Another Addicted RockeTalker!
We always like to hear from RockeTalkers. Sometimes they say good things (like they can’t live without RockeTalk)- and sometimes they tell us we simply stink.
And then ocassionally come across something interesting that they posted on the web 
Read on.
RockeTalk: A World that Never Sleeps
“By now all those who know me, know that I’m totally addicted to RockeTalk. After all, who wouldn’t be? All my fellow RockeTalker would agree with me. It is by far the most addictive social networking application that I’ve got my hands on. So much so, that when my mother filled in the matrimony column for me, (don’t even ask about that!!!) in the ‘interests’ section I asked her to put in ‘RockeTalking’.
RockeTalking for me has become a part of my daily life now. Like I’ve said many times, I start my mornings not with a cup of tea or coffee, nor do I jump out of bed and rush to brush my teeth…I start it with greetings all my fellow RockeTalkers. It’s funny but RT has turned me into a very tolerant person. From being a girl, who hated talking to people for the first couple of hr’s after she’s woken up coz she couldn’t stand to listen to non-stop chatter to being someone who actually pops open one eye and searches for the cell phone just to connect with the world. Lolz…the next few seconds are spent in checking who all are online. Thank god I don’t have to search for them. All the online friends are listed with a green symbol against their name…and the lazy bone in me doesn’t want to send out individual msgs. So I simply mark one msg to all… and that marks the beginning of an endless chat session.
Let me tell you RT is not just about chatting, it has a host of other things to offer. Like any other ordinary person, I too work for a living, so can’t get away from work, and the ride to office in an auto can be quite boring. Well, RT comes to my rescue again!! For all of you who don’t know this, you can actually make mini videos on the move and share with your fellow RockeTalkers, or even other friends (post it to their email addresses). So as soon as I see something interesting I capture it through my RT camera, and simply post it either to my friends, or if I want to share it with everyone then I post it in the ‘Gallery’. And as I browse through the gallery, sitting at the back of an auto, enduring a bumpy ride to my office, I come across many interesting videos posted by other users. It’s interesting to know how creative people can get when given a camera in hand. In fact browsing the ‘gallery’ is a sure shot way to lift your low spirits. It always works for me!!
What it also does for me is provide entertainment. You know when you’re at work and feel the need for music, but think that the HR will be after your life if caught (as if you were stealing an imp document!!), that’s the time RT is my little savior!( If my HR girl read this she would never let me live in peace, lol). Don’t get me wrong, we don’t have music playing in there, it isn’t a radio channel…but what we have is live music. User’s at RockeTalk love to sing. Doesn’t matter if they are bathroom singers, the pure love for singing shows in their voice and its so much fun…to be honest, I’ve myself joined them with antakshari many a times lol…But ofcrs, that’s after office hrs. When I’m relaxing at home after a hard days work, and don’t wanna watch TV. In-fact a lot of college students putting up in hostels or as paying guests, swear by this as it’s just the perfect source of entertainment for them. When their friends from India doze off they begin the same rounds with users from other parts of the world, who have just started their day.
Speaking of users, I love people who state the obvious. Read this somewhere- “Social Media provides better coverage of news”…really? I guess this is why traditional news is being replaced by social news sites. The obvious is hardly stated and events are current. Like you would always get live updates on RT about the things happening around. So even if you are sitting in your office u will be able to find out the latest score of the IPL or get to know of the bomb blast that are happening in some part of India…coz user’s make video’s and share right away. I can safely say that some of the content that I see on RockeTalk, I don’t even see it on any of the news channels! The con’s being you sometimes get false information….because someone decided to have a little fun as he was getting bored stiff or this was his idea of getting attention of other users. Whatever it may be, at the end of it, its fun, entertaining and you’re connected to the world for free!!
So don’t just sit there and read this blog, come and connect with me and the world as well. Come join me on RockeTalk.
Meghna “
Note: This blog has been published here by permission.
The original blog appears on Unexpressed feelingsby Meghna.
P.S.
If you wrote/posted something about RockeTalk experiences or ways that you use RockeTalk, please let us know!
Keep your comments and posts coming.
Love to hear from you here, and on RockeTalk!
