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Pownce: First impressions (and invites)

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Pownce: First impressions (and invites) (image: pownce_1st_thumb)Whilest the hype machine continues to churn onward, I thought I’d inject a bit of non- into the stream, with a quick look (thanks to Chris Garrett) at a new — Pownce.

If you’re familiar with Twitter or Jaiku, then you’ll be right at home with Pownce. Adding friends, following , etc, all seem to be taken from the same playbook. Pownce has also released a client for Mac and — to follow soon they say.

On first glance, here’s two significant differences:

  1. Calendaring, File transfer, and Link sharing. Pownce has them all.
  2. Professional upgrades. Eliminates advertising and increases your file transfer size to 100mb.

So, will Pownce unseat as the leading micro- format? has the ‘first to the party’ advantage. Jaiku is close on ’s heels, and with mashup apps like TwitKu, this is beginning to get a bit crowded.

How much attention do you have to spread between these contenders, and who will win? Time will tell, I guess.

In the mean time, I have a few Pownce invites to give away — first come, first served :-)

Update: Mashable has a very thorough overview.

 

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5 Responses to “Pownce: First impressions (and invites)”

  1. Andrew Ruess on July 1st, 2007 10:51 am

    Oooh… Pownce looks to be an amazing service. I twittered for a long time, and now am using Jaiku… Will this supplant Jaiku amongst the technorati?

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  2. Irwin Chen on July 1st, 2007 12:25 pm

    I like the idea of sharing events and files. Makes sense. But I’ve stopped using Twitter so much. Would love to check out Pownce.

    Still have any invites? I’d be much obliged…

    Irwin

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  3. Brad Grier on July 1st, 2007 3:07 pm

    @Andrew…tried to invite you but it seems you’re already in :-)
    @Irwin, check your email :-)

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  4. Arthur on July 1st, 2007 7:09 pm

    Do you have any invites left?

    if so: arthursdomain(at) gmail.com

    thanks so much!

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  5. Brad Grier on July 3rd, 2007 7:23 am

    Hey Arthur, I tried to invite you but it looks like you have one already :-)..well done!

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