Quios
The Quios (pronounced Kee-Os) site has two separate sections, a business site, and a personal site.
The business site offers three different services that allow your business to contact people on the move, whether they are customers or staff. Q-Messenger is Web-based SMS solution and Q-Caster is an XML gateway product, which enables instant messages to be delivered to end users from any business application. This solution is highly scalable and can deliver millions of messages per day. PlanetQuios is a hosted mobile community application, providing a platform to businesses where customers of similar interests can connect.
The details on the Quios Web site are fairly thin and there is no Australian contact, but if you need a system with virtual communities and excellent worldwide coverage, this might be the way to go.
The personal site, known as My Quios, uses Q-points to send messages. You receive up to 100 free points every month Here is how points may be used:
- Q-Messenger Plus and Address Book--10 per message sent (Web to SMS);
- PlanetQuios subscriptions--5 per report received (community information);
- Q-Remote--10 per message received (personal Web to SMS gateway);
- Q-Mail--10 per message received (e-mail to SMS gateway).
The Quios system will only send messages to the Telstra and Vodafone networks in Australia.
The Q-Remote system allows you to add a section of HTML code to your home page and people can send you SMS messages directly from your homepage.
Planet Quios allows anyone to be a "reporter". Simply sign yourself up to a topic and then post messages for other people to read. The more subscribers you get, the more points you earn. If you are a little more passive, you can simply sign up to receive the reports other people are giving. If you like a report, give it a good rating; if you don't, rate it lower and other people can use that information to decide weather they want to subscribe to that service.
Points can also be purchased online with a credit card. Prices range from 500 points for US$5 to 2500 points for US$20.
This site works well if you are looking for user-published information and you wish to publish information yourself. For general use it may be expensive, depending on the state of the Australian Dollar compared to the Greenback.
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