Sounds like a skilled set of developers and competent management.
Why the hell are they even thinking this has a chance to succeed? Could I think of any other competitors besides the seemingly insurmountable Skype (even with this downtime)? Probably around +30 voip start-ups all teaming for the piece of pie. Not to mention Google is quite close to offering a similar service with both Gtalk and Grand Central.
Built on cool technology won't cut it. What are the differentiators and what are the barriers to entry?
greendrake
· 2 years ago
Just tell me to shut up :)
Holy crap! Did you see that management team? A bit of harmless cronyism, but they have to be hiding some of the compelling details. Sure would be nice to know what their sustainable advantage(s) is/are.
omfut
· 2 years ago
Pretty cool product. Here is my thoughts on this product. Pros: • Flash penetration in the market is phenomenal. Voice support was something that was lacking for a long time. Ribbit phone component fills the gap very aptly. You can call this as a Skype for browser. • Using this component, flex developers can now create so many different voice applications. You can build a click- to-call, unified messaging, partial FMC (simultaneous/sequential ringing based on the configuration). • You could even build a complete IM client that supports addition of contacts, groups, make and receive voice calls etc. • Looking at the profiles of the management team, my guess is these guys are building their own voice network that becomes the backbone of Ribbit phone component. So any voice calls made between Ribbit users and any other external contacts shall use this network. Good marketing strategy. Still not sure about their business case. I can smell a Ribbit out and Ribbit in charges for voice calls when connecting to a PSTN network. • Any Flash (flash 9) based application can now support voice features without downloading a new soft client or procuring hardware.
Cons: • Browser based soft phone is not something new. For example Gizmo call, Busta and many other companies have products that support browser based voice calling. Not sure if these guys have really cashed on their browser soft phone. • Goribbit’s success depends on the acceptance of the developer community to use Ribbit phone component as their voice interface. Not sure if Goribbit has a standalone voice product of its own, targeting social networking or any other community. • Not sure if their Ribbin phone components uses existing standard signaling or proprietary signaling interface like Skype. If it uses a proprietary signaling interface, then it might become a bottleneck for their growth. • I have read a lot of articles about adobe working on supporting voip as part of the Flash. If this is to be true, then everything blows over.
Omfut
Shaiya
· 1 year ago
When I played the game for the first time ,I liked it deeply until present.In this game ,we can use the shaiya money and the shaiya gold .These shaiya money that if we got a upgrading ,maybe we could get a encourage for these shaiya money .But it is not the only way to get these shaiya money,we can also use the RMB to buy shaiya gold.
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Why the hell are they even thinking this has a chance to succeed? Could I think of any other competitors besides the seemingly insurmountable Skype (even with this downtime)? Probably around +30 voip start-ups all teaming for the piece of pie. Not to mention Google is quite close to offering a similar service with both Gtalk and Grand Central.
Built on cool technology won't cut it. What are the differentiators and what are the barriers to entry?
Holy crap! Did you see that management team? A bit of harmless cronyism, but they have to be hiding some of the compelling details. Sure would be nice to know what their sustainable advantage(s) is/are.
Pros:
• Flash penetration in the market is phenomenal. Voice support was something that was lacking for a long time. Ribbit phone component fills the gap very aptly. You can call this as a Skype for browser.
• Using this component, flex developers can now create so many different voice applications. You can build a click- to-call, unified messaging, partial FMC (simultaneous/sequential ringing based on the configuration).
• You could even build a complete IM client that supports addition of contacts, groups, make and receive voice calls etc.
• Looking at the profiles of the management team, my guess is these guys are building their own voice network that becomes the backbone of Ribbit phone component. So any voice calls made between Ribbit users and any other external contacts shall use this network. Good marketing strategy. Still not sure about their business case. I can smell a Ribbit out and Ribbit in charges for voice calls when connecting to a PSTN network.
• Any Flash (flash 9) based application can now support voice features without downloading a new soft client or procuring hardware.
Cons:
• Browser based soft phone is not something new. For example Gizmo call, Busta and many other companies have products that support browser based voice calling. Not sure if these guys have really cashed on their browser soft phone.
• Goribbit’s success depends on the acceptance of the developer community to use Ribbit phone component as their voice interface. Not sure if Goribbit has a standalone voice product of its own, targeting social networking or any other community.
• Not sure if their Ribbin phone components uses existing standard signaling or proprietary signaling interface like Skype. If it uses a proprietary signaling interface, then it might become a bottleneck for their growth.
• I have read a lot of articles about adobe working on supporting voip as part of the Flash. If this is to be true, then everything blows over.
Omfut