Amita
8 comments May 1, 2009
Emailing photos, videos, voice from the phone
RockeTalk: Ease of emailing photos, voice, videos from your phone
The one most compelling reason to Download
Must tell you- I take lots photos, videos on my phone and email to my friends and family all over the world. I was flipping through the pagers of Real Simple (teaches people how to simplify their life by making even complicated stuff ‘Real Simple’) when I came across this bit on How to E-mail photos.
First- who carries a camera with them all the time? Isn’t the always-with-you-camera your mobile phone? So now let us go on.
After using RockeTalk for the last three years (see note at the end), it never occured to me that people might still be doing it the ‘old fashioned’ way that involved:
- Downloading a compatible app (Picasa etc) to my PC (laptop)
- Going through the pain of cable (that comes with the mobile phone in the box),
- Then downloading a compatible program to make the cable work or
- Even Bluetooth never crossed my mind (yes not all phones and laptops are Bluetooth capable)
- Involving a computer for just emailing photos, short videos, audio (But why?)
The Real simple way:
The RockeTalk way:
From the compose screen, you can attach photos, videos selected from your mobile phone’s gallery or you can click to open the camera to click some there and then!
Add an audio (in your voice or just the about anything) to tell them more about what it is about.
Click on the Add recipients to go to your phone-book contacts. (or hand enter email addresses though I recommend you add the email addresses to your phone contact if you are going to email often.)
Select or enter as many email contacts as you want to.
Click ‘Send’ and you are done!
Right there. right then, they are already on their way to your loved ones (People use it for work too 
I hear)
Never had to go anywhere near the person or the computer to send it to them.
Keep friends and family updated constantly.
Never have to hear ‘But you never tell us what you are doing’.
Now you can do it in pictures, video, voice and be done. (Did I mention, you can do all this without actually talking on the phone? LOL. Yep another advantage of email.)
8 comments April 28, 2009
The Many Faces of RockeTalk
The many faces of RockeTalk- from political campaigns to IPL Cricket (DLF Indian Premier League) We got you covered.
Friendzy? Main RockeTalk? So you want IPL T-20? But.. but.. what about your friends on ..on.. RockeTalk? Don’t get hassled. Relax. Friendzy, too is on RockeTalk. And whatever look you choose, depending on the content you like, you can go on talking to your friends all across just as you did before. We don’t make you give up your friends for the content you want. Your friends are within reach. In fact- just a message away. Don’t believe me? Download. Login. Check your friend list
So relax… they will never know that you even thought of leaving them…
As always you have full access to- messaging and chat -voice, video, photos, text, IM- the whole nine yards.
Go ahead, ping them.
Make their day.
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17 comments April 24, 2009
RockeTalk: The evolution revolution
Dear RockeTalkers,
You asked for changes we made them.
And we made changes without your asking for them.
We hope you like the way RockeTalk has changed and evolved right before your eyes.
As you remember and keep talking about the colors, the screens and features of the past versions, we thought we would go back into our files and post some of the old screens (and new ones) to remind you of the good times we’ve all had, and continue to have, through the stages.
With encouragement from you, RockeTalk is now available for download on over 340 mobile phone models. If you have a model that we have not yest covered, please send your request to support@rocketalk.com
At times we have to let go of some features but we keep listening and try to make sure that we react quickly and meet any popular requests or high priority usability issues pointed out by you. And if necessary, add some of the features back. If there is something that you absolutely must have on RockeTalk, please write to feedback@rocketalk.com or ping me (amita) when I am online.
(No, I am not a bot. I need to eat, sleep, and attend to nature’s calls- just like you. An ocassional shower or outing doesn’t hurt either )
Thanks for all your wonderful feedback. RockeTalk would not be where it is today without your active participation.
Hope to catch you for a session of Antaakshri in Bollywood Hungaama or a impromptu Mushaira in Mehfil. Or in Flirts. Or Babel. Or …. I’m sure you’ll catch me ….
Keep those jokes and videos coming. (Yep. Heard you. We are increasing the size for uploading videos )
As always, we give you the application. You make it fun.
Love to you all.
