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myWobile on Asia Business Investor Magazine

2009-09-13T13:05:00.000+08:00

Cristyano Lim, our Business Development Manager had the opportunity to share his views on a podcast interview with Nicholas Cameron of Asia Business Investor.

In the podcast interview, he shared how myWobile was formed, the obstacles that the company currently face and the future plans that we have in mind in the next few years to come.

Y0u can click here to listen to the podcast, or alternatively read the podcast script that he has prepared.

Special thanks to Azione Capital for providing this opportunity!

Cheers!
The myWobile Team

myWobile @ Microsoft Mix It Up Event!

2009-09-12T12:00:00.000+08:00

The whole myWobile team had the opportunity to present at the August Microsoft Mix It Up event last Thursday, together with Chris Chin and other independent software vendors (ISVs).

The event allowed us to share what myWobile is all about, bundled together with a Windows Mobile demonstration to the audiences. We had the opportunity to talk to some companies who were interested in our solutions such as the myWobile API and the myWobile Platform technology.

Our Lead Engineer, Raj actually dragged the whole myWobile poster from the office to the event! (If only you can imagine how big that poster was!)

Some candid pictures that we took after the event:

In case you missed out on our presentation last week, we have also included onto SlideShare for you to view:

Cheers!
The myWobile Team

Sneak Preview of myWobile Windows Mobile!

2009-08-27T12:27:00.003+08:00

Our development team has been working around the clock to prepare the Windows Mobile version of myWobile. We have also successfully rolled out myWobile on both Nokia and Sony Ericsson platforms recently.

The Windows Mobile version will be added on to our range of solutions that we offer to both consumers and advertisers. We will in fact, be doing an actual live demo of myWobile WM at Microsoft Mix It Up event tonight.

Before we present the live demo at the event, we have included some sneak preview screenshots of myWobile WM working on Samsung Omnia to keep you updated!

Cheers!

The myWobile Team

myWobile Bloggers Night #1

2009-08-22T10:38:00.001+08:00

The first session of myWobile Bloggers Night was indeed a good one. (No pictures were taken because we were really short-handed!)

Although there were only 5 guests present at the session, we did have a very good face-to-face discussion about myWobile and the technologies used. The event was expected to end around

Alot of pointers were raised during the discussion such as:

What was myWobile's business model?
How does myWobile compete with the bigger "boys" out there?
What is myWobile's target market?
What mobile platforms do myWobile cater to?
What can myWobile provide consumers/advertisers at this point of time?
What is myWobile's future direction?

There were some embarassing moments when we answered wrongly or could not even answer the question properly. We are nevertheless determined to answer these questions in the coming of weeks as we are coming together to revamp myWobile to be more intuitive and user friendly.

The feedbacks from the bloggers who shared their wonderful ideas and critique, have not only given us the passion but also the drive to improve!

We are going to share more about in the coming of weeks!

p/s: We were worried that the pizzas would be abandoned because it was close to 10pm and it was getting late until the rain saved us! We hope everyone had filled their stomachs before they left the place.

p/p/s: We are already planning for the second blogger night session. If you are interested, drop us a tweet or a mail!

Cheers!

The myWobile Team

Month of August

2009-08-12T16:55:00.006+08:00

Firstly we greatly apologised for the mishap for IE users through the feedback we received for those of you non-IE users the issue was that some of the images and navigation was misaligned. We were able to resolve it very quickly in a day and it was up again!

August has been an exciting moment for us. MyWobile gets published and our spanking new website gets relaunched. With the passing of our soft launch we further strive to provide you guys the best in location services. Our analysis has seen a strong improvement in user visitor growth up to date. Our developers are quickly pacing up towards our milestones and looking very promising. Our schedules are really getting packed up with meetings and developments alongside. Yes we do understand you very much looking forward our application.

Some of the typical questions that are asked to our developers are how did we do it? This questions will be further answered on a special date. If you are interested quickly drop us a mail and you could be the lucky one who will receive our special invite to an exclusive event. We cant say much for now!

Do stay tune in this month of August as we are making further improvements. We look forward towards your support and feedback!

So what are you waiting for? Download myWobile now and try ;)

The myWobile Team

MyWobile on Straits Times National Day Special!

