BBM Android/iOS Downloads (10M In A Day)

Timing is everything. Too early and your product will shrivel; too late and it will be overlooked, no matter how shiny. Just ask BlackBerry — a company with spectacularly bad timing in recent memory. A string of hesitations and bad decisions made the BlackBerry maker too late to the mobile party, again and again.

Clinging stubbornly to old Qwerty keyboard habits left its hardware out of touch — literally — when it came to competing with Android and iOS, and allowed RIM to delay the necessarily refocusing of its mobile platform for too long. That next-gen platform arrived eventually, in BlackBerry 10, but the BlackBerry faithful had already mostly departed for pastures news, leaving the company with a load of unsold BB10 handsets and a $965M hole in its books.
That story is so much water under the bridge now — as the company appears on the point of break-up, shopping itself around to potential buyers — but BlackBerry’s bad sense of timing persists. Old habits die hard.

The latest case in point is a small example, but a telling one nonetheless. BlackBerry finally started rolling out its BBM messaging client to iOS and Android yesterday — weeks later than originally planned, after a botched earlier attempt. And years late from a market point of view. If BBM had launched on Android and iOS back in 2010 how many users might it have now? And how many might mobile messaging giants like WhatsApp not have?

Yesterday was also the day Apple selected for its October iPad launch event. This date has been circulating as near-certified rumoursince early October, and officially confirmed since October 15. Yet despite that highly unfortunate marketing clash — a David and Goliath one, when you’re going up against the hyperdrive of the Cupertino marketing machine — BlackBerry went ahead with its rescheduled BBM launch anyway. Why, Blackberry, why?

Turns out there is still appetite for BlackBerry’s veteran messaging client — or at least people curious enough to take a look. But that story didn’t get a decent airing yesterday. The iPad Air stole its oxygen.

Into this attention vacuum, BlackBerry tweeted yesterday that BBM for iOS and Android had had five million downloads eight hours after launch. This was followed up by another official announcement saying BBM downloads had exceeded 10 million within 24 hours of its release. And that it  had become the number one free app in more than 75 countries, including the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Indonesia and “most of the Middle East”.

It’s just a shame that BlackBerry decided to bury this flicker of relatively good news under a tsunami of Apple-related PR. Once more unto the terrible timing breach.
Ten million downloads in a day isn’t bad. For BlackBerry it’s spectacular good news — the kind of news the company has been lacking for years. So squandering the impact of having something positive to say for once seems like a seriously wasted opportunity.

Of course 10 million downloads does not mean BBM is alive and kicking, even as the company that created it heads for the breakers yard. The key test will be how many of those downloads turn into sustained usage. For some context, mobile messaging giant WhatsApp has some 300 million monthly active users for instance, while Chinese messaging app WeChat has circa 190 million MAUs.

Mobile messaging is now a very packed and fiercely competitive space, being attacked by giants like Facebook and startups of all stripes. BBM’s 10 million downloads in a day is therefore a win but a very small one. How many monthly active users would BBM have had on Android and iOS if it had launched three years ago?
It’s such timing-related questions that will haunt the company’s founders for years to come.

One more thing: BlackBerry is having to ration access to BBM — presumably so it’s servers don’t fall over again — meaning that people who have downloaded the app have to wait in a queue for an email notification before they can start using it.
Really, you can’t make this stuff up.


Source: TC
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Smart Call Manager App by Rapidsoft Systems, Inc.

Rapidsoft Systems’ Smart Call Manager App provides a set of useful call management tools for managing phone calls and SMS. The app is available on Google Play and Amazon Android app market place.

Rapidsoft systems releases its “Smart Call Manager” application for Android. This app provides a set of useful features for managing inbound calls. It monitors inbound calls and automatically adjusts call and alert volume based on the phone’s surrounding ambient noise level. As a result, the user will not miss any incoming calls, even if they are in an extremely loud location. Similarly, a call receiver will not be embarrassed in a business meeting or in a designated quiet area due to a loud ringtone.

The other features of the Smart Call Manager app are:

• Smart Ring Control
• Auto-Adaptive Ring Control for Android
• Auto-sends SMS to the caller if a call is missed
• Auto-answers the incoming calls
• Voice Notification and Caller ID notification for an incoming call
• SMS Voice reader

The application works with all standard and downloaded ring tones. The app also provides many exciting new ring tones and alerts that are suitable for high noise environments.

