I've been pretty busy lately. A lot of assignment, projects and presentations.
Oh BTW, you may wanna try Office 2007. This new version really rocks. I wouldnt had believe that I would have to say that one day to a microsoft software but, Congratulations.
But I'm digressing. The problem is that I've been away of my Netvibes for 3/4 days and I have to cope with this 300 news waiting for me>
Even when you skip those which are not so interesting around 50 remains.
The problem here is the connection speed. It takes ages to open a simple page.
Even if you learn to be patient (in general, you have to learn to be patient AND cool in Thailand, otherwise you dont last long), it's still quite irritating from times to times.
Some interesting news:
Techcrunch talks about jajah here, they reached their 2 millions users.
For the french audience, I'm translating the post in french for TechcrunchFR, it will be posted as soon as Ouriel will come back from his holydays.
I'm glad for them. It is said that they focused on Quality. It a very smart decision.
But they need to address the same issues in the southeast asia region as well.
Cause i'm starting to think about have a glance at the competition.
You can find my posts on Jajah et other VOIP here.
If you read the comments on techcrunch article you will notice that i'm not the only one who start to complain.
If you want a comparison of VOIP, check this article
Going back to my netvibes page. Wish me good luck
Showing posts with label VoIP. Show all posts
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Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Jajah Mobile and its shortcomings
I've already blog about Jajah.
Two days after my first post on Jajah, they send me a mail to tell me that they appreciate my post.
They also respond to one of my wish which was, being able to download Jajah mobile application for a Windows Mobile 2003 device.
This is what I'll talk about.
So, my request was actually to be provided with a way to use jajah when I'm not at home.
Their answer was actually the best one: Jajah mobile A web based form accessible with a simple browser.
So I jumped to the URL they gave me, log in and start using this system.
Needless to say that I was delighted to find all my profile informations and contacts on this mobile-specific website.
I bookmarked it, so I was able to place an international call for as low as 3cts (euros) within 2 clicks. And that's just great!
But they are some shortcomings.
First, I definitely think that Jajah need to really work on the quality of the communication. This stands for every calls no matter what mean was used to initiate the call.
I don't say that the quality is bad, but it's sure not constant enough.
Some calls do have a great voice quality, but some others are not so great.
The biggest disappointement I have is the fact that most of the times, it takes 2 or 3 attempts to get an actual communication.
Too often the first attempt fails because one end doesnt ear the other one.
If this is Ok when I call a europe landline number (around 3cts/min), it's almost intolerable when I'm calling a mobile in Africa ( 18cts thrown away for each attempt).
When I just want to pass an information, which typically will last 2 min, spending 1.5 euros, 70% for nothing is just not an option.
So Jajah if you read this, fix it. And you will enjoy happy customers who will spend more money using your system.
Secondly, they have a problem which is mobile specific.
When you initiate the call with the browser, you are using the GPRS connection which cannot be carry on along with a call.
So what happen too many times, at least here in Thailand, is that when Jajah will call you, they will fall in your voicemail because the GPRS connection is still active.
It's funny because they problem is due to the fact that Jajah is actually too fast.
So I suggest that they implement a kind of short timed delay before placing the call.
Overall Jajah mobile is an interesting service, especially in Thailand, where the prices are the same for mobile and landline calls (that's a topic I'll cover later).
But they are still some issues that needed to be adressed, rather sooner than later.
Two days after my first post on Jajah, they send me a mail to tell me that they appreciate my post.
They also respond to one of my wish which was, being able to download Jajah mobile application for a Windows Mobile 2003 device.
This is what I'll talk about.
So, my request was actually to be provided with a way to use jajah when I'm not at home.
Their answer was actually the best one: Jajah mobile A web based form accessible with a simple browser.
So I jumped to the URL they gave me, log in and start using this system.
Needless to say that I was delighted to find all my profile informations and contacts on this mobile-specific website.
I bookmarked it, so I was able to place an international call for as low as 3cts (euros) within 2 clicks. And that's just great!
But they are some shortcomings.
First, I definitely think that Jajah need to really work on the quality of the communication. This stands for every calls no matter what mean was used to initiate the call.
I don't say that the quality is bad, but it's sure not constant enough.
Some calls do have a great voice quality, but some others are not so great.
The biggest disappointement I have is the fact that most of the times, it takes 2 or 3 attempts to get an actual communication.
Too often the first attempt fails because one end doesnt ear the other one.
If this is Ok when I call a europe landline number (around 3cts/min), it's almost intolerable when I'm calling a mobile in Africa ( 18cts thrown away for each attempt).
When I just want to pass an information, which typically will last 2 min, spending 1.5 euros, 70% for nothing is just not an option.
So Jajah if you read this, fix it. And you will enjoy happy customers who will spend more money using your system.
Secondly, they have a problem which is mobile specific.
When you initiate the call with the browser, you are using the GPRS connection which cannot be carry on along with a call.
So what happen too many times, at least here in Thailand, is that when Jajah will call you, they will fall in your voicemail because the GPRS connection is still active.
It's funny because they problem is due to the fact that Jajah is actually too fast.
So I suggest that they implement a kind of short timed delay before placing the call.
Overall Jajah mobile is an interesting service, especially in Thailand, where the prices are the same for mobile and landline calls (that's a topic I'll cover later).
But they are still some issues that needed to be adressed, rather sooner than later.
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