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Rich Messaging

Rich Messaging. David DC Collier dc@pikkle.com 28 Jan 2003. Review of mobile and fixed messaging applications. Enhanced mailers Avatar Based Comic Based Pet Based IM Extenders Other. >> Enhanced Mailers. Incredimail. Windows mail app creates html mail output

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Rich Messaging

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  1. Rich Messaging David DC Collier dc@pikkle.com 28 Jan 2003 Review of mobile and fixed messaging applications. Enhanced mailers Avatar Based Comic Based Pet Based IM Extenders Other

  2. >> Enhanced Mailers

  3. Incredimail • Windows mail app creates html mail output • Allows drag and drop addition of emoji

  4. デコメール ドコモデコメール

  5. I-アニメちゃ • Outlook for Kids?

  6. 3D chara mail • Get items!

  7. デコ　メール • http://www.i-freek.co.jp/mobile/list.html http://www.klab.org/press/2004/041004.html

  8. Kitty Mail • Customize kitty’s appearance • Pick messages from quicklists http://www.imagineer.co.jp/i-mode/product/mail/frameset.html

  9. Chat tomo • Chatting with emoticons • From K-Lab

  10. FunMail /1 • Overview • Type in text message (eg SMS) • Send to funmail shortcode with your targets address • FunMail engine picks images to match your text • Good • Have a great “plug-in” model for new licenses • Have done some good character license deals • Building up distribution network • All deals are “share of message” • Bad • results are under-whelming, not that relevant, varied or interesting • Artwork is lame

  11. Other Enhanced Mailers • HeartMail by Media-socket • Omake Mail • KDDI “attached mail” • Animation movie clip attached related to your message mood

  12. >> Avatar Based

  13. www.3dMe.com • 3d avatar you can “dial” expressions into. Use with text chat. • Now has MMS output client

  14. Habbo Hotel • Brief • 3d avatar chat • Good • Great billing system through SMS for little objects • Bad • Very little interactivity

  15. Chattables • IM service integrating celebrity images and voice samples

  16. Oddcast / VHost • https://vhost.oddcast.com/

  17. “MakeMe” • Creates avatars from your photo http://www.podoc.co.kr/index.php

  18. >> Comic Based

  19. ComicChat /1 • Ground breaking project from microsoft that constructs comics in real time from live chat. • Overlay on top of standard IRC

  20. ComicMail

  21. Futurice

  22. Dfilm

  23. Dfilm /2 • Brief • Pick background, chararacters, dialog, sound track etc. • Pick “plot” that controls how many characters: rendezvous/chase etc. • Good • Easy metaphor to understand • Bad • Very limited set of choices • Very literal use of the info you put in • Time consuming to use – have to enter all dialog etc.

  24. >> IM (Instant Messaging) Extenders

  25. MSN Messenger also -> Yahoo IMVironments Emoji in IM clients

  26. Eyematic messenger • Attach a single expression image to each txt message

  27. More emoji

  28. emoticonsplanet.com/ etc • Popular download sites for emoticons • Usually have a virus/spyware payload, but popular enough to drive downloads even still.

  29. ツーカ　IM • Mobile IM client • Nice character icons for different people

  30. Team Factory • EzWeb service from bandai • “GroupWare for Juveniles” • http://www.kddi.com/release/2002/0603/index3.html

  31. Ima Hima • Location-based IM • Provides short-cuts for the user to input their moods.

  32. >> Kits • Things that slot together

  33. ポンチキ

  34. >> Character based

  35. PostPet

  36. Other / pet based • Terrasphere • Characters would render and mail postcards back to you • Petz from PFMagic • Catz and Dogs • Supercute screensavers from PF Magic • Sold bundles in the 90s • NeoPets • Inu Tomo • Use pet as a proxy to meet other users

  37. Visual Programming

  38. >> Other communication extenders

  39. Electronic Greeting cards • eGreetings • yNot http://ynot.co.jp/ (#1 in japan) • Hallmark.com … Some sites have editors where you can create animations for the cards.

  40. Mail based games • Robo-Robo • Cybird Imode service • Asks you a ton of questions and is boring to start, but eventually will introduce you to other real people • Mail De Koi

  41. Voice based games • Hey You Pikachu! • Voice activated pikachu game • Seaman

  42. Emoji services • メールにメロでぃ • Bandai service • Lots of low bandwidth emoji • 絵文字パラ – softbank • KDDI now have 写文字メール

  43. Emoji • ドコモ

  44. Chatterbots • Active Buddy • Smarter child • Aimster • AOLiza • Eimy chat • http://www.dv4.jp/sample/chat.html

  45. Group Texting • www.Upoc.com • www.buzzuco.com

  46. Calendar • Character based calendar and reminders • Large list of icons • www.success.co.jp netVillage calendar > score your friends. How many times went shopping together is kept track of

  47. Text input enhancers • T9 • PO Box

  48. Wizards

  49. Nate Cyworld: mini-hompy　（HP) http://cyworld.nate.com/

  50. Cyworld / p2

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