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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 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
Incredimail • Windows mail app creates html mail output • Allows drag and drop addition of emoji
デコメール ドコモデコメール
I-アニメちゃ • Outlook for Kids?
3D chara mail • Get items!
デコ メール • http://www.i-freek.co.jp/mobile/list.html http://www.klab.org/press/2004/041004.html
Kitty Mail • Customize kitty’s appearance • Pick messages from quicklists http://www.imagineer.co.jp/i-mode/product/mail/frameset.html
Chat tomo • Chatting with emoticons • From K-Lab
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
Other Enhanced Mailers • HeartMail by Media-socket • Omake Mail • KDDI “attached mail” • Animation movie clip attached related to your message mood
www.3dMe.com • 3d avatar you can “dial” expressions into. Use with text chat. • Now has MMS output client
Habbo Hotel • Brief • 3d avatar chat • Good • Great billing system through SMS for little objects • Bad • Very little interactivity
Chattables • IM service integrating celebrity images and voice samples
Oddcast / VHost • https://vhost.oddcast.com/
“MakeMe” • Creates avatars from your photo http://www.podoc.co.kr/index.php
ComicChat /1 • Ground breaking project from microsoft that constructs comics in real time from live chat. • Overlay on top of standard IRC
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.
MSN Messenger also -> Yahoo IMVironments Emoji in IM clients
Eyematic messenger • Attach a single expression image to each txt message
emoticonsplanet.com/ etc • Popular download sites for emoticons • Usually have a virus/spyware payload, but popular enough to drive downloads even still.
ツーカ IM • Mobile IM client • Nice character icons for different people
Team Factory • EzWeb service from bandai • “GroupWare for Juveniles” • http://www.kddi.com/release/2002/0603/index3.html
Ima Hima • Location-based IM • Provides short-cuts for the user to input their moods.
>> Kits • Things that slot together
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
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.
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
Voice based games • Hey You Pikachu! • Voice activated pikachu game • Seaman
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
Emoji • ドコモ
Chatterbots • Active Buddy • Smarter child • Aimster • AOLiza • Eimy chat • http://www.dv4.jp/sample/chat.html
Group Texting • www.Upoc.com • www.buzzuco.com
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
Text input enhancers • T9 • PO Box
Nate Cyworld: mini-hompy (HP) http://cyworld.nate.com/