Afrigator officially launches Gatorpeeps
"At first glance Gatorpeeps may appear to be competing with Twitter but let me assure you we're certainly not trying to compete or steal Twitter users but rather leverage off the technology to enhance our existing product," says Justin Hartman, MD and co-founder of Afrigator.
Gatorpeeps features a status update box that allows you to post a peep to your community within a 140 character limit. The 140 character limit, according to Afrigator, is to extend Gatorpeeps to an SMS-based mobile offering. The company plans to attract a new audience who will use their mobile phone as their primary device.
Gatorpeeps allows the addition of communities; popular communities are available on the community page or one could start a new one. Owning a community means you can add a profile image, enter a descriptive text and link to another site that relates to the community.
Future developments include:
- Mobile web front-end
- Mobile apps for Symbian, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, iPhone and Android
- SMS integration
- Extending community functionality
- Smarter ways to share links and photos via Gatorpeeps
- Plugins and widgets for all environments
- Closer integration with Afrigator
- API documentation
Gatorpeeps is available at http://gatorpeeps.com and feedback can be provided via the #gatorpeeps community.