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Spread the love: Send free Valentine’s cards from your phone

lowtechgal — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:39:19 +0000

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 )

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.

RadioRockeTalk and the 3 Idiots

lowtechgal — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:44:41 +0000

The New Year started off with a B-A-N-G on Radio RockeTalk with our programming resuming after a short break with the best the New Year had to offer: The undisputed king of Indian cinema- the guy who knows the pulse of his audience sooooo well; is easy on the eyes; never goes wrong with the choice of music; picks his scripts selectively and still makes half of India feel ‘a flush comes to to my face and my pulse begins to race… it goes boompty, boompty, boompty, boompty, boom, boom, boom…’ Yes, you are right- Aamir Khan. Well he did it again with his new Bollywood release, 3 Idiots!

Tuesday nights are our very own RJ Ajayr’s night and this time he chose to do a feature or rather a discussion on the 3 Idiots. I must stop right here to tell you that I have not watched the movie yet. Yes, it was screen in San Diego for a couple days and I COULD NOT MAKE IT. Sorry Goldspirt Films. Sorry Vijay and Shalni. Sorry Aamir. But most of all I am sorry for myself

For all you newbies- every evening and sometimes at other times between 9:30pm and till whenever it ends (usually 3 hrs or so) we have fun ‘events’ like a radio talkshow – but different. There are hosts or RJs who introduce the topics and then everyone participates in the discussion. So very unlike Radio or television where things are pretty one sided, this is a live, all inclusive show where everyone can, well, speak up. As RockeTalk is all about the mobile phones, our audiences and participants are on the mobile phones and are from all over the world. From the well connected US to the remote places in India- anyone can participte or just listen in.

The highlights of this week Tuesday night’s program:

Ragging scene

Kareena Kapoor: The only idiot? Or is it plain jealousy? LOL

Piracy movie – free movie download controvercy

Amir Khan’s excessive bathing

Hello! Is that a problem? Well thats what the guys said any way.. as for us girls… Aamir in see-thru wear… all wet.. any girls saying ‘no’ to that?

Chetan Bhagat controversy

Chotu_Tapori’s birthday

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Today’s pick: Mohobbat ki Baatien on Mehfil @ 2:30 and 9:30 pm IST with Shafeeq

Friday night: Bollywood night on Radio RockeTalk @ 10:00pm IST with Pooji

Also recommended: Monday night, Jan 11, 2010- CarTalk: AutoExpo on Radio RockeTalk with Karan and Sin

We know what you did last night ;)

lowtechgal — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:04:45 +0000

The Wake-a-Thons are done for now, I was going through the fun things we all did. We got to know each other better. There was a lot of teasing, a lot of leg pulling, a lot of encouragement and a lot many friendships that came about as a result of these ’spent-the-night-with-you’ events.

Here are some fun audio clips for you to enjoy!

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We made them do a lot of silly stuff through the night. Some easy, some not so easy but silly for sure

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And made sure we asked them some really tricky questions :p

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Once again, you guys are amazing! We think we know you well enough, and you surprise us every time!!

Love you all.

Take care… and.. through the night… we’ll be watching ya

RockeTalk eXhausted Wake-a-Thon week 3

lowtechgal — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:05:23 +0000

Winner of Last Week’s RockeTalk Wake-a-Thon Jitendra (Jeete)! Jeete won an iPod. Congratulations!!!

We were scanning through the entries we got for the contest- there were some really good ones and it was hard to come up with just eight people. There were people from Kolkota, Bareilly, Hyderabad, New Delhi, Rajasthan, Rajkot- Gujarat etc.

The group of eight people who made it, made an interesting and diverse group. Pritambabu- was a hoot; Diptiy was clearly the center of attention being the only girl in the group and with a lot of spunk- there were times when the guys said that she should be given a different task- but she just went on; Srikant who sleepily made it through- was a good sport and had a wonderful take on the Baba Black sheep poem; Saurabh.the scorpion – a good sport and a very talented and versatile guy from Delhi- he gave a whole new feel to Baba black sheep in Rap; Mahabalee – usually the outspoken one was quite and had to quit half way as he was not well…. all in all a fun group to stay away with and get to know.

From doing interesting tasks to actually sending videos in as entries, RockeTalkers are having a lot of fun with the Wake-a-Thon. It is not just the selected eight who play, infact anyone who is online can jump in and play and they do- just for the fun of it.