Amita
(On behalf of the RockeTalk team)
19 comments April 24, 2009
RockeTalk Now Preloaded on LG Phones
Posted by RockeTalk on November 3, 2008
More exciting news! We’ve made it even easier for new users to get RockeTalk. We have partnered with LG one of the biggest, and most progressive, handset manufacturers in the world to pre-load RockeTalk on several new LG model phones in India. As a start, RockeTalk is available now on all the new LG KT610 and KF750 (Secret) model phones, and several other models are also in the works.
On these phones there is no need to download! Simply select “Games & Apps” from the home screen, then “RockeTalk.” It’s that simple! And as you know, RockeTalk is the only application in India that provides both mobile IM chat and a full-featured end-to-end mobile social network with voice, photo, and video messaging, communities, and user-generated and professional content.
We’re obviously very excited about our partnership with LG. Here is our full press release.
For those of you who have a Nokia or Sony Ericsson phone, you can continue to download RockeTalk from our Web site.
2 comments November 7, 2008
Added by Popular Demand: IM for Yahoo!, Google Talk, MSN, AOL & ICQ
Posted by RockeTalk on November 2, 2008
Great news everyone! There is a new version of RockeTalk available for download at http://www.rocketalk.com/, and best of all this latest version now comes with a multiple Instant Messenger (IM) chat feature. It is compatible with Yahoo, Google Talk, MSN, AIM and ICQ.
With this latest version of RockeTalk you can login to all these instant messengers at the same time, then chat with your buddies in real-time, in a chat window, just like you do on the desktop computer! All on the go!
So what are you waiting for? Just download Rocketalk To start chatting with your buddies on Yahoo, Google Talk, MSN, AOL, or ICQ.
3 comments November 7, 2008
Lowtechgal’s: Chat and text messages demystified
RockeTalk is a voice chat application, right? People use their voices so why the chat lingo? Hey- voice rules. With voice there come emotions, the nuances and more. And there are no language barriers- people don’t need to learn to text using English characters while the text reads in Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Tamil or or.. Swahili. And voice is so much more fun.
So… why am I doing this? Coz (because) I realize that there is a time and place for text only- like when you are sitting with your parents or the back row of the classroom, or in the room you share with two others who are sleeping or even worse- studying, etc. You just have to use text.
But with text comes a whole new language you got to learn- a language made up of ‘lol’, ‘ty’, ‘ne1’ etc. We can’t ignore the fact that we live in times when online chat and text messaging are the ‘normal’ ways of interacting with others- times when ‘ty’ and ‘np’ have started making casual and regular appearances in those rare face-to-face conversation. Heck- I’ve even seen resumes sprinkled with little smilies (emoticons) and ‘tyvm’. Even whole books written in IM conversations- ‘TTYL’, ‘TTFN’, ‘L8r, G8r’ are a true reflection of the times we live in.
Even though RockeTalk is all about voice chat with voice (duh), pictures and videos, here are some terms you should know anyway- even on RockeTalk:
ASL= Age, Sex, location
LOL= Laugh Out Loud
Brb= Be right back
PM=Personal message
G2g= Got to go
TTYL= Talk To You Later
TTFN= Ta-Ta For Now
XOXOXO= hugs and kisses
Muaawh= Kiss (sound of a kiss)
ILU= I love you
CUL8R on RT= See you later on RockeTalk (Had to make that one … lol)
WTF= What the F#%&
LMAO= Laughing my ass off
ROFL= Rolling on the floor laughing
TY= Thank you
NP= No Problem
OMG= Oh my God
ATM= At the moment
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- The sequel… not a must read but good.
- What the heck.. try this too…
I just had to- as a service to the users, my friends and all others who make their way in to the increasingly popular entertainment -online chatting. (Thank heaven -RockeTalk plays a huge part- they don’t need to be stuck to their computers) This is why:
The other day, as I was going about my regular ‘job’ as the Evangelist and RockeTalk’s main point of contact with its users, I was reminded of a time in my life- long, long ago… as a ‘newb’ - slang term for a newcomer to online gaming or an Internet activity – not to be mixed up with ‘noob/n00b’. It was my auto-response that I had set to ‘brb’ while I was working on the graphics and layout for an informational ‘teaser’ for RockeTalk that did it!