2009-08-09T15:35:00.012+08:00

In line with our new website launch, MyWobile was featured on Straits Times National Day Specials! Yes, Straits Times on Aug 9 came with a special supplement featuring articles specially for National Day, turn to the last few pages of the supplement and you will see a hand drawn picture together with a title "Our Tech Geek Rock". Read on and you can find out MyWobile is proud to be a Singapore Made Product!

We are glad to be part of the National Day Feature and Thank You Straits Times for the coverage!

Following the launch of our new website (more improvements and features to come), we will be having more publicity coming! The next one coming will be Microsoft Mix-it-up on Aug 27!

The myWobile Team

Website Makeover!

2009-08-09T10:06:00.007+08:00

If you have visited MyWobile's website before 9th August 2009, you will be greeted with something like the screenshot below.

The old website had served us well over many events such as Barcamp Singapore, The Startup Story, AdTech, Communicasia 2009. It was definitely great fun showing and demostrating to people our mobile application with the help of the website.

Today, we are proud to roll out our spanking new web 2.0 style website where we have incorporated several interesting concepts and ideas. Bear in mind that this is just a scaled down version of what we intend to do originally due to time constraints - many more features rolling out soon!

If you like to know more about MyWobile, you can either comment on this blog, contact us on our website, twitter us and even feedback through myWobile application itself too!

We would love to hear from you soon!

The myWobile Team

MyWobile and the Start of our Social Media Journey

2009-08-05T10:00:00.004+08:00

As a young startup, every single cent to us is very important especially when our operating costs are high. Obviously we have to make use of the free tools available out there to our advantage.

Social Media is one of the free marketing strategies that we are adopting to spread myWobile's brand because all we need is time and we have some of it to spare. We totally believe in engaging our stakeholders (users, developers, advertisers) from the start through the proper channels which we are implementing over the next few weeks to come.

We just want to leave you with this interesting presentation on "Social Media 1 year later". The slide contains very interesting facts that you wouldn't have the ability to count in unless you are a researcher and you have lots of time counting.

What the F**K is Social Media: One Year Later

View more documents from Marta Kagan.

We have seen successful campaigns rolled out via Social Media and we are just as equally excited to do the same as the date draw nearer.

We will update you along the way as the date draws closer.

The myWobile Team

Updates, CommunicAsia 2009 and more!

2009-07-15T18:54:00.001+08:00

In case you have been wondering what happened to MyWobile for these few months, we have been secretly preparing something secret (zipped) to bring MyWobile to the mass market! Stay tuned for the month of Aug!

Some past events which kept the whole MyWobile team busy, Adtech 2009 and CommunicAsia 2009 which saw many interests from SEA and Asia! A great thanks to IDA for the opportunity and the wonderful design of the booth.

Barcamp 3 Singapore @ Ngee Ann Polytechnic

2009-02-24T21:20:00.002+08:00

Catch MyWobile Live Demo with upcoming peeks at this coming Barcamp 3 @ Ngee Ann Polytechnic.

More about Bar Camp Singapore:

Barcamp Singapore 3 is here!

Saturday, 28 February, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore. The venue, Teaching and Learning Centre has five classrooms for presentations and several large open areas just outside for discussions, demos etc. The entire area has wi-fi.

Objective

To bring together interesting people in the IT, media, energy, bio-tech and other sectors to share ideas in an collegial atmosphere of unabashed geekery.

The MyWobile Team

We have launched the new interface! And few minutes of coverage on Channel 8 and Channel U news!

2009-02-18T02:44:00.003+08:00

We have launched the new interface in our latest version! Do update your phone now. Its definitely a new experience as feedback by some of our regular users! Here’s the screenshot of the main menu.

We were also featured on 16 Feb 2009 Channel 8 and Channel U news!

Check out these links:

The MyWobile Team

New MyWobile Version Available!

2009-01-07T14:25:00.002+08:00

MyWobile will be showcasing LIVE at this coming Ngee Ann Polytechnic Open House (8 - 10 Jan 2009) @ the eGarage School of ICT! Do drop by if you are interested to look at the LIVE demo.

In conjunction with the event, we have also released a new version of MyWobile 1.0.2, featuring avatar thumbnails and better user interface. Do upgrade your version now!

The MyWobile Team

Upgraded Events and Shops Around

2009-01-02T22:22:00.000+08:00

Now you can view events in other places even if there is no events in your area! And looking for a shop when you are outside, look into Shops Around and you can find out where’s the nearest outlet with the distance!

The MyWobile Team

We have cleared Symbian Signing!!!