The apps can be downloaded at the links below:
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Rapidsoft Systems, Inc. (http://www.rapidsoftsystems.com) is a leading Outsourced & Offshore Software Product Development company with its headquarters in the United States and product engineering centers in United States & India. It partners with technology companies and software-enabled businesses to help them bring quality software products to market through dedicated or on-demand offshore engineering teams. It has a subsidiary, Mobisoft Technologies (http://www.mobisofttechnologies.com) dedicated to mobile applications development located in Noida, India.

Rapidsoft Systems, Inc. has its main office in Princeton, NJ, USA, a US R&D Center in Mercerville NJ, and sales, support and development offices in Palo Alto, CA, USA, Dubai (UAE), and Noida (India).
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Mobipixie, a Mobile To Mobile Photo Sharing and Card Design Platform, Launches New Improved Web Interface

New web interface helps users to better use advanced features of Mobipixie photo sharing, social networking and card design platform. It provides better access to group sharing, photo design and other interactive features.

MobiPixie (http://www.mobipixie.com) team announced a new update to their web application interface. The newly launched web interface features a new layout that provides a cleaner and more interactive design. It is now easier to manage mobile uploaded photos, share them with other mobile or web users and move photos between public and private galleries. It is also more intuitive to use advance features such as creating new private or public groups, adding new photo frames to photos or designing custom greeting cards with the online design tool. The new interface makes it easy for users to utilize Image edit or enhancement functions from a PC or a Tablet.

MobiPixie.com is a cloud based photo sharing and social networking platform where a user can upload a photo from their mobile phones or from their digital cameras, enhance and edit them and optionally convert them into personalized greeting cards. These cards can be sent as an E-card, Postcard or as a printed Greeting Card. MobiPixie prints and mails them within 48 hours. MobiPixie plans to add ability to add gift cards and gifts to the cards or photos to MobiPixie e-cards or p-cards within a few weeks.

“Our previous design served us well,” said MobiPixie's Head of Technology and Product Development, Dr. Brijesh Kumar in discussing the new design, “but our user base has grown rapidly in the past few months. With thousands of users relying on MobiPixie to share their photos or design their cards, we want to make sure that it's easy and intuitive for our users to manage all the functionality that they expect in an industry leading product like MobiPixie. Our aim is to make our interfaces super easy to use for every Grandma and Grandpa in the world.”

MobiPixie mobile applications have been downloaded by thousands of users who are using it for all occasions. These free mobile apps are available on iPhone, Android and Blackberry. Users can also access MobiPixie via web interface.

Mobipixie applications are available in all international markets and will work in all countries of the world. These apps can be downloaded from http://www.mobipixie.com.
About MobiPixie

MobiPixie (http://www.mobipixie.com) is a privately funded company with a primary interest in all things related to Mobile Media. It is guided by an experienced management team based in NJ. MobiPixie has been developed by a team of dedicated mobile applications designers, developers, and architects, along with operational staff scattered at multiple locations in the USA and India.

Rapidsoft Systems Offers a Turnkey E-Commerce Web Site for Sign and Banner Design Companies

Sign and banner design companies can get online presence with interactive sign and banner design software, and a custom eCommerce platform within one week.

 

Rapidsoft Systems Inc. (http://www.rapidsoftsystems.com) , a NJ based leading developer of outsourced software development and IT Services today launched a turnkey e-commerce website for the sign and banner design companies. The software platform consists of a custom designed front end website, an interactive online Sign and Banner design software, and an ecommerce platform all integrated together. This will enable sign and banner design companies to get attractive and functional online presence within one week.

Commenting on the launch of this solution, Dr. Brijesh Kumar, COO and Head of Technology at Rapidsoft Systems said,"Developing custom sign design software as used by large sign design companies like speedysigns.com or franchise sites like signorama.com is expensive. Our turnkey solution provides the same custom design and online ordering ability, but at a fraction of the cost. Moreover, sign design companies can expect full maintenance support."

