Mobile Site Comparison

10 Nov

It is fair to say that out of all the mobile website creation tools available, Zinadoo comes up trumps.  Zinadoo has been around since 2006.  As one of the first to market with this innovative service, it has clocked up the miles and can safely declare it’s the expert in mobile site creation services.  Supporting this concept is Nubiq’s recent win at the Mobile Internet Awards last month in Boston.  Zinadoo’s site creation service won the award for the Most Innovative Mobile Internet Consumer Deployment Award.  There were 4 categories overall, with 60 entries in this category alone!  So you can imagine it was a fantastic triumph for Zinadoo to be chosen as the overall winner.

Zinadoo makes it very easy for anyone to create a mobile site – from teenagers to retirees!  Zinadoo has been developed with the consumer in mind, and brings mobile technology to non-technical users.  Mobile websites can be built both on the PC web www.zinadoo.com and on the mobile web http://zinadoo.mobi.

As the pioneering leader, Zinadoo has to contend with many copycat competitors who come up with similar branding and positioning.  For example, mobiSiteGalore, who recently claimed “for the first time in the history of the Internet, you would be able to create & edit mobile websites just by using a basic mobile phone with Internet connection.”  I guess somebody in market research didn’t do their homework as Zinadoo has allowed users to create a mobile website using a handset for over a year now – see http://blog.zinadoo.com/2007/10/09/zinadoo-mobile/.  It might be the first time in mobiSiteGalore history, but they are not making mobile web history here.

Speaking of features available on the mobile phone, now Zinadoo’s Messaging services can be used to send SMS and Emails right from the mobile handset on http://zinadoo.mobi.  Yet another way in which Zinadoo is ahead of the competition.  No need to log on to your PC to send those urgent updates, now it can be done on the go!

Another revolutionary move from Zinadoo was the video feature, which was released in June this year.  This application allows users to upload video clips right onto their mobile website with the click of a button that logs straight into their YouTube account.  Easy!  Again, it wasn’t long before the others followed suit.  MoFuse, for example, announced in August – two months after Zinadoo’s launch – that they now provided a service that integrates video onto mobile sites.  So I decided to check it out but ten minutes on the site, I still hadn’t found where this feature is hidden.  Why make it so complicated for users?  However, Mofuse does offer a very simple service to easily mobilize your blog.  Similar to Zinadoo’s RSS widget, you just enter the RSS feed and hit the mobilize button. Within seconds it creates a mobile version of your blog with a live preview.

Zinadoo understands what type of user experience customers want to get from their mobile phones and works to make this experience easier and more enjoyable.  To quote Eliot Weinman, president of Yankee Group, “Mobile Internet World Awards winners truly represent the best and the brightest in the development and deployment of mobile Internet technology.”

A New Look For Zinadoo

4 Nov

November Newsletter – A New Look For Zinadoo

With the holiday countdown underway, we have jazzed up our Zinadoo homepage. Here you will find a carousel of treats from Widgets to Video, from Mobile SEO to Messages.

Also check out our new What’s New and What’s Hot sections giving you the latest information on all mobile website updates, features and promotions.

Gimme 20
Our Gimme 20 campaign was so successful last month that we’ve decided to keep it running for another month. But hurry before the bosses change their minds! Top up your text credits and we’ll give you 20% extra FREE until the end of the month. All you have to do is top up online, then email “Gimme 20″ to support@zinadoo.com. We’ll add your 20% extra credits within 24 hours.

Email 5 Friends

An even simpler way to earn FREE text credits is to email 5 of your friends to tell them about your mobile website on Zinadoo. For every 5 friends you get to sign up we will give you 10 FREE text credits! And don’t forget, you can import your friends’ email addresses from wherever they are stored using the Zinadoo Contact List.

Site of the Month
It’s that time again when we look at all the new and modified sites that have flocked in over the last month.

Our October winner is http://halloween.zinadoo.mobi – Congratulations! You win the following:
* A unique .mobi domain name
* Featured on the Zinadoo homepage and News section
* A mention in the Zinadoo newsletter

Want to be in a chance of winning these great prizes? Then simply follow our Zinadoos and Zinadonts tips to create a GREAT mobile website, and remember sites are judged on design, user friendliness, content and concept.

