Right Timing for NokNok

Who can I chat with?
You can add anyone who is using the service, even people who do not have the IM client installed - they will receive your messages as SMSes or MMSes. You can even add Vodacom friends (although Vodacom customers cannot receive multimedia messages or participate in chatrooms).
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How can it even think about taking on Mxit while there is little cross network support? :confused:
 
Well I think the reason they are making it free/ there where alot of people requesting "mxit on PC" and this is now offering that option.. now if they can just get their foot in the door like Zuma they'll be sorted
 
You can use mxit on your pc, there are more than one way of doing it. Personally i dont think noknok will catch on . . .
 
bwana said:
How can it even think about taking on Mxit while there is little cross network support? :confused:
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That's the problem, unless it works uniformly on all networks there's no chance of it taking off, unless maybe they didn't charge for the data used. Anyway, is that really the best name they could come with up? :confused:
 
I assume they are referring specifically to Nok Nok here:
Brian Seligmann, MTN Senior Manager: Data Bearers, says it was the right time for MTN to launch its new instant messaging product (IM), NokNok as the technology was simply not able to provide an acceptable user experience for the mass market until now.
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I.E. NokNok is bloatware compared to Mxit and others since they have been used on MTN's network for some time.
 
Bradbowlllama said:
I assume they are referring specifically to Nok Nok here:

I.E. NokNok is bloatware compared to Mxit and others since they have been used on MTN's network for some time.
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Or they've figured out that mobile IM's going to take off either way so it'd be better if it was their product than Mxit. They'd obviously prefer it if everyone kept sms-ing.
 
eltherza said:
Still confuses me that chat programs cost less than a traditional sms...
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Yes - good point - it all has to do with convenience. I'm sure Nokia et al can create their own IM gateway embedded app just like the SMS app... but we know who's scratching who's back.

And i'm talking embedded - i.e. automatic use of the data network to send the message - no need for seperate third party app that asks if it can use the inernet and takes a minute to load up and login (if you're lucky).
 
johandutoit2000 said:
Or... they will start charging more for IM data early next year. That would make MXIT too expensive and NOKNOK cheaper, if subscription based.
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My phone has unlimited data but I havent even bothered with mxit so I dont see myself using NokNok or Vodacoms Meep.
 
johandutoit2000 said:
Or... they will start charging more for IM data early next year. That would make MXIT too expensive and NOKNOK cheaper, if subscription based.
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I can see a flurry of court cases if that happens. They already threatened to do it at some stage, charge R20/MB.

Bradbowlllama said:
Yes - good point - it all has to do with convenience. I'm sure Nokia et al can create their own IM gateway embedded app just like the SMS app... but we know who's scratching who's back.

And i'm talking embedded - i.e. automatic use of the data network to send the message - no need for seperate third party app that asks if it can use the inernet and takes a minute to load up and login (if you're lucky).
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They do have it already in a lot of phones, or did, IMPS. It wasn't widely supported though.
 
Lets see:

Has limited interoperability with other networks. [check]

Released at the same time as Vodacom's product, with nothing to differentiate it [check]

Has less features than the current market leader [check]

No guarantees about future pricing [check]

Competing against an entrenched system whose users have strong social incentives to stay put [check]

Bloatware code [check]

Limited handset base [check]

Conclusion?

Set sail for fail, MTN :)
 
How can we squeeze the consumer to give us even more of their hard-earned money? These South African's are the biggest idiots under the sun.... Let's rape them as much as possible and then put on a friendly face and tell them it's because we love them so much.

After all, life is yello, isn't it?
 
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