Most sign and banner design companies would like to have an eCommerce platform to capture online business, but the cost of developing such a platform can be prohibitive for small businesses. Hence, they are at a disadvantage when compared to a big sign design company. However, the turnkey solution by Rapidsoft Systems removes this disadvantage because small businesses can now provide the same online experience to their customers.

The solution includes:
· Complete turnkey eCommerce website
· Already integrated with full featured online designer software
· Design templates, library of built in clip-parts and pictures included
· Shopping cart, admin panel and order management panel included
· All hosted on a customer server, or Rapidsoft's own hosted server

More information about the sign and banner design software is available at:
http://www.rapidsoftsystems.com/custom-sign-banner-designer.html

About RapidSoft Systems, Inc.
Rapidsoft Systems, Inc. (http://www.rapidsoftsystems.com) is a leading Outsourced & Offshore Software Product Development company with headquarter in the United States and product engineering centers in United States & India. It partners with technology companies and software-enabled businesses to help them bring quality software products to market through dedicated or on-demand offshore engineering teams. It has a subsidiary, Mobisoft Technologies (http://www.mobisofttechnologies.com) dedicated to mobile applications development located in Noida, India.

Rapidsoft Systems, Inc. has its main office in Princeton, NJ, USA, a US R&D Center in Mercerville NJ, and sales, support and development offices in Palo Alto, CA, USA, Dubai (UAE), and Noida (India).

Driving Control App Intoducing “Text Stops” in Effort to Reduce Texting-Related Car Accidents

Driving Control Auto Reply is a powerful and easy to use app for GPS enabled Android devices to promote driver safety. It automatically answers incoming texts and enforces a "No Texting While Driving" rule. The app includes many other useful features to deal with roadside emergencies, and personal safety.

It is the BEST app of its kind in the market for the driver safety.

The Driving Control App's basic features include:
- Auto Response Incoming Text with a Custom Message
- Driver and Non-driver Mode Operation
- Send Panic Alert in an Emergency Situation
- Auto Start or Manual Start Option for the App
- Speed Settings in Miles or Kms
- Password Protected Application Settings

PRO Version of the app has many additional advance features for enhanced Driver Safety and Convenience such as:

- Single Button Towing Facility Search near Your Location
- Insurance Claims Handler
- Send Timer Based Auto Safety Alert Message
- Send Manual Safety Alert Message
- Driver Trip Logs Feature
- Roadside Emergency Club Information
- More features on the way

ENFORCE NO TEXTING WHEN DRIVING
Distracted driving is single most important cause of auto accidents and the injuries in almost all countries.

AUTO ANSWER INCOMING TEXT MESSAGES
This application lets your phone auto-answer incoming text messages with a preset response message. You can configure this message as per your needs.

CONTROL DRIVING DISTRACTION
When a user exceeds the minimum set speed limits, the app locks a user's phone and blocks a user's ability to text while driving so that the user can focus on driving instead of attempting to text or answer phones when driving. It can save users from fines in states or countries where there is a ban on texting or talking on phone when driving.
Even when Phone is locked, a user can continue to receive or make emergency calls. Also, your phone's ability to provide navigation will not be affected.

SPEED NOTIFICATION AND DRIVING SPEED MONITORING (OPTIONAL)
It also has optional built in speeding notification to notify at a configured number if the driver exceeds the upper driving speed limit set in the phone. You can use that information to discipline yourself or use this to monitor a driver in commercial situations.

MULTIPLE DRIVING MODES
The App supports Driver and Non-driver Mode operation.

AUTOSTART OR MANUAL START
App can be set to auto start or manual start.

LOCATE TOWING SERVICES
It has single click search for towing services near your current location.

INSURANCE, EMERGENCY ROADSIDE AND DRIVER LICENSE INFO
Keep your info at one place.

DRIVER LOG
The app automatically keeps driver logs. It can be useful for you to keep track of your trips.

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Call Management Tool for Android phones

New Android App offers a collection of unique set of tools and power utilities for the call management on Android smart phones.

Rapidsoft Systems releases "Android Phone Super Tools" mobile app, a collection of powerful productivity tools and utilities for the call management for Android smart phones
Android Phone Super Tools is one of the most innovative apps that will do almost everything a user may want a smart phone call manager to do. The primary objective of the app is to provide a set of unique power utilities to busy professionals and executives to better manage their phone communication, and save them valuable time.

