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Spread the love: Send free Valentine’s cards from your phone
RockeTalk offers free Valentine eCards that you can use to create a truly personalized and unique Valentine greeting for that special person(s) from your mobile phone. Yep, you got it right! From your phone. Check out http://wap.rockeTalk.com
Instead of those ‘cut and paste’ text (SMS) messages, why not do something different- something that is truly you? What if we do half the work- provide the card and you add your own message in voice or text right from cell phone? Karo kuchh hut kar. Andaaz apna apna ya phir hum hain naye andaaz kyon ho purana?
If you can use the web browser from your phone, you can send a RockeTalk card. As simple as that. Go on try it out. It is absolutely free. What’s more, you can attach your voice (if your phone allows recording- first record your voice and then attach to the card of your choice and send to your special person. What the heck- go on send it everyone on your email list or phone book.
How it works:.
1. Go to http://wap.rockeTalk.com
2. Click on the Valentine’s Day link (banner).
3. Select a card.
4. Add your special message.
5. Send it to a phone number (cell phone) or an email address.
6. Repeat. (To as many people as you like. If you’re not telling, so aren’t we.)
May we suggest, for a better RockeTalk experience, if you have a compatible phone and a data connection, why not download the RockeTalk application for yourself and for your friends and get lots of free things like- free voice messaging, free picture messaging, free video share, free chatrooms,free Yahoo, Gmail, MSN etc, free entertainment, free new friends … you get the idea. Plus- the freedom of expression. Now shouldn’t that be your Valentine’s day treat for yourself? After all, love is the highest form of self expression. Come on, you can do it J. Record a song in your voice on your phone and attach it to the card. (Pssst …. Love songs work. Even if you can’t sing. It is the thought that matters. And that special someone will think you are so cute 
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We’ll even do better- send these cards through the month of February. We’ll keep them there. Have fun.
So what are you waiting for? Send a beautiful Valentine eCard today! Pick up your phone and start recording the most beautiful Valentine’s greeting ever.
11 comments February 12, 2010
Inside RockeTalk: A sneak-peek
Hey RockeTalkers!
As we wrap up 2009 and step into 2010, we take this opportunity to give you a glimpse of what goes on, on RockeTalk. Meet new people? Keeping up with friends? Hangout place? Instant Messenger usage? Picture messages? Videos? Games? Discussions? Flirting? What is it that keeps so many people engaged and coming back again and again? What is it that compels them to log in as soon as they open their eyes and sleep with their RockeTalk phones still in hands or next to their ears? Waiting for that Buzz in someone special’s voice? Is the voice factor so addictive? What is it that keeps RockeTalk buzzing? What makes these online connections as strong as, or at times, stronger than family ties.
As we get to the 1 million users mark, there are some interesting patterns that seem to be emerging. New data, user behaviour- from communication to entertainment, from serious debates on social issues to participating in contests, it is a pleasure to interact with all of you and get to know you.
So here is what ‘the-guy-who-is-always-on’ has to say about what goes on:
Happy New Year from the RockeTalk family!
I wanted to take this opportunity of the arrival of 2010 to highlight a few highlights of “what happens inside RockeTalk?”
A lot of activity occurs and it is hard to categorize what goes on…..so much goes on in the form of personal messages, exchanging ideas, flirting, singing songs, shaayari, jokes, playing contests, listening to talk shows, creating photos and videos, intense debates on various topics, connecting into Yahoo/Gtalk/MSN IM, family members connecting with other family members, following news and weather reports sent out by our users from cities across the world…….the list is long!
Here are some of the statistics that will give you a quantitative idea:
75M messages viewed (or played back) in the last month!
(over 2.4 Million messages in a 24 hour day)
Of these, 22% are voice (or audio messages – that means you guys talked a lot, sang songs, debated a lot……).
Over 11 Million photo/images and videos were viewed in the last month;
Over 3.4 Million profiles were viewed in the last month;
Over 3 Million Buzzes sent last month;
Over 2.6 Million searches for users within RockeTalk were made in the last month;
Over 2.5 Million comments were viewed;
Approx. 1 Million Friend Requests were sent out;
2511 new communities were created within this last month;
Thanks for being a part of RockeTalk
14 comments January 4, 2010
V RockeTalk Wake-a-Thon: eXhausted on RockeTalk
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RockeTalk partnered with Channel V India to bring a new level of interaction between television audiences and the television shows. The kick-off was with Channel V’s show- eXhausted.
