Jongla launches new browser solutions

Jongla®, a global mobile messaging service, is now available on any browser. The webpage www.jongla.com has also seen a significant facelift. 

We are very proud that our users can now enjoy the benefits of Jongla just like any native mobile app, without the need for downloads or worries about compatibility with their devices. Jongla browser-based solutions are available for web and mobile browsers and as a Facebook app.

The new user interface is optimized for user devices so it can be used with PCs, mobile phones and tablets. Since Jongla browser-based solutions works smoothly with all mobile browsers, it’s always available. The Jongla Facebook solution makes it a real social messaging app. Just click www.jongla.com to signup or login and you are ready to Jongla.

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The new Jongla browser solution family

What’s new?

What we have just released is basically a totally new social networking site with a mobile twist. New Jongla browser solutions allows users to really express themselves and share their everyday life easily with their friends and others alike. Jongla is designed to share multimedia, and the service does not have file size limitations. Jongla allows users to share high quality videos and photos, text and now even location.

The essential element of the new release is its seamless integration with social media. We have created our own Jongla wall where Jongla users can post public messages. More than that, it’s also a public feed from where people can read what other people are saying, have fun and meet new, interesting people.

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The new Jongla wall and a public message view

One of the snappiest new features that has been released is the ability to share messages to other social media services. We started with Facebook. With new Jongla browser solutions, users are able to share messages easily with their Facebook friends. This feature makes Jongla a handy tool to update your Facebook wall. New integrations with other popular social media services will follow.

What is Jongla? 

Jongla® is global mobile messaging service available as a native mobile app for iPhone, Android, Windows Phone 7, Symbian and Java devices, and now also available on Facebook and web & mobile browsers. With Jongla, users can send mobile messages all over the world for free. Unlike many other mobile instant messaging apps Jongla is an open solution. The benefit of this is that the receiver does not need to have the app to read Jongla messages. Jongla uses Wi-Fi, 3G or EDGE.

Key Features

The key features of Jongla browser-based solutions are:

•    Open solution. The receivers do not need to be Jongla users
•    Global service with no international charges
•    Works with all devices
•    No downloads
•    Share high quality videos and photos from PC to mobile
•    Ability to share multiple files
•    Ability to share user location
•    Enhanced user profiles
•    User reward system
•    Share to Facebook – functionality
•    Share to Jongla wall – functionality
•    Jongla uses your Internet connection: Wi-Fi, 3G or EDGE

Give us feedback

We appreciate any feedback about the service. Jongla browser-based solutions are still in the Beta phase, so bear in mind that some minor glitches may appear. If you have any suggestions on how we can improve don't hesitate to contact us.

Jongla Ltd.

Jongla Ltd is a promising Finnish mobile startup, specializing in device- and platform-independent mobile messaging. Company is the owner of Jongla® – global mobile messaging service. The Jongla user base is growing rapidly, especially in Asia.

For more information, please contact Riku Salminen COO, +358-40-5442758 or riku@Jongla.com

Lumolink Ltd.

Lumolink Ltd. is a Finnish interactive agency that focuses on web development, mobile web development and online marketing. LumoLink, as Jongla's partner, is responsible for technical implementation of our new web service available now on jongla.com, as a Facebook application and as a mobile web application.

For more information, please contact Artem Daniliants CEO, +358-50-4044299 or artem.daniliants @ lumolink.com

Jongla for Windows Phones

Jongla proudly presents. Our first Windows Phone 7 version is ready and live! We have just opened up the Jongla service also for Windows Phone users. Jongla is a global mobile messaging service for smartphones and browsers. You can start sending messages immediately. Your friends don’t need to install any applications in order to receive your messages. With Jongla you are free to share your high quality videos and pictures of any size. Mobile messaging, such as MMS, SMS and even the newly released iMessage, all have a common problem – you can’t send large attachments. Send as many messages you want – where ever you want. Forget the SMS and MMS costs. Download the app and take your mobile messaging to another level. Jongla Windows Phone app is free.
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Some of other cool Jongla features are:
  • Device and platform independent service
  • Free and unlimited. No hidden costs
  • Ability to share videos and photos in high quality
  • Integrates seamlessly with your address book
  • Open solution. The receiver DOES NOT need to be a Jongla user
  • Global service with no international charges
  • Jongla uses your internet connection: Wi-Fi, 3G or EDGE
Download the application from Windows Phone Marketplace:
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We appreciate all the feedback about the app. Customer support: http://www.jongla.com/help-support/