Android Phone Super Tools app has many useful features hidden under a beautiful user interface. It shows the call log with detailed breakdown and group analysis of all incoming and outbound calls. A user can easily export call logs for forwarding to others. Another utility monitors Internet usage for the cellular network data. The app also includes tools for automatically regulating the ringtone/ alert volume levels based on the ambient noise around the user. There are many additional features to manage incoming calls and text messages. A user can accept, reject or auto answer calls from the selected contacts. The app also adds abilities to announce caller IDs or read out incoming text messages. There are tools to deal with most call management situations.

Commenting on the release, Dr. Brijesh Kumar, COO, Rapidsoft Systems Inc. said, “We are very pleased to announce this application to the millions of Android smart phone users worldwide. It took our technical team sometime to develop due to many technical challenges that we faced during implementation, but we are very pleased with the final outcome. It is indeed a great app for busy professionals and executives who will find it very useful.”

The app is currently available on Google market. It will soon be available in the Amazon Android market place as well. The app can be downloaded at the links below:
http://goo.gl/YDyznM

App Promo Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fV2A9JaHRNI

About RapidSoft Systems, Inc.
Rapidsoft Systems Inc. (http://www.rapidsoftsystems.com) is a leading Outsourced & Offshore Software Product Development company providing a wide variety of software development and other IT related services to its client around the world. It partners with technology companies and software-enabled businesses to help them bring quality software products, mobile and web applications to market through dedicated or on-demand offshore engineering teams. It has a subsidiary, Mobisoft Technologies (http://www.mobisofttechnologies.com) dedicated to mobile applications development located in Noida, India.
Rapidsoft Systems, Inc. has its main office in Princeton, NJ, USA, a US R&D Center in Mercerville NJ, and sales, support and development offices in Palo Alto, CA, USA, Dubai (UAE), and Noida (India).

Android Phone Super Tools, A Collection of Power Tools for Android Phones

New Android App offers a collection of unique set of tools and power utilities for the call management on Android smart phones.

Rapidsoft Systems releases "Android Phone Super Tools" mobile app, a collection of powerful productivity tools and utilities for the call management for Android smart phones
Android Phone Super Tools is one of the most innovative apps that will do almost everything a user may want a smart phone call manager to do. The primary objective of the app is to provide a set of unique power utilities to busy professionals and executives to better manage their phone communication, and save them valuable time.
Android Phone Super Tools app has many useful features hidden under a beautiful user interface. It shows the call log with detailed breakdown and group analysis of all incoming and outbound calls. A user can easily export call logs for forwarding to others. Another utility monitors Internet usage for the cellular network data. The app also includes tools for automatically regulating the ringtone/ alert volume levels based on the ambient noise around the user. There are many additional features to manage incoming calls and text messages. A user can accept, reject or auto answer calls from the selected contacts. The app also adds abilities to announce caller IDs or read out incoming text messages. There are tools to deal with most call management situations.
Commenting on the release, Dr. Brijesh Kumar, COO, Rapidsoft Systems Inc. said, “We are very pleased to announce this application to the millions of Android smart phone users worldwide. It took our technical team sometime to develop due to many technical challenges that we faced during implementation, but we are very pleased with the final outcome. It is indeed a great app for busy professionals and executives who will find it very useful.”
The app is currently available on Google market. It will soon be available in the Amazon Android market place as well. The app can be downloaded at the links below:
http://goo.gl/YDyznM

App Promo Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fV2A9JaHRNI

About RapidSoft Systems, Inc.
Rapidsoft Systems Inc. (http://www.rapidsoftsystems.com) is a leading Outsourced & Offshore Software Product Development company providing a wide variety of software development and other IT related services to its client around the world. It partners with technology companies and software-enabled businesses to help them bring quality software products, mobile and web applications to market through dedicated or on-demand offshore engineering teams. It has a subsidiary, Mobisoft Technologies (http://www.mobisofttechnologies.com) dedicated to mobile applications development located in Noida, India.
Rapidsoft Systems, Inc. has its main office in Princeton, NJ, USA, a US R&D Center in Mercerville NJ, and sales, support and development offices in Palo Alto, CA, USA, Dubai (UAE), and Noida (India).