Next up is 3Jam. Since I reviewed Pinger previously, and the two services share similar ambitions and grapple the similar issues, each exploiting server side processing to foster group communication over the existing crude infrastructure, I’ll bring up points of comparison as I go along.
3Jam, like Pinger, threads conversations and distributes messages to all […]

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I tried the Jyngle service after a positive experience with Pinger and boy was I disappointed. It’s surprising that for all the publicity these companies get that no one actually reports on the quality of these services. Deal info and CEO hobnobbing seem to trump first hand experience.
Jyngle and Pinger realize different subsets […]

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Pinger is the first service I’ll examine in a small set of startups and established companies aspiring to bring swarming or flocking to mobile communication. (Next post, I’ll look at Jyngle.)
CELL 2 CELL BASE CASE
Pinger’s operations can be a bit difficult to describe, so I’ll start with the steady state case where all participants […]

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