Hipmob for iPhone
Web and SaaS
live chat sdk
SHOW HN2012
11points
4comments
#1,274of 1,677 in 2012
Top 76%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
1 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 0 critical, out of 2 comments about the project.
Idea: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Handy functionality; real-time customer conversations on mobile are a gap
From 2 comments
The functionality is handy, but it is down to the execution of each app developer to decide if this goes the annoying hosting-provider-chat-with-our-advisor thing, or genuine…
startupmum on HNAs long as big companies are adopting mobile as a service channel, there will be a market for click to call. Their army of reps in a low cost location somewhere won't worry about…
startupmum on HN
Objections
Developers may fear opening the floodgates; time talking to users is time not coding
From 1 comment
> There's definitely a gap in the market in real time customer conversations on mobile Agreed. We realized this when we users would chat with us live via our site(s), and solving…
kunle on HN
Risk of apps becoming annoying hosting-provider chat with advisors
From 1 comment
The functionality is handy, but it is down to the execution of each app developer to decide if this goes the annoying hosting-provider-chat-with-our-advisor thing, or genuine…
startupmum on HN
Requests
Click-to-call or VOIP integration, such as Skype
From 1 comment
The functionality is handy, but it is down to the execution of each app developer to decide if this goes the annoying hosting-provider-chat-with-our-advisor thing, or genuine…
startupmum on HN