Many different ways to send Jongla messages

In this post we'll dive into ways you can send Jongla messages and platforms we support. We get asked a lot about number of platforms we support so we decided to write a blog post about it. Jongla is true device and platform independent, Application-to-Person (A2P) mobile messaging service. That's a lot of words which basically means we support many platforms :) Jongla was designed from ground up to be a device- and platform-independent service. You can send Jongla messages via mobile devices, web browsers, Facebook and so on. Receiving messages happens via SMS which should work on any phone in the world. SMS carries a link that opens your mobile phone’s browser where you can see Jongla message sent to you. A lot of work went into making Jongla messages work on basically any mobile device in the world. Jongla service architecture allows us to take advantage of pretty much any platform and provide native integration. In this post we’ll dive into different ways of sending  Jongla messages.

iPhone / iPad

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You can send Jongla messages from an iPhone or an iPad device. Using Jongla on your iOS device (iPad support coming) allows you to send Jongla messages to your friends and attach files already located on your device. Probably one of the coolest things you can do is to send Jongla messages to a group of people. We will also release an iPad version of our client soon. This will allow you to take full advantage of that beautiful screen and large keyboard. Using Jongla on your iOS device allows you to take advantage of your address book, so sending messages is a breeze. Download Jongla iPhone client

Android

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Android client is is practically identical to the iPhone client. Android now outsells iPhones and we’re committed to supporting Android platform in the future. Android is our most popular client so you can be sure we'll pouring resources into making it even better. Download Android client

Symbian / Java

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We’re also proud of our support of low-end devices powered by Java (J2ME) and Symbian operating systems. Our native clients allow you to take full advantage of your device. In the future we plan to focus more on modern platforms, but we’ll always try to support Symbian/Java platforms the best we can. Client’s functionality on these platforms are identical to our other mobile clients. Get our client for Symbian / Java phones

MyJongla

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This is probably the easiest way to send Jongla messages if you prefer a real keyboard. You can register on our homepage and start sending messages in 5 minutes or less. Our web client was created to also function on mobile devices, so you can send Jongla messages on the go without installing anything. One unfortunate limitation (due to restriction by Apple) is that you can not add attachments to Jongla messages when using the web client. Another cool thing you can use web client for, is replying Jongla messages right there in your browser. We’re planning to expand this a lot more and maybe add support for conversations, threads and more. You can use web client to send Jongla messages containing attachments on your local computer. Yet another great use for Jongla messages is sending high resolution pictures and videos found on your desktop machine and sending it to a group of friends.

Jongla Mobile Web

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What if you want send a message to your friends, but your phone model is not supported or you don't want to install any software for whatever reason? Well we got you covered. Just direct your mobile browser to m.jf.fi and send unlimited Jongla images anywhere in the world. You can send messages to many recipients, add attachments and use our Address Book system which allows you to carry your contacts with you across devices. Login to our web client and start sending those free messages!

Facebook

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New member in our family is our Facebook client. There are a lot of Facebook addicts (we mean this in a positive sense), and social network seems to be growing and growing. We decided to add support for Facebook for 2 reasons: You probably have a lot of friends on Facebook; You’re already sharing content with your friends on Facebook. Now you can easily message your Facebook friends without ever leaving your favorite social network. One thing that makes our Facebook client special is the ability to send multimedia content you already posted on Facebook. You can read more about our Facebook client here.

The future looks promising

We plan to support even more platforms and devices in near future, so stay tuned by subscribing to our newsletter and RSS feed and you are the first to hear about our new releases.

Jongla 101: What is Jongla?

