Message - Match - Meet
Saw-You Ltd. a pioneer of advanced mobile messaging technologies, today announced the launch of its new consumer service which promises to revolutionise the future of messaging -- and meeting -- for mobile users worldwide.
Saw-You creates Communidating -- The Future Of Mobile Messaging
Glasgow, UK -- 23rd October 2002. Saw-You Ltd. a pioneer of advanced mobile messaging technologies, today announced the launch of its new consumer service which promises to revolutionise the future of messaging -- and meeting -- for mobile users worldwide.
Saw-You has created a unique mobile phone service, which lets people meet and message, without knowing each others phone numbers. This is an entirely new concept in mobile messaging, where to date, it has been necessary for the originator to know the mobile number of the recipient in order to send messages.
The Saw-You service is based on a system of physical appearance and location. Users input a description of their appearance and create a personal online avatar, a 'Weemee' which can be detailed enough to show what the user is wearing, drinking and any piercings they might have. Anyone who sees the user in a club, pub or gig can send messages to everyone matching that description. Alternatively, the user can send their description or Weemee to other users in the same location and see who wants to chat or meet.
The launch of the new Saw-You website is a major step forward in the evolution of the mobile messaging market. While the service works through SMS and WAP, the advent of Multimedia Messaging Services (MMS), which allows the exchange of pictures, sounds and animation is predicted to be one of the most significant new drivers of mobile usage over the next several years. While picture messaging is one of the most obvious uses for the new technology, services which build upon the new technology have not yet been created. Saw-You is one of the first services to incorporate MMS technology as one of the fundamental aspects of Communidating.
Mike Kinsella, the founder and CEO of Saw-You, said, From the very beginning the whole idea behind Saw-You was to create a really simple service that would let people enhance their social life and expand their circle of friends. What we've done now, is take that basic idea and evolve it into something brand new. The Weemee concept is a lot of fun and as well as making the whole meet and match idea a lot easier, it's gives folk something interesting and unique and personal to show their mates and to use on their mobile or online. We hope the new website and Weemee will be a key factor in making Saw-You one of the first true mass-market services for mobile phone owners across the world."
The Saw-You service is live at www.Saw-You.com.
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Notes To Editors:
Saw-You
Founded by Mike Kinsella and John McGuire in March 2000, Saw-You is pioneer of advanced mobile messaging services. The company has patented a number of key technologies relating to messaging based on physical descriptions. This allows Saw-You users, to search for specified characteristics and exchange messages (SMS, MMS etc.) with people seen in in social environments such as clubs, pubs, gigs etc. Accessed online or through mobile phone handsets, Saw-You promises to revitalise the SMS market and kick start interest in the advanced new MMS technology. The Saw-You service breaks down one of the greatest factors limiting the growth of mobile messaging, the requirement for each party to know the others phone numbers.
Saw-You has been recognised by a number of leading publications and services as one of the most exciting new services for mobile phones in the world today. Fortune magazine recently awarded the company the 'Coolest International Business' award. Saw-You also won the 2001 Winners At The Web awards in Scotland.
Contact:
Mike Kinsella
CEO
mike@Saw-You.com
Press
Brian Baglow
Indoctrimat PR
brian@indoctrimat.com
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