I was dutifully checking incoming messages, just in case something showed up that needed immediate attention- a help question or something, when I saw a message come in from one of the ’seasoned’ users- ‘Are you reading this?’ And of course I responded yes. The next question- ‘What is brb?’ I quickly explained that it meant ‘be right back’.
As I was answering, I was making a quick note in my head of the times when users had very trusting come to me to ask such things… ‘lol’, ‘pm’, ‘ASL’…, reminding me that the terms regularly used in chat rooms were often not really clearly understood by users. The users- no newbies to the chat world, had been avid chatters from various chat sites for years, were at a loss and did not know who to turn to. Thank God I thought- on RockeTalk they can use voice.
I remembered sitting in the wee hours of the night, trying to stay awake while working on a project, having a blast downloading ‘free’ music from KAZAA… reading online forums on how to stay organized and focused lol… and playing Hearts with other online players while trying hard to figure out what ‘DH’ was or what in Pete’s name was ‘lol’ that kept showing up in every other sentence.
I was sure it was a secret language used by these people- I was so sure they were part of a cult and needed to have that ’secret code’. One night, I could not take it anymore. I knew I could not go on. It had to be done…
With my palms sweating, my heart rate going through the roof… As soon as the next ‘lmao’ showed up on the screen, I asked.
This is somewhat how the conversation went:
Game- Hearts – Shoot the moon.
Players:Duskybeauty (Me), Flybynite, Pussinboots, Strangersnthenite (Hey- it had become sort of routine for us to wait for each other to get online and play- this was before you could send offliners. They had a good sense of humor and I was that funny little Indian girl – an odd one to begin with)
Duskybeauty (me): Got to ask you something. Promise me you will not laugh.
Pussinboots: OMG u feel it it 2? Honey you live in SD, rt? Should I come? I’m just round the block… a very long block that is ..lol
Me (Sitting in my chair laughing): Nooooo. No. Not that. I mean.. you are cute and everything.. but..
Me: Its about these messages…
Pussinboots: You mean u get those 2?
Me: But…I..
Pussinboots: LMAO.. but flybynite is mine. U lay off…. LOL.. don’t tell DH though ..lol…
Me: No. No. Not that. Promise you won’t tell anyone?
Pussinboots: That serious, yeh? Go on
Me: What is ‘LOL’?
Pussinboots: U r kidding, rt?
Me: Well.. no … (By now I was really squirming in my chair)
Well-I thought- there it was out there – the secret was out- I was not a part of their cult. They would all be laughing.
Turned out I was wrong. They had all asked the same question at some point!
That was then.
Well, now I’m at a point where I can give any text message/chat expert a run for their money. Thats not to say that I like to text. In fact I hate text messaging and avoid it as much as I can. I would much rather use my voice. I absolutely hate text messaging but I realize that text messaging has its place and given the situation (time and place), at times, is a necessity.
TTFN (Ta-Ta for now). Will be adding more from my list of interesting ‘text lingo’ from the text messaging era soon.. (OMG- TISLY -read- Oh my gosh-that is so last year) So… keep looking! CUL8 on RT (See you later on RockeTalk) Muaaw!!
BTW- You can download RockeTalk directly to your phone from http://m.RockeTalk.com or for a cable download and for a list of supported phones, go to www.RockeTalk.com the old fashioned way- internet from your computer. Or if you have a cool phone with Opera browser ..lol.. now we talking.. hehehe
1 comment October 7, 2008
Rocketalk, Inc. Launches Public Beta of its Free Mobile Social Networking Application in India
Posted by RockeTalk on September 22, 2008
Thank you to all our great RockeTalk users for making our Beta so successful. It’s now official! Check out our fancy press release.
Also keep checking this space. We have much more exciting news to announce in the coming weeks.
Rocketalk, Inc. Launches Public Beta of its Free Mobile Social Networking Application in India
New Delhi, Delhi, India, Monday, September 22, 2008 — (Business Wire India)
RockeTalk, a leading Mobile 2.0 provider of easy-to-use, mobile social applications, today announced the public beta launch of its free, downloadable mobile phone application in India. The RockeTalk application allows mobile phone users to meet and interact with new people through easy-to-use, instant text, voice, picture and video messaging. Users can also create and share their own content with friends and family, view entertaining user-generated and professional mobile content, and join and interact with mobile communities.