This month’s nominees are:

http://rebelsquad.zinadoo.mobi/
http://cij.zinadoo.mobi/
http://tallersronda.zinadoo.mobi/
http://phs.zinadoo.mobi/

VOTE NOW

Going mobile has never been easier with Zinadoo!

Have fun!
The Zinadoo Team

Zinadoo Wins!

23 Oct

st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } Zinadoo Wins Best of Mobile Internet World Innovation 2008 Award

BOSTON (Oct. 23, 2008) – xchange magazine announced Wednesday that Nubiq has been selected to receive the Mobile Internet World Innovation 2008 Award for Zinadoo in Most Innovative Mobile Internet Consumer Deployment.  The annual awards recognise leaders in the development and deployment of mobile Internet technology. Nominations were open to all providers and vendors of mobile Internet technology and selected by a judging panel of experts from the mobile Internet industry.Nubiq’s Zinadoo Mobile Website Creation service received the Most Innovative Mobile Internet Consumer Deployment award Oct. 22 at a ceremony following the close of the Mobile Internet World expo floor.  Eliot Weinman, president of Yankee Group, along with Tara Seals, associate editor of xchange, presented awards to Nubiq and recipients in three other categories.  Nubiq and their award will be featured in the January issue of xchange, as well as on the Web sites of both Mobile Internet World, www.mobilenetx.com, and xchange, www.xchangemag.com/mobileinternet2008.

“xchange is pleased to honor Nubiq’s contributions to the development and promotion of mobile Internet technology, said Mike Saxby, group publisher of xchange.  “The growth in the industry has been tremendous, as shown by Nubiq’s achievement, and it’s vital that such accomplishments and commitment be lauded.”

“On behalf of Mobile Internet World, I congratulate Nubiq for winning this year’s Mobile Internet World Innovation Award in Most Innovative Mobile Internet Consumer Deployment,” added Weinman.  “Mobile Internet World Awards winners truly represent the best and the brightest in the development and deployment of mobile Internet technology.”

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Tara Seals, Senior Editor of xchange Magazine, Helene Haughney, CEO of Nubiq, Richard Redding of LogMeIn, and Eliot Weinman, President of Yankee Group.

Nubiq offers a complete and comprehensive suite of mobile web solutions under the Zinadoo brand.  Zinadoo allows users to create, discover and share standards-compliant mobile content quickly and easily.  Zinadoo Mobile Website Creation service allows users to build their very own fully-customised mobile website in minutes both on the PC Web and on the mobile Web.  Additionally, Zinadoo provides a selection of promotional features such as SMS, Email, Web widgets, RSS feeds and Mobile SEO, which help to create a compelling mobile website and drive traffic to the site.  Zinadoo Discovery service allows users to bookmark, tag and share their favourite mobile websites.  And the newest member of the Zinadoo family is the Zinadoo Directory service, which is an exceptional service that leverages the increase in demand for location-based services.  Zinadoo Directory enables white label partners to publish their existing online business listings and content to a fully-personalised standards-compliant mobile Web directory featuring Google mapping and click-to-connect features, which allows any business to go mobile in minutes.

“Zinadoo’s win in the Mobile Internet Awards is a wonderful achievement,” comment’s Nubiq’s CEO Helene Haughney.  “It truly reflects the creative efforts of the Nubiq team who consistently innovate and create value adding features that makes Zinadoo a compelling offering.”

The Mobile Internet Innovation Awards winners were selected by an independent judging panel that consisted of Craig Mathias, principal, Farpoint Group; Zeus Kerravala, senior vice president of Enterprise Research for Yankee Group; Caroline Gabriel, lead research analyst, Rethink Research; Andy Mitchell, Bell Canada; Rich Buttiglieri, usability consultant, Design and Usability Center, Bentley College; and representatives from xchange and Trendsmedia.

To try Zinadoo for free, please visit www.zinadoo.com or http://zinadoo.mobi.  For more details on Nubiq, please visit www.nubiq.com

For a complete list of winners, visit www.xchangemag.com/mobileinternet2008.

