Review: WhatSim - A free WhatsApp SIM for Worldwide roaming

Introduction

With so many IM Apps & Messengers like Yahoo, Gtalk (now called as Hangouts) the open ended IM apps like Viber, Hike have changed the way we chat real time over our mobile device by simply using our mobile number, but one IM app which truly revolutionized the new mode of communication over SMS, was indeed WhatsApp with about 700 million monthly active users. This led to its acquisition by Facebook which has now world's largest base of active users collectively using IM & Social networking services. To inch further an Italian company had launched a unique product called WhatSim, a WhatsApp–only SIM which allows you to use messaging app for free while travelling across 150 countries, with a nominal subscription plan.

WhatSIM

Getting to know about WhatSIM

Zeromobile, the company founded by Manuel Zanella, alluded that "WhatsApp is the future of mobile communications. Its only "limit" is the data connection especially when you are traveling because the roaming charges are expensive and you can't always find Wi-Fi everywhere and it is not always free. As someone who appreciates and uses WhatsApp, I tried to figure out how to get around this problem. That's why WhatSim is an extraordinary opportunity for WhatsApp."

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Build & Quality

The new SIM will come for EUR 10 (Rs. 714) with worldwide shipping of EUR 5 - Rs. 350 approximately) and that will allow an unlimited text messaging for an year. But there is a small caveat. The unlimited messaging (including location updates & contacts)  is free only for text messages and not for sharing multimedia / files etc and consumer will have to buy credits for sharing photos, videos, and voice messages.

To know about how buy and use, it directly depends on where you are travelling.

WhatSim for WhatsApp

Case Study to Use Credits:
With €5 you get 1000 credits that you can use, for instance, to exchange 50 photos or 10 videos in many countries around the world. There are no limits to sharing your position and contacts. This way we guarantee the utmost transparency. Buying a recharge is quick and easy: just go to our website even from your smartphone and soon even from a dedicated app.

General Observation & Verdict

WhatSim is a refreshing innovative product for WhatApps loyalists & in future we would expect many SIM makers to come up with multiple choices of IM apps on single SIM with these creative offers. For now if you want to by this SIM, it is only available the WhatSim website and will available with local distributors in 100 countries soon.

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Review: Bubblews & Bonzo Me "new way to earn money using social networking sites"

Introduction

Wanna to earn money for your posts? If yes, then you will be interested in reading this review of ours. The two new social-networks are trying to bring in new revolution in that space. Bubblews, a social network pays users for posts that attract traffic and advertisers. There is also a new app which is making rounds which pays you for watching the videos. It is known Bonzo Me.

Snapshot - Bubblew

The idea of Bonzo Me popped up in its creator’s (Michael Nausbaum) who felt Facebook/Twitter/Google had been making a ton of money, and the people providing the content aren't getting rewarded in whatsoever way. Hence Bonzo Me’s business framework is such that it is paying users up to 80% of its ad revenue for the most widespread posts and watching videos through their app. 

Getting to know about Bonzo Me & Bubblews
Bubblews' payout formula is more intricate. It's based on post clicks which in turn incite some other kind of networking activity. To start, the payments are expected to translate into just a penny per view, comment or like. It plans to rewards its users in $50 increments, which we know shall take some time.

Bubblews is also trying to make its offering valuable for users by boosting deeper, thoughtful. Hence the user needs a post to span at least 400 characters with a title.

General Observations
We all know that #Facebook the largest social network; it has a past of vexing users. The privacy setting, mood experiment without permission and circulation of ads containing didn’t go too well with its population.

Snapshot - Bonzo App for Android

Social networks are special heavens for Advertisers who in turn are investing more money into because that is where people are spending more time, particularly on smartphones. Quick Facts: Facebook's share of the $140 billion worldwide market for digital ads this year is expected to climb to nearly 8%, or $11 billion, up from a market share of roughly 6%, or $7 billion last year, according to the research firm eMarketer. 

On other hands, short-messaging services like Twitter are catching up fast and thick. It is due to its 255 million users who also provide a sturdy flow of free content. Twitter's ad revenue this year is expected to rise to $1.1 billion, nearly doubling from $600 million last year, according to eMarketer. 

In addition to this, the big social networks like Facebook and Twitter have become such important promotion tools that celebrities from all walks of life huge followings are being paid by advertisers to mention and promote products on their accounts. 

Bubblews wants to make money, too, but it also wants to ensure that everyone using it gets at least it share the advertising pie revenue in most transparent manner

Bonzo Me has already paid about $30,000 in ad revenue to users so far, according to Nusbaum. 

Both these two new social platforms will be interesting to look at.

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