RockeTalk lauched a series of weekly Wake-a-thons with a night long kick off pre-show Wake-a-Thon on Friday, August 21, in keeping with the prelaunch show on Channel V. RockeTalk developed the concept around Channel V’s new extreme reality game television show that promises no sleep (only nightmares.) theme- ‘You snooze, you loose.’ RockeTalk users stayed up to participate in a Wake-a-thon designed by RockeTalk to challenge RockeTalkers to do without sleep for the night. The contest was open to anyone who wanted to participate and the contestants were given 48 questions that they needed to answer in the 12 hour period. These contestants were playing for a chance to win a digital camera. With participants from all over India and the observers from around the world, it was a lot of fun staying up all night. We felt like a high-schoolers once again sitting in PJs, gossiping, playing games, singing, debating, sending and watching each other’s videos, discussing some of really silly questions and making fun of Lola Kutty. It is like being in a uge camp out. RockeTalker get to view exclusive behind the scene videos and gossip as well get a chance to interact with the show participants, and the creative team. Wake-a-Thons are scheduled for each weekend for the next several weeks. Contestants compete for a chance to shoot videos about why they think they should be part of the eXhausted show as well as while doing the tasks given to them during the Wake-a-Thon and have their ‘cool’ videos show during the Xhausted shows Of course, this is one of the most engaging, interesting and fun ways to keep the interest levels high, create awareness as well as show how ‘Cool’ Bloody Cool (the new baseline for Channel V India) really is! Think you are cool nough? Wanna get in on the action? What you waitin for? Download RockeTalk on your GPRS enabled phone, submit your ‘Why you think you should be on the Xhausted show’ video and jump right in! See you on T.V? Next Wake-a-Than August 29, 2009.From your phone: http://m.rockeTalk.com Or for a cable download from your PC to your phone from: www.rocketalk.com |
6 comments August 26, 2009
News happens. Are you ready to report?
Let us face it, news happens anywhere, at any time- without warning. As a reporter, it is hard to stay prepared with a cameraman, recording equipment and a laptop with you at all times. For those times when you are caught off guard and almost kick yourself for not having the right tools to capture the moment, may we suggest the ‘always-with-you’ tool- your mobile phone? Make things even easier….. with RockeTalk on it.
On his recent trip to India, RockeTalk’s Rajiv Kumar met the Press and talked about how the common person uses RockeTalk. Explaining how being able to use voice brought down the barriers and encouraged more ‘real’ meetings, Rajiv also pointed out that going beyond ‘chat’ and ‘messaging’ and entertainment, there were other uses for RockeTalk. It is, for example, a quick, easy for reporters to use RockeTalk for most situations when a cameraman, and a computer were not handy.
The ease of use for taking pictures, video, audio, text and sending them off to the newsroom captivated the room full of regional reporters. The reporters were surprised that such technology existed and was already being used by lakhs of people in India! So easy to capture, add unlimited text, photos, videos and send to CNN, BBC, Times of India, The Hindu, The Telegraph- anywhere as an oficial reporter or as a citizen journalist.
”This is a reporter’s dream come true,’ said several reporters. The fact that they could actually take videos, picture, audio add text - yes unlimited text- not the restricted to 140 characters long, thank you very much – and send it to multiple email addresses in one click made it a very utilitarian tool for them- something that they would use for work as well as to capture the day-to-day happenings and send to friends and family.
Official Press cannot be everywhere and at all times and for this reason, most news channels and networks have started encouraging Citizen Journalism. Having RockeTalk on the phone actually turns everyone in to a reporter. People report local and very relevant news about things happening around them- like the flood waters rising, accidents, traffic reports, celebrity spotting etc. Hey, you were there when that bridge started collapsing- by the time the ‘real’ Press gets there, chances are they will have little more than stories from others. Be the true eye witness reporter.
One of the reporters asked a very relevant question, ‘What if there is no GPRS/Data coverage when you capture the event?’ I’m happy to report that RockeTalk takes care of this. It lets you compose and ’send’ in the offline mode and will actually send out the message when there is data coverage.
Other uses of this feature:
1. Take notes about the event- in audio or text. Yes, we all know you like to take your time to make that perfect write up- but notes help. Better if you can do it in voice- that way you can see what is happening and document it at the same time! We recommend- full, qwerty, keypad devices for any text you got to put in.
2. Take pictures and email to yourself – as they say, picture is worth a thousand words and it helps jog your memory.
3. Gives reporters a chance to get instant reaction from others online and can make use of the feedback.
4. Conducting polls and getting general feedback about events and issues.
Of course, once you know you can send things to email addresses from your phone for free and painlessly, sky is the limit. Expand your list- family, friends, what the heck- add that guy you used to date- the one who … never mind- just send him pictures of your new boyfriend- right now! Never pay MMS charges. All you need is a data (Internet) connection on your phone. May we recommend you sign up for a good unlimited usage plan? Emailing videos and photos can become a habit…. Did we mention audio emails? Why text when you can speak?
5 comments August 13, 2009
Having fun isn’t hard if you’ve got a RockeTalk heart
From us to you: The RockeTalk Team
Yes, we are real.
Did you see it? The 'R'?
Yes, we work long hours.
Stay up night after night trying to make things easier and more fun for everyone.
Most of us are the invissible people who magically appear out of nowhere and try to quickly fix bugs that you report.
We try to keep up with your demands for features and even try to think ahead and give you features you’ve never thought of.
We are the ones who ‘moderate’ those racy videos and pictures you keep trying to post into the Galleries. Yes, we are the ones who suspend your accounts when you behave badly 
We love what we do and we love working as a team to make things work. We go through each and every comment you share about your experiences- with ‘r’ ‘Help’ or ‘amita’ (Yes, Amita is a real, living breathing person) and others who are occassionally seen on the ‘Live’ server or on email support@RockeTalk.com , feedback@rocketalk.com .
Most of us work tirelessly in the background but we have fun too. We play pranks (My favorite one: when the server response coming back occassionally as “Elvis has left the building”… The server response had the team wondering for a bit how that happened ..lol.. John are you reading this?)
We take breaks from work as a team and this is what we did last weekend.
Oops! Now you know why it took longer to get back to you… lol.. Not to worry- we take turns – the show, on RockeTalk, simply must go on
29 comments May 22, 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