2008-12-12T16:04:00.001+08:00

Great news everyone! MyWobile has obtained Symbian Signing and is all set out to roll out our first Beta Trial this coming Monday 15 December!!! Get ready your handphones while we prepare more details to be published!

The MyWobile Team

Very soon…

2008-12-10T20:56:00.002+08:00

We are currently in the progress of signing MyWobile symbian application. Let’s hope all goes well and you will be able to experience the next era of mobile technology right here in Singapore! MyWobile is the first truly Location Based Service to be available in Singapore as far as we know

The MyWobile Team

A day closer to MyWobile Beta Launch…

2008-11-25T02:47:00.000+08:00

the day is coming…..where you guys can try out MyWobile and be the first to experience a totally new era of location based services at your fingertips. from social networking, to finding out what’s happening at your location, you can find it within MyWobile. As we @ MyWobile prepares for the final evaluation and testing, we are very excited to share with you bits and pieces of MyWobile. Do check back regularly as we will be revealing more stuffs on MyWobile!

*hint* launching before Xmas!

The MyWobile Team

BizSpark Launch

2008-11-21T00:23:00.000+08:00

Today was the launch of BizSpark, an initiative of Microsoft to help startups in their pursuit of success. Firstly, I would just like to say that it is extremely heartening to know that the Singapore government has many agencies with a wide range of initiatives to help promote young local startups. However, there is a limit to how much the government can do, therefore startups are often confronted with issues such as lack of support, funding or visibility.

With initiatives from large companies that have the power to help startups such as Singtel, Apple and now Microsoft, it is becoming easier to walk this tough journey of pushing a startup. This post would focus on what BizSpark offers and how I think it can help MyWobile as well as other startups.

Free Software
Microsoft offers a comprehensive set of software for all purposes. Since a lot of startups nowadays are related to interactive digital media, we need development and server software. However, the cost of getting Microsoft software is an issue for startups where every cent counts. Of course, open source software is available, but it may not be what startups need. With BizSpark, we get access to Microsoft software at no cost for three years. Isn’t that great for a cost-cutting startup?
Networking Opportunities
While BizSpark is still new, I believe that it will offer plenty of networking opportunities in the future. Networking is very important for startups, since we often can’t do everything by ourselves in this increasingly complex and speedy world. From time to time, we need to work with partners to deliver the best that each of us can offer. BizSpark may help make it easier.
Visibility
Free advertisement on Microsoft’s BizSpark site. Enough said.

While I do not know how BizSpark will contribute to the success of startups fast forward a few years, I do think that it is extremely exciting. Every startup ought to take a look at this:
http://www.microsoft.com/BizSpark/

The MyWobile Team

Pre-Beta Testing in Progress

2008-11-16T18:14:00.000+08:00

Hi, everybody. It has been some time since we last published more information on MyWobile over the web and some of you may be wondering about our progress right now. I’m very excited to share that we have already developed many versions of the mobile application and they include several exciting features. While I am not going to blog about the specified features that the mobile application have at this moment, I can safely assure you that they revolve around a single purpose - to keep you connected with the world through a virtual platform.

Before we release the software for a limited group to be the pioneering users in this mobile application, we will be testing and fixing some bugs to ensure a better user experience after users download. I’m sure most of us hate bugs, whether literally bugs or computer bugs, so our pest busters are really hard at work in the interim.

Give them a few cheers, encourage them with a few comments and very soon, you will start seeing the mobile application available for beta testing. If you have not registered with the main site yet, you may want to head over to MyWobile.com’s homepage and register. Be the initial round of beta users and help shape our mobile application with your feedback.

Afterall, MyWobile is a software made for you.

The MyWobile Team

Very soon…

2008-10-12T20:56:00.000+08:00

Launch of MyWobile Website

2008-10-08T19:46:00.000+08:00

\Welcome to MyWobile’s blog. As of today, our basic website is finally up and this will be a simple but great infrastructure for us to communicate our progress, especially through the blog section. While MyWobile is still being developed, we are progressing at a good pace and users can anticipate to start downloading our software in the near future. We will also be running a couple of surveys to get feedback on our software, desired features and other feedback on how to best deliver the software that you, the user, will enjoy.

If you may be interested in our application whether for personal use or for potential partnerships, you may want to sign up for our RSS Feed or Email Updates on the right. That way, you will be kept informed of any updates on our blog. Stay tuned

The MyWobile Team