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We’re finalists in the T-Mobile Android App Competition

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Paul Stringer
on January 28, 2009
in Development, Events and Uncategorized
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On Thursday 29th T-Mobile are holding a press event for the launch of the G1 otherwise known as the Google or Android phone for the Netherlands.

After the recent Android Dev Camp in Amsterdam details of a competition for Android Apps was announced. The prizes range from G1 Phones to a trip to San Francisco.

After attending the event we got pretty excited about Android and realised we could build our dream Treasuremytext app on this phone. One which can automatically save your SMS in the cloud at Treasuremytext without you having to do anything.

We went back to the office and got to work and on Monday with 20 minutes to spare we submitted our Android app for the competition. Today we got a phone call and we’re amongst the 10 finalists and the winners are going to be announce tomorrow.

We’ll be there, we’ll let you know how we got on. Those of you with G1’s look out for Treasuremytext in the Android Market soon.

Here’s a bit of blurb from our submission which describes the app.

“Treasuremytext for Android

Treasuremytext for Android is a tiny background app that provides a seamless solution to archiving your messages on the Web from your T-Mobile G1.

Utilizing Android OS support for background services and deep integration with mobile SMS services the app is able to automatically forward each SMS as it is received. After setup it requires no action from the user. Messages can later be accessed on the Treasuremytext web site.

A Streamlined Mobile/Web Experience

The app communicates with Treasuremytext in the cloud using a REST based API. Many web services rely upon a token based authentication scheme (OAuth) including Treasuremytext.

This can prove cumbersome for the mobile user as it generally involves a round trip to the services website. With the access provided by Android to both Internet and SMS communications channels the developer has been able to implement the entire authorization between device and Web service with a single tap.

The users password is never required and accounts are setup automatically on the service if needed for access another time.“

Announcing our Advisory Board

Published
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Katie
on August 8, 2008
in Uncategorized
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We’ve been doing a lot of work under the radar for a couple of months and there are some exciting developments at Treasuremtext. The first of these is that we now have an advisory board.  The purpose of the advisory board is to add some skills and experience to our team; specifically in the area of mobile operators, and raising finance. We’ve been looking for people who can help us develop Treasuremytext; to improve the product, to reach a wider audience and to develop links with new partners.  We’re very pleased and honored to announce that Ian Hay, Imran Ali and Kerim Satirli are now on the Treasuremytext Advisory Board.

Imran Ali is a founding partner of Carbon Imagineering, a UK-based emerging technologies think tank, incubating a number of startup projects, working with media properties such as O’Reilly Media, Corante, and Giga Omni Media. Previously, Imran has been a Deputy Director of R&D for Orange UK, part of the advisory boards of O’Reilly’s Emerging Telephony conference and the eComm 2008 conference, as well as a cofounder of ensembli. Imran is bringing design & innovation sense, global contacts and funding experience to the team having been a part of the success of various early stage startups. www.imranali.name

Ian Hay is Head of Emerging Technologies at Orange and is bringing mobile operator experience to the team helping us to ensure Treasuremytext is an attractive proposition for operators worldwide. Ian’s expert technical background means we’re able to ask him ‘the difficult questions’ and get valuable help and support on infrastructure and technology strategy. http://ikisai.wordpress.com/

Kerim Satirli is a 2.0 advocate, specializing in influencing user opinion. Active and influential in the European Social Media community, Kerim is bringing his experience of “being 2.0″ to the team and will be helping Treasuremytext to develop new methods of integrating SMS services into other social spaces. http://kerimsatirli.com/

We’re looking forward very much to working with Imran, Ian and Kerim in coming months.