Description
Ping! - iPhone-to-iPhone messaging made easy
Also works with iPod Touch.
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Tell your friends to Ping! you. Also works with iPod Touch.
From the creator of Smart Dial, Apple's once featured app, Memory Sweep(Free!), PushGmail, and 7 more, comes the iPHONE MESSENGER app we've been waiting for --- Ping!
IMPORTANT: Before launching Ping!, go to Settings>Notifications to ensure all notifications are ON. See FAQ on www.pingmessaging.com
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#2 Free App in the Unites States
#1 Free App in the United Kingdom
#1 Free App in the Canada
#1 Free App in the Australia
#1 Free App in the Sweden
#1 Free App in the Singapore
#1 Free App in the Norway
Thank you to all our fans!
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Want to message your friends for FREE like Blackberry Messenger? This is not another IM or SMS app. It's straight forward iPhone-to-iPhone messaging with push notifications. Stop dealing with IM systems that log you in and out. Forget about paying your carrier for text messaging.
Ping! is the simplest way to message your friends with an iPhone/iPod Touch. It uses a unique Ping! ID and sends messages for FREE! Have friends who have an iPhone but live in another country? No problem, Ping! messages will reach ALL iPhones and iPod Touches AROUND THE WORLD (ANY country!), for FREE!
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WHY PING! BEATS SMS:
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• NO MONTHLY COST. Why pay for data AND SMS bundles from your carrier?
• NO ROAMING CHARGES. Some apps offer free SMS, but are exclusive to the U.S, or support few other carriers. Ping! is always free, even when messaging overseas and works in ANY COUNTRY in the world.
• FASTER DELIVERY. Messages are not limited by your carrier's traffic. Notifications are delivered in an instant.
• WORKS WITH IPOD TOUCH. SMS only works with phones. Ping! works with iPhones, the iPod Touch, and other devices that Apple may offer in the future.
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WHY PING! BEATS IM:
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• NO NEED TO LOG IN/OUT. Why deal with the confusion of getting bumped off when you log in on another device? Your messages arrive in one place. Ping! keeps you connected at all times.
• NO NEED TO ADD FRIENDS and deal with the tedious process of accepting invitations. All you need is your friend's Ping! ID to start messaging IMMEDIATELY.
• OFFLINE MESSAGES GUARANTEED. Some IM apps do not support offline messages or only support it with specific software (e.g. MSN). All Ping! messages are stored offline until received.
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Using Ping!
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1) INVITE YOUR FRIENDS TO GET PING! - you can both save money and the
hassle of messaging each other with IM or SMS.
2) Create a Ping! ID. This is your unique identifier and is required for sending messages. Make sure you choose an ID that you are willing to keep using and identifies you - it cannot be changed once created. SHARE THIS ID WITH ALL YOUR FRIENDS WHO HAVE AN IPHONE/IPOD TOUCH.
3) Ping! your friends - it's that simple!
THIS WILL BECOME YOUR MOST USED MESSAGING APP.
Tell your friends to Ping! you on your iPhone or iPod Touch.
----------Contact Info---------
Your question will NOT BE answered if you do not read the FAQ before contacting us.
PingID: gary.fung
Email: support@pingmessaging.com
Twitter: @garywkfung
www.PingMessaging.com
What's New in Version 1.3.1
•Fixed crash on launch issue for 1.2 migration
•Changed date format to match local device settings
Customer Reviews
Not Working
It says "Connecting. Please Wait." and doesn't connect. I've waited almost 10 minutes but nothing happens...
Good start
It's a good start but it needs a fair amount of development before it's useful. First and foremost there's no buddy list, which is kind of crazy. To message someone you have to create a new message and type their Ping! ID manually, or dig up an old conversation and pick up where you left off. Also, without contact status, read status or any functionality beyond text-only messaging, it really shouldn't be compared to BBM. Looking forward to seeing the functionality flushed out.
I wanted to like this...but I've moved on
The concept of an iPhone-only messaging platform is certainly nothing new (tons of competitors out there), but I tried my best to like Ping. It's fast, it's cheap, and most of my contacts already had it during it's free promotional period. But there are several reasons why I've since moved on from Ping, and convinced all of my contacts to do the same.
1. Frequent Non-Delivery of Messages: This is partially due to the nature of Apple's no-guaranteed-delivery notification system, but I'm noticing a sometimes-significant delay with message notification. Worse, messages are often caught in limbo and simply aren't delivered. I've had several occassions where a contact sent me a message, but I never received it, despite later putting the phones side by side to compare the message history. This makes Ping suitable for chat-only, for fairly urgent must-deliver messages, look elsewhere.
2. Buggy/Missing Features: Ping is incredibly simple...sometimes to a fault. The newest version (1.2) just added a much needed contact list, but there's no way to add aliases to each contact. This isn't a big deal if your contacts all have Ping IDs resembling their actual names, but if you don't, you better have a good memory. Also, the UI itself is a buggy mess. The text entry box often jumps around erratically as you type, the message thread often gets caught behind the keyboard, and it is waaaay too easy to wipe out your existing message history.
3. Bait and Switch: Sending pictures was promised in version 1.2 It's now here. Only problem? It costs extra, on top of your existing app purchase. It doesn't cost much, but picture messaging was listed as a reason to buy the "premium" version of the app in the first place. Classic bait and switch tactic and entirely unethical on the part of the developer.
4. Questionable ethics by the developer: On top of Point 3, there's been some drama concerning this developer spamming the competition with fake reviews on the App Store, claiming that other products steal personal information to sell to hackers and spammers. This blatant astroturfing and sabatoging has convinced me to take my business and all of my network of contacts elsewhere. It's embarassing that a developer would stoop so low.
I've since moved on to WhatsApp (free for now, and ad free). It includes a much more robust contact list, "typing" notifications, a more usable and less buggy UI, automatic contact-list population, and is generally free of bizarre usability flaws. If you elect not to use WhatsApp, there are plenty of other free-texting apps in the App store. Take your business elsewhere, there's much better software out there, and you don't reward this kind of questionable behavior.
- $0.99
- Category: Social Networking
- Updated: Dec 17, 2009
- Current Version: 1.3.1
- 2.8 MB
- Languages: English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish
- Seller: Gary Fung
- © Gary Fung
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch. Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later.
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