It’s not unusual to have one (or more) address books for any of your mobile phones, for any of your computers, in your handheld, in your notepad etc. In a nutshell, contacts everywhere. And, if you have more than 2000 contacts like me, it begins to be a real problem.
Another big problem is that you NEED to backup it (those ?) frequently, otherwise a snap of your hard drive or mobile phone could mean the complete lost of all your contacts’ details.
In a time in which everything is becoming web-based, accessible from any device and shareable, the natural evolution is to move your address book online. But it’s not enough.
What about having a “live” address book which provides information about your contacts’ availability ? What about a presence-based address book ? What about something which really improves your “responsiveness” ?
Hictu! is the solution. It’s the latest product coming from Abbeynet, where our engineers work hard to create innovative services in the field of VoIP, presence and web. It has been released as a beta preview, so more features are still missed and will be available in the next upcoming versions.
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After having imported contacts from your address books (that you can easily do from every email client), then you have to ask for authorization in order to be able to see your contact’s presence information.
At this time, MSN, Skype, Jabber, AIM, ICQ, Abbeyphone and Sitofono are allowed. Your contact will receive an email asking to share his/her presence with you. If you’re in his address book, then he will see your name in the Privacy window, where he just has to authorize you.
What will you get in the next couple of weeks ?
- Mobile presence (through a lightweight Symbian/Java client which will be linked to your mobile status and use)
- GTalk presence
- SightSpeed presence
- Gizmo Project presence
- Click to Call (already available for Abbeyphone and Sitofono)
- Hictu! widget
- Premium account (SMS, VoIP etc.)
- SuperStatus (what is it ? stay tuned…)
- FREE voicemail
- Firefox and Thunderbird add-ons
- many other cool features
I’m looking forward for feedback and comments, as usual. Should you need more information, please drop me a line or take a look at the Hictu! blog or at Giacomo’s blog (Hictu’s product manager)
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