kwiry is a dumb novelty, or maybe not?
When we first heard about kwiry, a text message service meant for helping you to remember things by letting you text your email, we scoffed, and then said "novelty" out loud in a patronizing aristocratic voice. Your phone already offers you a bunch of different ways to make small memos, not to mention that you can find dozens of applications online with the same purpose. You can even use your phone for email and send yourself one if you want to be sure you get your message at home. So why in the world would anyone think twice about this? Writing a text message is easy. For most people, texting is a fast and common thing, and that might just be the difference from actually bothering to write something down or not. The icing comes in form of versatility, since kwiry offers a couple more services. You can get your texts as RSS feeds, let your friends get emails as well, and you can even share everything via Facebook and iGoogle. Yeah, we know it sounds a bit too much, but as long as it’s only the price of free + your normal text charge, it might have a useful purpose. Anyone willing to give it a go?
On Dec 14, 2007 @ 3:20 pm, tande Said:
I signed up for this the day I saw it on Giz.
On my simple dumb phone I’ve got a note option but by the time I get to it I’ve already forgotten what I was going to write down. I was sending texts or e-mails to myself and that worked pretty good but this just seemed like a simple extension of that.
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On Dec 14, 2007 @ 5:11 pm, Pete Said:
How is this different than sending a text directly to your email, something I do all the time?
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On Dec 14, 2007 @ 5:36 pm, Anthony to the S. Said:
i’m game.
http://paidandpopular.blogspot.com
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On Dec 15, 2007 @ 11:52 pm, blueenigma Said:
I still see absolutely no utility in this service. It does not lend to efficiency, since most newer phones come with a Memo application as a standard feature. Just as you can click open a kwiry application, you can click open your memo application and jot down your ideas. Also, as I mentioned on another board, kwiry is service dependent, which means that if I am underground in a subway, with no service bars, I cannot send myself anything. if my stop is 20 minutes away (I. e. When I travel to work), I may well have forgotten my idea by the time my phone gets service again. In contrast, a memo application is always available, service or not. Offering as rss feed is quite circuitous as well. This means a need to either fire up an RSS feed reader on your phone, digging into a subfolder, then locating your notes! Or alternatively, havinng access to a PC to get to your feeds. I say again and again that this is equivalent to calling a “wake up call” service and asking that they call you at 9am to get you up, as opposed to simply using an alarm clock on your dresser!!
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On Dec 16, 2007 @ 12:06 am, blueenigma Said:
I meant to write “offering AN rss feed”, not offering AS rss feed.
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