Product Intro: Hello, my name is E.
Interesting product being launched this week called “E.” Here’s an explanation from the www.hellomynameise.com website:
| What is E? E is a service that integrates all your existing social services into an E•ID, which you can share with anyone in the real world. To exchange E•ID’s, you just need an internet-enabled mobile phone like an iPhone or Blackberry. When you exchange your E•ID’s, E makes sure your contacts get added to your other social services like Netlog, Twitter, Last.fm, Soocial, automatically. |
My thoughts? This is definitely a BETA offering so temper your expectations accordingly. It’s a proof-of-concept that will undoubtedly morph quickly. It needs a critical mass of users to take off; you need 2 people with “E” to make a connection, right? I’m sure the fine folks @ E are working furiously to make this service as accessible as possible (ideally pre-packaged) on Blackberries and iPhones alike.
I do like the idea of automating the exchange of social media contact information AS LONG AS I stay in control of who gets shared into which bucket of contacts I have. My Facebook friends are much different than my LinkedIn contacts. And my Twitter peeps are a crazy mix of nuts.
But stay on the watch out. Real-world, on-the-go social networking hook-ups. Coming to a mobile device near you!
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Ms. Single Mama on September 26, 2008 @ 10:21 am
This is amazing. Can’t wait until I can really use it.