About xchange

Founded in 1996, xchange is an online and print publication for facilities-based service providers offering voice, data, wireless, IP, WiMAX and content.  Its seasoned editors do more than simply report on industry news; they dig beneath the surface to provide analysis on what new equipment, new services, new regulatory activities and other new developments mean to xchange readers.  xchange content, including news, articles, eBooks, webinars and industry buyer’s guide is accessible online at www.xchangemag.com.  Subscriptions to the print publication, its digital edition and the xchange Update weekly e-mail newsletter are also available at www.xchangemag.com.

About Trendsmedia

Trendsmedia is the events and publishing division of Yankee Group Research Inc.  Its mission is to help its clients stay ahead of the major technology trends that are likely to impact their businesses significantly.  Trendsmedia provides their clients with independently researched and produced media products that target emerging technology markets in depth, including focused conferences, independently produced online media and in-depth newsletters and market intelligence studies.  For more, see www.trendsmedia.com.

About Mobile Internet World Conference & Expo

Mobile Internet World, produced by Trendsmedia, brings together all key mobile technologies, products, systems and services into a single, information-packed event featuring key industry players, thought leaders and users.  The event showcases the entire ecosystem of enable mobile Internet technologies, content and applications.  Mobile Internet World is developed collaboratively with thought-leading executives from throughout the rapidly expanding mobile Internet arena.  For more information, visit www.mobilenetx.com.

It's All About Giving…

15 Oct

October Newsletter – It’s All About Giving…

Now that the holidays are fast approaching with Halloween only around the corner, Thanksgiving soon after, then Christmas – what better way is there to keep in touch with your community than with Zinadoo?

RSS
The Zinadoo RSS widget allows you to instantly publish information feeds onto your mobile website so that your visitors can easily stay informed of all the latest news, sports, blogs etc. For example, if you want to add the CNN Top Stories to your mobile website, simply enter http://rss.cnn.com/rss/edition.rss to the RSS widget. By adding the RSS widget to your mobile website keeps it fresh and up-to-date. Find it in the Site Designer under the ‘Add Widget’ button.

Message Centre

* Share by Text – Send a text message from here to your contacts and in that text message we’ll place a link to your mobile website.


* Share by Email
Email all your friends to tell them about your mobile website. For every 5 friends you get to sign up we will give you 10 FREE text credits!

Gimme 20
Top up your text credits and we’ll give you 20% extra FREE until the end of the month. All you have to do is top up online, then email “Gimme 20″ to support@zinadoo.com. We’ll add your 20% extra credits within 24 hours.

Site of the Month

Congratulations to our September winner – http://terramadre.zinadoo.mobi/

This month’s nominees are:
http://cyberbird.zinadoo.mobi/
http://teetime.zinadoo.mobi/
http://hbl.zinadoo.mobi/
http://halloween.zinadoo.mobi

VOTE NOW

Clearing Out The Closet

9 Oct

Hi Zinadooers,

Zinadoo is clearing out the closet, and some old services e.g. Text Voting Service, Text In/Text Out Service, and Text Alert Service – will be disabled from the Zinadoo suite by the end of October. This allows the Zinadoo team to continue to work on the features that YOU want!

So without any further ado, due to popular demand, the Zinadoo Messaging Services have been transformed and now offer more benefits than ever before!

  • Share by EmailEmail all your friends to tell them about your mobile website. For every 5 friends you get to sign up we will give you 10 FREE text credits!
  • Zinadoo Contact List – Our contact list is now more than just a Phone Book. You can quickly and easily synchronize your contacts’ phone numbers and email addresses into your Zinadoo Contact List, wherever they are stored – whether it is AOL, Gmail, Yahoo etc. You can add, edit, and delete names, numbers and email addresses for each contact, and send messages to selected contacts via SMS and/or email.
  • Zinadoo Widgets – Use Zinadoo’s dynamic web and mobile widgets to promote your mobile website to your online community. Discover here which web widget suits you best.

So now it is simpler and quicker to stay in touch with your community with Zinadoo.
And remember, a lot of these services are also available right from your mobile phone on http://zinadoo.mobi. No need to log on to your PC to send those urgent updates, now you can do it on the go!

Going mobile has never been easier with Zinadoo!

