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Mobile = Mail ID, if not more. This is what Tinymail, flagship application from HedCET Innovations, a startup from College of Engineering-Thiruvananthapuram (CET), is proposing.
Tinymail seeks to bring mail functions to a mobile number, and has been released on the Google Playstore.
REDUNDANT IDS
It has already hit 100 downloads, say Sharan Thampi and Tejas Kumar, who respectively head business development and operations at HedCET.
Today there are two methods of communication, the mobile number and the email ID, the duo explained to Business Line .
The mobile number has a lot of functionalities while the mail ID is used to send mails and sign up for online products/services.
“If we are able to bring this functionality to the mobile number, we are in effect making email IDs redundant. We are thus bringing online communications to the single focal point of a mobile number.”
FOR ALL SITUATIONS
Hence the Tinymail=Mail ID proposition, Thampi and Kumar said. “In situations where you need to save time and send out a communication quickly, Tinymail wins because it’s very closely intertwined with the native contacts page on your mobile device.”
Thampi said: “It especially works for them because as long as you have your emergency numbers (police/ambulance) stored on your phone, a message can be sent out at the touch of a button. It is guaranteed to reach its destination (unlike SMS, which depends on mobile balance, network coverage etc).”
Does it work equally well on 2G/GPRS/3G? What about those who can't afford high-end handsets?
As the speed of the Internet connection increases, the application will work faster. It works well on 2G/GPRS/3G connections.
ANDROID, FOR NOW
At present, it is available only on the Android OS, which means only the Android smartphone galaxy can use the application.
Moving forward, the application can easily be brought to iOS, Blackberry, Windows and the Symbian/Java phones - which make up 99 per cent of handsets.
Tinymail is a free application, with zero advertisements or other disturbances.
Inspiration for the young entrepreneurs comes from MobME Wireless, a mobile value-added services player, the first startup from the CET premises, which is now seeking a public listing.
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