The Wake-a-Thon is a great experience to get to know a large group of people. People who did not talk much in the communities and were rather quiet – opened p and quickly warmed up to the group setting. A resounding comment from them all to each other was- “I spent the nite with you- add me as a friend!” Needless to say I got a lot of material to tease them with on that spending the night together bit – by that time they were tired and sleepy and the words weren’t coming out quite right.

The ones who made it through the night all get Rs 500/- from RockeTalk towards their GPRS

Here is a sample of videos sent in by users:

LG India and RockeTalk Partnership

lowtechgal — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:21:24 +0000

LG India just released new mobile phones for the India market. These phones come pre-loaded with the RockeTalk application and have been launched in Maharashtra.

It is nice to have the application as a preload on LG but we would like to add that RockeTalk is available for free download on over 400 handsets- on both Symbian and JAVA platforms. We work on Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, LG and a few other phones.

Free downloads available at http://www.rocketalk.com/get_it_now.php or from your mobile phone http://m.rocketalk.com

Depending on the phone’s capabilities, not all features are supported on all the models.

LG India press release:

“GB210 and KP265 come with the RockeTalk feature. RockeTalk is a Social Networking and Instant Messengers aggregation application. The feature lets users log onto Gtalk, Yahoo Messenger, or send a message in any combination of text, voice, pictures, audio or video to anyone, anywhere in the world. With various free online usage options like downloads, video chat messaging, unlimited group chat, unlimited text messaging etc.”

From the hiptechnology blog:

Moving beyond the 30 feet range- it gets even better… for when they can use voice give them the RockeTalk , a mobile social networking application. OK, it is the watered down version of Rocketalk. RockeTalk is known for voice and video messaging platform. Of special interest to students- it’s voice chat and video chat and also gives instant access to all the IMs- Yahoo, GTalk, MSN, AOL, ICQ. Hey, thats what everyone wants. Its right there at their fingertips. no need to download, just click on the logo! Word of caution- an unlimited data connection is recommended. Hey- but it works just fine on WiFi. So if you do happen to have access to WiFi, then even the data costs are zero!

Hiptechnology Factoid:

Betcha, even LG did not know this one- both RockeTalk and the Bluetooth technology have something common- the common link is Rajiv Kumar. Rajiv, IIT Mumbai, made significant contribution to the Wireless and Bluetooth (Widcomm) technology and, is also the visionary behind RockeTalk !

The much awaited ‘Mirchi’ release :)

lowtechgal — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:03:28 +0000

Finally here! The much awaited new release, fondly referred to as the ‘Mirchi’ release because of the new ‘What’s Hot’ look- with flames and a bright red chili pepper, is now available to a limited group of users. It is scheduled to go live for everyone this weekend.

Not everything is visible all at once; there are several changes you will notice as you use the application. Notable new features added by popular demand:

1. Extended video recording- Yep! You asked for it, you got it. Now you can send longer videos from your phones to other RockeTalkers’ phones or any email address and post your fun videos to the Gallery. All the better for your citizen journalism needs and to send those family video to all your family and friends!

2. Those ever popular Smileys or emoticons – yes they are finally there to use in an easy way.

3. The much asked for BUZZ for friends … well you asked for it, we did it. We made it even more exciting- giving you the option to record your own Buzz. Don’t be surprised when your friends catch you off gaurd sending you some intersting stuff.. lol.. we wish we could see your faces when someone sent you one of those naughty ones.

Hmmm.. not sure what a Buzz is? A Buzz is a way to wake up your friends who are online but are quiet or… use it just for entertainment.. we leave that to your imagination.

You will see little changes happening in the background almost on a daily basis over the next several weeks.

Keep those suggestions coming and we’ll see how we can all work to make your RockeTalk en more fun and meaningful.

Thanks from the bottom of our heart to all Beta testers and our ever expanding, inner circle of users, our ambassadors. We really appreciate all your help.

If you’d like to be included in our Beta test group for future releases, please contact support@rocketalk.com

Hey- what you waiting for? Check for upgrades on you RockeTalk… Homescreen –> Options –> About –> Check for upgrades or vist http://m.rocketalk.com from your phone or check on the website @ www.rocketalk.com

Another Addicted RockeTalker!

lowtechgal — Fri, 01 May 2009 23:15:22 +0000

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

The Many Faces of RockeTalk

lowtechgal — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:37:13 +0000

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.

RockeTalk available for download from

http://m.rocketalk.com

Friendzy @ RockeTalk available for download from:

http://friendzy.rocketalk.com

RockeTalk: The evolution revolution

lowtechgal — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:25:43 +0000

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)