After reading [Hello, Zello], some of you wanted to know what names we looked at before deciding on Zello. Here’s the entire list of names for your reading pleasure.
Ready? Be warned … over 1000 names here.
Bip 3 2alk 2quick 2speak 2talk 2talk2u 2talk2you 2Tell 2WAY GOSSIP 2wayHey! Read the rest of this entry »
After weeks of brainstorming, narrowing and testing, we had a company name everyone loved. Now, we needed to claim online identities.
First step was the domain. We contacted the owner of zello.com, a friendly fellow who was enthusiastic about what we were doing. Two days before Christmas, he accepted $2500 (plus free push-to-talk service for life). By then, we trusted each other enough, so we skipped escrow.
Why change?
The team agreed it was time to scale the company and Loudtalks didn’t fit the brand we wanted to create. Not enough people smiled when we said, “Loudtalks.” Changing names is messy and means delaying other need.
If you are interested in the details of how we made the change, read on.
Although this blog has been quiet for a few months, we’ve been busy behind the scenes. Here’s what has been happening:
Hi, my name is Bill Moore, the CEO of Zello.
After a hard look at the market and our technology, I’m grateful for Alex and the team inviting me. We’ve all worked together at TuneIn which is the top global mobile radio app company. I am TuneIn’s founder, was CEO and remain on their board.
The Zello team created the first mobile app that replaces two-way radio. It’s time to scale this start up into a great business. Stay tuned to this blog, and connect with us at Facebook.com/zellome and Twitter.com/zello.
You can reach me on bill@zello.com.
Public channels are fun but sometimes you want to have a channel just for your family, friends or classmates. Now you can — just set the channel password and share it within your group.
When creating a channel Loudtalks Lite allows you to specify the channel password. If you do so the others will have to provide the correct password to connect to your channel. If you already have a channel and want to add a password to it there is a new ‘Edit channel’ option in the channel context menu, which is only available to the channel admin and allows to set or change channel password and description.
The feature is available in the most recent release of Loudtalks Lite across platforms. Go and get the update now:
I’m proud to announce the initial public beta release of Loudtalks Lite for Android. You can download it now from Android Market.
This release is a big improvement over the previous version distributed to a limited group of testers and I want to thank everyone who sent the feedback — we fixed tons of bugs with your help!
Version 1,1 available today has the same features as BlackBerry app, which we also updated today but the user interface was redesigned to work better with touch-based devices.
We are working to add the following features, currently missing from BB & Android releases:
The long anticipated Loudtalks client for BlackBerry platform is available for download today. Please join the beta test and report any issues you face. To download the application visit http://loudtalks.com/bb/ on your BlackBerry.
The application allows you to talk to other BlackBerry users as well as to users of Windows desktop and Windows Mobile apps if they are using the new version of the client (at least 1.3).
This beta release (version 1.0.1) has the following limitations:
Please share any feedback you might have!
Loudtalks Cloud and Loudtalks Mesh clients for BlackBerry are expected within 2 weeks once the beta test of Loudtalks Lite is completed.
Today we have published a major update to Loudtalks Cloud client software — version 1.2.
Loudtalks Cloud client software version 1.2 has the following key differences from the previous 0.9.* releases:
Important! The new version is not fully compatible with 0.9 releases (only communication via channels will work between 1.x and 0.9.x clients, direct communication between them is not possible), therefore it’s important to update the client software on all units in your network.
Changes in pricing
If you are using a premium service plan, your subscription plan monthly fee will not change. New customers pricing increases on average 50% starting today. You can check out updated Loudtalks Cloud prices here.
We are still offering a free service plan, which lets you use your private push-to-talk network for up to 10 users.
After more than 3 years in beta we are announcing 1.0 release of Loudtalks Lite. We have been hard at work on this release for several months and along with bugfixes it brings in important architecture changes. People who use Loudtalks Lite on their mobile devices will benefit the most from the new features of 1.0.
Version 1.0 is not compatible with 0.9.* releases!
That means if you are using 1.0 and your contacts 0.9 there will be issues seeing each other online status and communicating. If you notice such issues please tell your contacts to upgrade to the latest Loudtalks Lite.
Release notes
- Improved network and power efficiency — the application now uses less bandwidth and power especially in stand by mode
- Disabled audio mixer code in Windows Mobile release to address lock up issues on various devices
- Compatibility with upcoming BlackBerry and Android Loudtalks Lite releases
Download Loudtalks Lite 1.0 for Windows
Download Loudtalks Lite 1.0 for Windows Mobile
Please report any issues with 1.0 in comments or by sending us a message via application’s “Report a problem…” function.
Starting with version 0.9.0.79 available today we support Wndows CE 5.0 and 6.0 in all our products including Loudtalks Lite, Loudtalks Mesh, Loudtalks Cloud and Loudtalks SDK.
Here are some screenshots:
