Friday, March 11, 2011

BWI: RockeTalk is the only Social Networking Application amongst the Top Finalists at the NDTV Gadget Guru Awards 2011

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: RockeTalk, Inc.
Friday, March 11, 2011 09:00 AM IST (03:30 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Information technology, Media & entertainment; Technology
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RockeTalk is the only Social Networking Application amongst the Top Finalists at the NDTV Gadget Guru Awards 2011


New Delhi, Delhi, India, Friday, March 11, 2011 -- (Business Wire India) -- RockeTalk has proved its mettle once again, as the application has been declared in the top seven amongst the 'Application of the year' category at the NDTV Gadget Guru Awards 2011. Instituted to honour innovation and products that truly made a difference, the Gadget Guru Awards are one of the biggest awards that the country has seen so far in the field of Consumer Electronics, Gadgets and Technology. RockeTalk is the only application from social networking category to be among top seven applications. The other names announced in the category are Opera Mini 5.1, Aquilonis InstantNote+, Geodesic MunduTV,Google Mobile App,flip board and air video.

RockeTalk has always been the most popular mobile application amongst the mobile users and is also increasingly gaining its due recognition. While on one hand an independent recent analysis by Informate, RockeTalk was declared to be higher than Facebook and Twitter on mobile; on the other hand Djuzz charts also indicate that RockeTalk has been the top most downloaded application month on month.

RockeTalk has maintained by far the strongest audience engagement with over 550 million page views per day and has 4.7 million active users in India. There are more than hundred thousand communities on RockeTalk in India alone. India's No. 1 mobile social network, RockeTalk, is a voice and video based multimedia platform that enables mobile users to interact with each other using unique voice and video enabled features.

This interactive and engaging platform of RockeTalk enables any mobile user to post messages, join live communities, send voice & video enabled greetings, share pictures, video and voice messages, life blogging and so much more. It works on all Java enabled phones and is a break-free for those who do not necessarily have a smart phone. Simple to download, users can sms RTALK to 56070 and get started for free of cost.

RockeTalk is the brainchild of Rajiv Kumar, an IIT Alumnus who has always been associated with path-breaking technologies and is one of the founders of the Bluetooth Technology with three patents on Bluetooth registered in his name.

RockeTalk's unique value proposition and growing popularity is creating a lot of excitement among handset makers. The company has already tied up with LG, Micromax, Lava and Redd who are preloading RockeTalk Application on their handsets.

Recently, RockeTalk has been in pact with Samsung India. To enrich the consumers' experience on its proprietary 'bada' platform available across its WAVE series of mobile handsets, Samsung is now making available RockeTalk. Through RockeTalk application, Samsung mobile phone users will now be able to use RockeTalk's unique and interactive features of voice and video blogs directly from mobile phone, sending of photos and video clips, live multimedia discussion forums and much more. In addition to being a personal gateway to communicate with friends, family and the world at large; RockeTalk will facilitate an enriching experience of hassle free and smart mobile social networking.

What's more? RockeTalk's recently announced Cricket World Cup special contests - 'Cricket Vidhata' and 'Funny Commentator Contest' are a big hit amongst all the cricket lovers across the country.

About the Gadget Guru Awards 2011:

Gadget Guru Awards 2011 will be one of the biggest Awards that the country has seen so far in the field of Consumer Electronics, Gadgets and Technology. The Awards have been instituted to honour innovation and products that truly made a difference.

New Delhi Television (NDTV) has over the years built an expertise in producing technology shows that are known for high standards of production and content. Gadget Guru is the flagship show which has been on air for over 5 years and has emerged as the country's longest running tech show , with immense credibility and fan following. Apart from Gadget Guru, NDTV has produced and experimented with different formats and content in this genre with shows like Cell Guru & NewsNet (across the Network), The Next Big Thing (NDTV Good Times), Picture Perfect (NDTV Good Times), The Guy Thing (NDTV Good Times) and now The Croma Tech GrandMasters (NDTV Good Times). The years of experience and credibility built through these shows is now being extended to celebrate and honour the best in the world of technology. For more information: http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/new/gadgetguru.aspx

About RockeTalk:

RockeTalk is a venture-backed company and is headquartered in San Diego, California, USA with offices in India. Founded with a vision of enabling all people to more easily express themselves and communicate with their friends, family and new acquaintances, as well as capture, share, and discover their content.all over their mobile phones. RockeTalk has developed and launched a social media platform and mobile phone client applications that provide a variety of fast, easy-to-use multimedia services.

RockeTalk makes communication between individuals and groups easy and rich, and facilitates a new form of self-expression that informs, entertains and connects people through the media they create. For more information, please visit: www.rocketalk.com


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