Have fun!
The Zinadoo Team

Happy Birthday Zinadoo!

15 Sep

 September Newsletter – Happy Birthday Zinadoo!

 Hi Zinadooers,

This month Zinadoo turns TWO years old! Over the past two years Zinadoo has grown from strength to strength, with several product updates thanks to all the valuable feedback received from our Zinadoo users. And also thanks to a very hard-working team (and several cups of coffee), who are constantly committed to improving the Zinadoo experience.

In honour of Zinadoo’s second birthday, we are celebrating by adding TWO amazing new features:

* Send Messages and Top Up Credits from Zinadoo Mobile

Now you can use Zinadoo’s Messaging services to send SMS and Emails right from your mobile phone on http://zinadoo.mobi. No need to log on to your PC to send those urgent updates, now you can do it on the go! And you can also top up your Zinadoo credits on the move too so you can always stay in touch and promote your mobile website with your community.

* Contact List Synchronization

Our contact list is now more than just a Phone Book. You can quickly and easily synchronize your contacts’ phone numbers and email addresses into your Zinadoo Contact List, wherever they are stored – whether it is AOL, Gmail, Yahoo etc. You can add, edit, and delete names, numbers and email addresses for each contact, and send messages to selected contacts via SMS and/or email.

Site of the Month

The Site of the Month competition is a great chance for you to showcase your website. Our August winner is http://foodcircle.zinadoo.mobi – Congratulations!

This month’s nominees are:

http://moneybuilder.zinadoo.mobi/
http://terramadre.zinadoo.mobi/
http://bbi.zinadoo.mobi/
http://lobitosonline.zinadoo.mobi/

VOTE NOW

The winner will receive these prizes:

  • A FREE unique .mobi domain name
  • Featured on the Zinadoo homepage
  • A mention in the Zinadoo newsletter (sent to all Zinadoo subscribers).

Sites will be judged on design, user friendliness, content and concept. So follow our Zinadoo’s and Zinadont’s tips to create a GREAT mobile site!

Have fun!

The Zinadoo Team

Good News for Zinadoo!

1 Sep

In a recent survey, Nubiq has uncovered some very exciting statistics about its Zinadoo users.  According to Nubiq, the top five countries using Zinadoo in July 2008 are the USA at 36%, India at 23%, Brazil at 15%, the UK at 14%, and Ireland at 12%.

Zinadoo Graph

Nubiq are delighted to announce that a whopping 96% of Zinadoo users are happy with the website www.zinadoo.com.

Eighty-seven percent of Zinadoo users said that from the homepage, the services are obvious and easy to understand; and over 90% said that the website creation service is simple to use, with over half of them updating their sites on a regular basis,

An astounding 91% of users agreed that there are many useful features available on www.zinadoo.com to help you promote your mobile website with over 60% of them already making use of these services – SMS, Email, Web Widgets etc.

According to Jillian M Barra from Carollo Real Estate, “Zinadoo is one of the easiest and most helpful tools in creating a mobile website. Cell phones are becoming more and more advanced and more and more people rely on them to surf the net.  As a result it is important to have a mobile site that can accommodate our customers’ needs. This is why establishing a mobile site is so important to us and with Zinadoo we were easily able to accomplish this. I would recommend Zinadoo to anyone who is ready to enter the mobile world!”

Food For Thought

15 Aug

August Newsletter – Food For Thought

Hi Zinadooers,

This month in Zinadoo our tummies are rumbling looking at some of the mouth-watering sites being created by you.

http://foodcircle.zinadoo.mobi/
The Mobile Food Circle is the ‘Little Black Book Guide’ on quality places to eat. When you’re out ‘n’ about wondering where to wine ‘n’ dine you can simply log onto the Food Circle from your mobile phone for a complete listing of restaurants. From here you can locate restaurant details – menus, recipes, wine lists, gallery pictures and reviews – with the added benefits of location mapping and click-to-call features to make a reservation directly!

http://terramadre.zinadoo.mobi/
Terra Madre is an important conference for all those involved in the Irish food chain including state bodies, retailers, growers and food producers. It is commencing Thursday 4th to Friday 5th September. Get all the event details and important information on the go right from your mobile phone.

http://cullyandsully.zinadoo.mobi/
Cully & Sully love to cook, especially to impress! Their delicious pies and prize winning soups are available in all good supermarkets and corner stores. But you can also check out their wide range of tasty recipes online.

