If Amazon really wants to make the Kindle a global success, it should move its product design team to the UK!!

Re: Nokia N97: The Whatley POV

kerrypalringo — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:57:53 -0000

This looks to be the perfect device for Palringo.--call it "anyway, anyone messsaging"--anyway you're connected, any service, any network: the way we quickly connect with the people in our lives. Or in James' words, even easier to "get the word out."

And, when our location appears on Symbian (very, very soon), then look out.....

So we can;t wait to see Palringo loaded onto the N97!

kerry ritz
CEO
Palringo

Re: Palringo

kerrypalringo — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:49:32 -0000

many of the problems you identified in the review have been fixed in the previous 3 updates. Yesterday we submitted a new build to Apple which will include the following:

-see how many unread messages you have, and receive email notifications

- Additional languages: Spanish, Traditional Chinese, German, Japanese (this is in addition to the French, Russian and Polish versions that have already been distributed)

- In this version we’ve also improved usability, and fixed some bugs that we (and other people) found.

We continue to make this the best IM service--and don't forget you can use Palringo to send photos and voice IM messages--especially since there is no MMS on the iPhone.

And, we hope to have a few pre-Xmas surprises available within the next few weeks.

regards
Kerry Ritz
CEO
Palringo ltd

Re: MySpace Blackberry App downloaded 400,000 times in 7 days

kerrypalringo — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:43:04 -0000

When we launched Palringo on the Blackberry in May, we saw an equally impressive increase in downloads. But, developing applications for the Blackberry is really hard work. So we thought it would be advantageous to join the RIM Developer or Alliance Programme. Although they charge £1,200 to join, we thought this would be worthwhile, since it might help us deal with some of the technical issues in a more streamlined way and have access to some of the their less accessible API's.

Believe it or not, we have found it extremely difficult to get RIM to generate an invoice. We have an account manager, but as of yet no contact from RIM.

If someone from RIM is reading this, PLEASE get in touch with us. We would really like to enhance Palringo functionality on the Blackberry. And, we really want to join your developer programme.

regards
Kerry

Kerry Ritz
CEO
Palringo
www.palringo.com

Re: Palringo, Voice Instant Messaging: Review

kerrypalringo — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:16:29 -0000

Hi Luca

Thanks for the positive comments. I presume you're using Palringo on a Symbian S60. We expect to be releasing a significant new release at the end of the month that will incorporate all of the functionality of the other platforms--so stay tuned.

We would love to connect to Skype--unfortunately there are a number of signifcant technical challenges that make this difficult in the near future.

If you're interested in joining our alpha test programme, please send me a private message.

regards
Kerry Ritz

CEO
Palringo
www.palringo.com

Re: SiMo, a Retrospective

kerrypalringo — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:14:14 -0000

really astute comments Zach. Nokia certainly cant stand still with RIM and Apple breathing down their necks. So it will be interesting to see what happens next. And, for those companies that have to develop for Symbian and others, well here's hoping....

Anyway stay tuned for a fully refreshed Symbian version of Palringo towards the end of the month.

(and of course, we're glad to have played a part in stimulating comments!)

Good luck !

Kerry Ritz
CEO
Palringo

Re: Twitterfone invites available

kerrypalringo — Mon, 19 May 2008 12:08:14 -0000

and another one gone....