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People wanted to communicate since the dawn of time. Nowadays we have a magical tool called mobile phone and now it's impossible to imagine living without one. Jongla aims to take your mobile messaging experience to another level. In upcoming weeks we'll be posting more information regarding our service without sparing any details. Please leave us a comment and let us know what you think! Jongla service was born when Jongla Oy founders realized that Internet adoption on the mobile phone will only accelerate. With all the fancy stuff we could do on our mobile devices thanks to mobile broadband Internet, we were still using primarily SMS (Short Message Service) for mobile messaging. Fast forward a few years. Almost every single smart phone is capable of sending email messages along with SMS and MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) messages. MMS was meant to be something between email and SMS, allowing you to send multimedia files. The beauty of MMS is that recipient receives the message instantly. Unfortunately MMS service was plagued with countless issues starting from being expensive, to inability to reliably send messages to recipient in a different country. Why not use email instead, you ask. Email is great, but it's not reliable and not instant. When I send you an email message, I can not be sure that you received it on your mobile device. You might have not configured your phone to "pull" new messages frequently enough, or maybe you're in a roaming area and don't want to receive a cellphone bill that will put you in a permanent shock. The only thing I can rely on is that you will receive the message when you check your email next time. In many situations it's not a problem, but you can't consider email true mobile messaging.
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Another issue that is present in MMS and email is maximum file size. MMS maximum file size for videos and images seems to vary depending on the device and cell phone provider, ranging from crappy to acceptable. Email is restricted by maximum file size for the email message ranging from a few megabytes to 25MB (for example in the case of Gmail). If you use Gmail you should be able to send high quality images over email with no problem, but what about video? With optics on mobile devices getting better and better every day, image and video file sizes grow almost exponentially. If you wanted to send an HD video recorded on your mobile phone to your grand mom, how would you do it? To make things worse, format war maybe over for high definition disks (hooray for Blu-Ray), but not for mobile devices. 3GP is certainly dying, but there are plenty of devices out there that still produce and consume only 3GP. If your top of the line device produces h.264 encoded HD video and you send it to a few year old device (not everybody in the world owns an iPhone or Android), the chances of the recipient being able to play it are pretty slim. Last but not least, there is expense at being able to send messages globally. Try sending MMS message to your friend abroad. It will most likely never arrive and will be obscenely expensive, considering the amount of data that got transferred. Jongla was created to overcome all these issues. It allows users to message each other absolutely for free, as long as they have mobile broadband connection. Below you will find more information on how Jongla overcomes all issues mentioned above.
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Cost As long as both the sender and the recipient have mobile broadband, the service is totally free. There are no premium features or any other catches you might have to pay for down the road. Quality There are no limits on file size, amount of attachments and length of videos. Jongla can handle whatever your device can dish out. It's a perfect companion for your mobile videos. Jongla message can also contain any number of videos and pictures, so you can send everything in a single message. How cool is that? Portability When you send multimedia files using Jongla mobile service they are automatically encoded to many different formats, so no matter what device your recipient has, we'll be able to serve him a format his device can playback. Our system is totally automatic and doesn't need any actions on sender's or recipient's behalf. You can send Jongla messages using our web client from your desktop or using our mobile applications available on all major mobile platforms. The receiver only needs a mobile device capable of receiving SMS messages with a mobile browser. International messaging Jongla messages are URLs delivered via SMS. Thanks to the beauty of this simple design, our users are able to send messages anywhere in the world with confidence and for free. Delivery time Jongla messages are sent right after conversion process is done for multimedia files. In many cases it only takes a minute or so for a Jongla message to arrive on the other side of the globe. Where is the catch? You might be wondering if it's too good to be true. Jongla is able to offer this service totally for free, because we include a small ad in your messages. This means that the more you use our application the better it is for us. So don't worry and keep on sending! P.S. In our next blog post we'll go into detail regarding different clients we offer. Stay tuned and use comments to give us feedback!

Jongla summer competition - win a new iPhone!

Participate in Jongla’s summer contest and win a new iPhone. Download the Jongla app on your phone, or get our new Facebook app that’s now available, and you’re in the race! We will toss in two new iPhone 4 phones as prizes. Become a fan of Jongla on Facebook and double your chances to win! Now is the time to participate and be active. It will be rewarded.
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Jongla summer competition description and rules: The Jongla summer competition is organised by Jongla Ltd. In the competition we will provide two (2) new iPhone 4 phones as prizes. 1. Participation The Jongla summer competition can be entered by downloading the free Jongla mobile messaging application or by becoming a Jongla Facebook fan. All new and existing Jongla users and Jongla Facebook fans will be entered automatically into the competition. 2. Competition period The competition starts on 06/06/2011 and ends on 31/07/2011. The prize draw will be conducted on 03/08/2011. 3. Awards Competition prizes are two (2) new iPhone 4 phones. One iPhone 4 will be awarded to a Jongla application user. Another iPhone 4 will be awarded to a Jongla Facebook fan. 4. Award/Publicity Winners will be notified personally. The winner’s name may be published on Jongla Ltd’s electronic services and possibly in other materials. 5. Other Terms Awards may not be exchanged for cash.