Win a 500 Euro Amazon Voucher

Take part in our online survey and be in with the chance of winning a 500 Euro Amazon Voucher. Click here.

Site of the Month

Our July winner is http://snowboarding.zinadoo.mobi/ – Congratulations!

This month’s nominees are:
http://foodcircle.zinadoo.mobi/
http://kperumalbreakingnews.zinadoo.mobi/
http://thearrangements.zinadoo.mobi/
http://rabobank.zinadoo.mobi/

Vote for your favourite site HERE.

Do you think your mobile website has what it takes to win our Site of the Month competition? Sites are judged on design, user friendliness, content and concept. So follow our Zinadoos and Zinadonts tips to create a GREAT mobile website!

Have fun!
The Zinadoo Team

July Newsletter

8 Jul

In the heat of the sizzling summer sun here at Zinadoo, we are slashing the price of our SMS Credits! So now you can top up for as little as *€0.07 per credit!

Have you tried the SMS Widget? By placing this widget on your website or blog, a user can enter their mobile phone number and receive a message to their mobile phone with a link to your website. This makes it even easier for your community to view your mobile website!

Use the Zinadoo Phone Book to add your contact names and numbers. Group a bunch of people together and send them the same message in an instant. You can even enter your own mobile phone number to be shown as the sender. And coming soon… you will be able to manage your Phone Book right from your mobile device!

SMS is the fast and low-cost way for promoting your mobile website and for directly staying in touch with your community. We’ve already given you 3 free text credits to get you started when you registered. So why wait? Click here now to get your mobile website working for you.

Site of the Month

This month’s competition is really heating up with the release of the brand new Zinadoo Video feature. This exciting new application allows you to upload video clips right onto your mobile website. All you need to do is click on the Add Video button in the Zinadoo site creation area. From there you simply login (or sign-up) to your YouTube account and choose your preferred video clips to upload to your mobile website. Easy! Visitors will then be able to stream your videos on their mobile phones right from your website.

Our June winner is http://hengames.zinadoo.mobi/ . Congratulations!

The July nominee sites are:

http://minitube.zinadoo.mobi/

http://deadlyarts.zinadoo.mobi/

http://snowboarding.zinadoo.mobi/

http://tigerteeth.zinadoo.mobi/

Vote for your favourite site HERE.

Do you think your mobile website has what it takes to win our Site of the Month competition? Sites are judged on design, user friendliness, content and concept. So follow our Zinadoos and Zinadonts tips to create a GREAT mobile website!

Go Ad-Free

Don’t forget that you can now also go Ad-Free with Zinadoo’s new Remove Ads option. We understand that some of you would prefer not to display advertising on your mobile website so now you can simply remove the advertising from your mobile website for less than €5 a month.

You, our Zinadooers…

As always here at Zinadoo, we love to hear from you, our savvy mobile Web users, so keep on sending us your ideas and feedback to support@zinadoo.com and let us know what you would like to see next on Zinadoo.

Have fun!

The Zinadoo Team

*Refers to 4000 credit top up amount

Video killed the radio star…

23 Jun

Video killed the radio star… and other cool new features!

Video! The buzz is all about video at the moment and we are thrilled to introduce video on Zinadoo.

This exciting new application allows you to upload video clips right onto your mobile website. Perhaps you want to use this as another way to promote your business to your customers…Or maybe you just want to easily share video clips with your friends. Whatever you use video for, now it is easier than ever to jazz up your mobile website with this cool new feature.

All you need to do is click on the Add Video button in the Zinadoo site creation area. From there you simply login (or sign-up) to your YouTube account and choose your preferred video clips to upload to your mobile website. Easy! Visitors will then be able to stream your videos on their mobile phones right from your site.

So what are you waiting for? All savvy site owners are already using it. Log onto your Zinadoo mobile site now and get video-ing!

Questions? As always contact us on support@zinadoo.com with your questions and feedback.

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