While surfing across the bid bad internet today, I came across two really cool mobile products. I believe both of them are amongst the pioneers in the Indian mobile market, though it waits to be seen who really is going to dominate. But till that time comes, we as the customers should know what these guys are really doing.
The first one in the list in Activemobs. The registration process is simple, you send an SMS to the activemobs number (9844622848) with your nickname. The second step is to create a group where you will be able to receive group sms. Finally in the last step, you invite friends to the group. Now when you send an SMS to the number stated above, it goes automatically to all of your friends.
The sad part is that it is currently available only in Karnataka. But the good news is that they are already looking for funding, and possibly it might be available in other parts of the country soon.
Activemobs have been quite hot in Karnataka, and over 30,000 people signed up in about 8 weeks. (Latest figures from their blog). They have also been covered by a number of newspapers including the Economic Times.
Interestingly, they have already launched an advertising network on top of the community which they have. The network was launched about three days back so we should be able to see the results pretty soon.
On the whole I think Activemobs is ready to explode. The founders do find themselves sitting on a hot new idea, and time will tell if they can execute it to perfection.
If you have started up or get to hear about a cool new startup which isn’t only into services do let me know. Chittr.com, Ilaka.in, MyWalkin.com and 160by2 are up next.
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