Tutustu uuteen Jongla Facebook sovellukseen

Olemme julkaisseet tänään Jongla-palvelusta uuden Facebook sovelluksen. Jongla Facebook sovellus mahdollistaa, että voit lähettää ilmaisia mobiiliviestejä kaikille kavereillesi nyt myös suoraan Facebookista. Klikkaa ja ota Jongla Facebook sovellus käyttöösi täältä: http://apps.facebook.com/jonglafb Jongla Facebook sovelluksen käyttäminen on helppoa ja vaivatonta. Tule samalla faniksemme ja ota osaa Jongla kesäkilpailuun. Facebook sovelluksella voit lähettää Jongla-viestejä suoraan omalta tietokoneeltasi helposti ja nopeasti kaverin matkapuhelimeen. Kutsu nyt myös kaikki kaverit mukaan Jonglaan. Yhdessä se on vieläkin hauskempaa.
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Ps. Koska tämä on sovelluksen ensimmäinen versio, niin toivomme ymmärrystä jos kohtaatte pieniä puutteita käytön yhteydessä. Otamme mielellään vastaan palautetta ja kommentteja sovelluksesta.

Check out the new Jongla Facebook application

We have published today a new Facebook application from the Jongla service. The Jongla Facebook application allows you to send free mobile messages to all your friends, now including messages straight from Facebook. Click here to access Jongla Facebook application: http://apps.facebook.com/jonglafb The Jongla Facebook application is fun and easy to use. Participate in Jongla's summer contest and become a fan on Facebook. With Jongla Facebook app, you can send mobile messages directly from your personal computer to your friends' mobile phones. Suggest Jongla to your friends. Together, it’s even more fun.
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Ps. As this is our first version of the application we are aware of some small issues. All feedback and comments on the application are welcome.

Jongla kesäkilpailu - voita uusi iPhone!

Osallistu Jongla kesäkisaan ja voita uusi iPhone. Lataa Jongla sovellus puhelimeesi tai ota uusi Facebook app käyttöösi ja olet mukana kilpailussa. Jaossa on kaksi kappaletta uusia iPhone 4 puhelimia. Tuplaa mahdollisuutesi voittaa tykkäämällä meistä Facebookissa. Nyt kannattaa osallistua ja olla aktivinen. Se palkitaan.
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Jongla kesäkilpailun kuvaus ja säännöt: Jongla kesäkilpailu on Jongla Oy:n järjestämä kilpailu, jossa arvotaan kaksi (2) kappaletta uusia iPhone 4 puhelimia. 1. Osallistuminen Jongla kesäkilpailuun voi osallistua lataamalla ilmaisen Jongla mobiiliviestintä sovelluksen tai tulemalla Jongla Facebook faniksi. Kilpailuun osallistuvat automaattisesti sekä kaikki Jonglan nykyiset käyttäjät, että kilpailun voimassaoloaikana tulleet uudet käyttäjät ja Facebook fanit. 2. Kilpailun voimassaolo Kilpailu alkaa 06.06.2011 ja päättyy 31.07.2011. Arvonta suoritetaan 03.08.2011. 3. Palkinnot Kilpailun palkintona on kaksi (2) kappaletta uusia iPhone 4 puhelimia. Yksi iPhone puhelin arvotaan kaikkien Jongla sovelluksen ladanneiden käyttäjien kesken. Toinen iPhone puhelin arvotaan kaikkien Jongla Facebook fanien kesken. 4. Palkinnon luovutus / julkisuus Voitosta ilmoitetaan henkilökohtaisesti. Voittajan nimi saatetaan julkaista Jongla Oy:n sähköisissä palveluissa ja mahdollisissa muissa materiaaleissa. 5. Muut ehdot Palkintoa ei voi vaihtaa tai saada rahana.