Reviews – NB

January 28, 2011March 8, 2011

Yaptime – Your Private Social Network

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of YapTime. All opinions are 100% mine.

YapTime is an interesting new free service for social groups. Group members communicate via YapRooms, which are

private gathering places for the important groups in your life to have discussions, share photos, videos, and plan events using group calendars.

Social networking sites have gained immense popularity lately. Most social networking websites these days deviate from the basic purpose of their creation. The popular social networking sites like Facebook, Myspace etc have turned into much more than just social networks as a result of the addition of new features to deal with the competition. As a result, all you can see on social networks is cluttered game and application updates that almost always make no sense to anyone and defeats the basic purpose of social networking.

In the present situation with all these complicated social networks gaining popularity, people with little or no knowledge of computers like grandparents don’t have many options in terms of user friendly social networking websites. This is where YapTime is a really good means to satisfy this end. It can be used to share your thoughts with your social groups with complete privacy and security. With YapTime, you don’t need to worry about social engineering or identity theft as your information is completely private.

YapTime surely is something to look out for. It just might be the next big thing when people get fed up of all these social networks. Getting started with YapTime is simple, users select a room name and invite members from their online address book to their newly created YapRoom – no complicated privacy settings to figure out, no complex features to learn, no unnecessary friend requests. Yaptime supports login through your facebook and twitter ids too so it would definitely be worth spending a few minutes to have a look and add your friends to your YapRoom.

June 5, 2010June 18, 2010

WeReward | Earn with your iPhone

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine.

Social media has gained immense popularity over the last few years. Services like Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare have become so popular that they have become a great way to promote your businesses. Smartphones have contributed significantly to the popularity of social media. IZEA, the creator of popular services like Social Spark, Sponsored Tweets has launched a service called WeReward which rewards you for completing tasks and checkins in the real world. All you need is-

1. An iPhone
2. A Twitter, Facebook or Foursquare account
3. A Paypal account

The only part that costs is buying an iPhone in case you don’t have one. Rest of the requirements are basic. Have a look at this video to understand how WeReward works-

Its simple, iPhone owners first need to Download the App. Then link it with your social networking account. You can then look at opportunities like checkins and tasks for which you will be awarded reward points. You can also earn reward points by referring other users to WeReward through the referral program. Once you’ve accumulated 10,000 reward points, you can cash them out to your Paypal account at the rate of 1 penny per reward point. The minimum payout amount is thus $10 which is pretty low. IZEA services usually have low or reasonable minimum payout amounts so the services will work for you even if you don’t use them too frequently.

If you are a business owner, you can visit WeReward.com to know more about what the service has to offer and to sign up with WeReward.

January 16, 2010

Now compare mobiles at ConsumerMate

Consumermate is a site that was launched by 9.9 media to help consumers compare products like Laptops, mobile phones etc. When I bought my laptop, ConsumerMate proved to be very useful to compare features and prices. Consumermate has been offering comparisons of laptops for quite some time now. It it indeed one of the best source to get good comparisons on Laptop price in India. Recently, ConsumerMate launched its Mobile phone section to offer comparisons on Mobile Handsets.

I recently bought a new phone, the Samsung Corby Pro B5310. ConsumerMate made my task a bit simpler. Gone are the days when the mobile phone market was dominated by Nokia. Many people still don’t want to buy anything but Nokia but there’s a large section of the population, primarily the youth who is looking for the best phone in the best price. There are so many other brands available these days. What exactly ConsumerMate does is that it shows you the various available options for your requirement. You can shortlist phones on basis of brand, say if you wish to buy a Sony Ericsson Mobile Phone, you can select the brand from the menu and view the results. The site also has an option to shortlist phones on the basis of price and mobile type or form factor.

ConsumerMate also provides the online store facility where you can buy the phone you want from your favorite online store like Indiatimes Shopping. There’s also a very useful ASK US Section which enables customers to ask for a price for a particular model and 2 to 3 vendors in the city will contact them with the best price offers for the products selected or mentioned in the message. ConsumerMate is a very useful site as it allows users to get the best price for the product they wish to buy.

December 10, 2009December 10, 2009

LG Chocolate Touch

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of LG Chocolate Touch. All opinions are 100% mine.

What do you want from a phone? Making calls, sending texts is something basic and all phones are meant to do that. Some people care about looks, others want it to be user friendly. You might also want to use it for your business and to access your email. It should also cater to your personal needs like taking pictures, videos and to listen to music. It would be even better if you could use it for social networking to stay connected with your friends and family. Imagine all these features bundled in a stylish touch screen phone. That’s exactly what LG Chocolate Touch has in store for you.

LG Chocolate Touch is a touch screen CDMA mobile phone that has been built for all kinds of personal use. It uses Dolby Mobile technology for crystal-clear sound quality which makes listening to music next best to a live performance. It has 1 GB inbuilt memory dedicated to memory and supports upto 16GB microSD memory card to store a large chunk of your music collection. It also has some sweet Visual Effects and features, including Rhythmical Beat that vibrates the handset to the beat of the music to enhance your listening experience. It also has a one-touch Social Network Message Key for easy use of social networking and micro blogging like Facebook, Twitter etc. The phone also offers top-notch text, picture, video, and voice messaging, including Visual Voicemail. The LG Chocolate Touch has a 3.2 MP camera to snap pictures and record videos. It also has an image editor to edit the photos without transferring them to your computer. It also supports GPS to ensure you never get lost.

The LG Chocolate Touch has loads of other useful features that make it a good buy if you are looking for a nice phone for personal use. Visit the website for complete specifications.