Vringo, a startup company based in Delaware (with R&D in Israel), is going to launch the first video sharing service for mobile phones.
Vringo is the world’s first video ringtone sharing community. Co-founded in 2006 by venture capitalist Jon Medved, now CEO, and mobile software expert David Goldfarb, now CTO, Vringo’s management team comes from leading companies such as Comverse, NMS Communications, Siemens, IDT, Earthlink and Shopping.com. Vringo’s Chairman of the Board, Dan Ciporin, was CEO and Chairman of Shopping.com, sold to eBay for $620 million. Vringo is backed by private investors.
In particular, they are launching a service by which users can share video ring-tones, called Vringos, with their friends and family.
Are we in front of the first mobile “YouTube”? The team behind Vringo seems really strong and well experienced, so it is far from being the nth web 2.0 startup trying to find its place in this crowded “social networking” market.
I like the idea and, according to what they declare on their website, the service seems really easy to use. I’m looking forward to trying it out on my Nokia phones. If you are curious and if you are in San Francisco during these days, you can see Vringo client being showcased at JavaOne conference.
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