“RockeTalk’s social media platform and application provide a true end-to-end social network. It offers the easiest user interface and the most functionality for users to create, mash-up, share, and post mobile content in a social setting,” said Jim Greiner, President and CEO of RockeTalk. “Users can be as open and expressive as they want. It’s the next best thing to being there in-person.”
With voice, pictures and video being the focus of the application, RockeTalk makes it easy for users to express themselves in the language they are most comfortable with.
Also, already in its limited launch in India, RockeTalk has proven its ability to work across international boundaries and with most wireless operators throughout the World, succeeding where MMS failed.
The RockeTalk application is currently available on over 100 Nokia and Sony Ericsson mobile devices more devices being added every week. User features include the ability to:
– Create a rich multimedia profile in audio, pictures, and text
– Search for people to meet and interact with
– Express yourself using any combination of text, voice, pictures and video content
– Join, start, and interact with vibrant communities buzzing with real voices and pictures
– Create private and public galleries, and view public galleries
– Mash-up user-generated content with other content
– Preview and download trendy mobile downloads like wallpapers, ringtones, greetings, etc.
– Share on a true mobile peer-to-peer basis without the need to access or manage content through a website
– Send content to other RockeTalk users, or to anyone’s email address
In addition, IM chat compatible with Yahoo, Google Talk, MSN, AIM and ICQ will be available in the near future.
User can easily download the RockeTalk application from their mobile browsers at m.rocketalk.com, or visit the RockeTalk website for simple download instructions at http://www.rocketalk.com/get_it_now.php, and access a supported phone list at http://www.rocketalk.com/get_it_supported_phone.php.
About RockeTalk, Inc.
RockeTalk was founded in 2005 by Rajiv Kumar, an IIT Mumbai alumni and a proven entrepreneur who previously built and sold Bluetooth® software company WIDCOMM to Broadcom in 2004. RockeTalk’s mission is to help people easily express themselves and socialize through their mobile devices. With an initial focus on mobile-centric, emerging markets, the company first launched a private-beta in India in November 2007. RockeTalk is privately-held, venture-backed, and headquartered in San Diego, California, USA with offices in Delhi, India. Learn more at http://www.rocketalk.com.
For press backgrounder on RockeTalk, Inc. click here
Media contact details
Sameer Agarwal,
RockeTalk, Inc.,
+91 9958048989 ,
sameer@rocketalk.com
3 comments September 22, 2008
Check out the “Fun Stuff” on RockeTalk!!
Posted by RockeTalk on September 02, 2008
You already know that RockeTalk enables you to meet new people and chat with them right on your mobile phone. But did you know RockeTalk has much, much more to offer? For example, the whole “Fun Stuff” section contains tons of latest ringtones, wallpapers, greetings, and more.
RockeTalk provides some of the most exquisite and funny ringtones. Download them on your phone & share them with friends. They will laugh their wits out when they hear a “musical crying baby” or a “Cow’s Moo”.
Or are you are a fan of Angelina Jolie or Ashwariya Rai? Do you love to explore nature at its best? Are you a diehard Cricket to Tennis fan? If so, all you have to do is choose your favorite wallpaper from our large collection and set it as your mobile background. It is that simple.
You can also quickly surf hundreds of ”greetings” right on your phone, then send them to your friends on their birthdays and anniversaries. Make the love of your life feel special on Valentine’s Day (or everyday J ) by sharing a beautiful moment and A message. Create new memories and cherish them.
All of this and many more features make RockeTalk a very addictive and an absolutely pleasurable place to hang out. What are you waiting for? Express yourself with a funky ringtones or a cool wallpaper by visiting http://www.rocketalk.com(on your pc) or http://m.rocketalk.com (on your phone).
5 comments September 2, 2008
Sonali’s Top Ten Reasons to Use RockeTalk
This video is a great example of what RockeTalk is all about. Whatever you need to do: pass your time, chat with friends, make new friends, download ringtones, play games and lots of other fun stuff, you can do it all with RockeTalk.
So wjat are you waiting for, download RockeTalk from http://m.rocketalk.com and start making new friends, showing off your vocal talents to your friends, and get their feedbacks on your new looks and dress
2 comments August 20, 2008
