Increases coverage to all top five smartphones in the U.S. market, Symbian next
Centrl, the ultimate location-based social network already serving 400,000 users via the web and its highly popular iPhone and Android apps, today announced the availability of its new Blackberry app.
The new Blackberry app:
Centrl's Blackberry app has been developed from the ground up to make it easy for Blackberry users to keep in touch with friends, access useful information around them, and to save money with special offers. Centrl Blackberry app runs on all Blackberry phones and maximizes the benefits of the Centrl platform for all Blackberry users.
One application to keep track of all the important things:
Murat Aktihanoglu, founder and CEO of Centrl Inc. stated" "Today, consumers are inundated with so much information that nobody can keep track of all the things that are important to them anymore. These include friends, money-saving offers, reviews and events that we are missing everyday. Centrl provides a simple way to manage and make use of all this information. We are therefore proud to finally present our rapidly-growing Centrl services to Blackberry users."
Strongly backed by industry veteran investors and a world-class technical team in NYC and Boston, Centrl is aiming to make it as easy as installing one app on your smartphone to access all of your social-graph and location-based services from top partners.
Larry Richenstein, lead investor and executive chairman of Centrl Inc. stated: "As a Blackberry user, I'm excited to get this new app onto the market. By adding Blackberry to our list of compatible platforms, we are realizing our goal of becoming a leader in location-based social networking by expanding our user base to include the somewhat different demographic profile of Blackberry users."
Easy to login and free messaging:
Currently users can login to Centrl from Facebook, MySpace, Hi5, Bebo, Orkut, Ning and Friendster as well as connecting to their Twitter account. Because of this integration with major social networking sites, users do not have to create a new profile to user Centrl. This aspect is enabling people to invite their friends to join them on Centrl without hassling them to fill out online forms to register. Furthermore, the fact that Centrl's mobile apps do not use SMS and therefore offer users free text messaging is another Centrl advantage that users value.
About Centrl Inc:
Centrl Inc. is a location-based social networking startup based in NYC and backed by industry veteran investors. Available on the web, iPhone, Android and Blackberry, Centrl enables users to access money-saving offers around them, keep track of their friends, communicate with them for free and easily utilize restaurant reviews, tourist, event, real estate, gas station, etc. information. Centrl's advanced social features such as easy login from social networks and virtual gifts engage users while they can also access special map layers full of useful content.
For more information, please visit http://centrl.com, or contact us at press@centrl.com
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Takes another step towards its vision as the ultimate social and location-based services platform.
Centrl, the ultimate social and LBS platform already serving 400,000 users on the via its highly popular iPhone app, announced today the release of its new Android app along with major upgrades to its iPhone offering.
The improved iPhone app:
The latest version of the Centrl iPhone app demonstrates an important element of Centrl's vision as a platform. Utilizing "map layers", users can easily and quickly access various types of information from top partners on the map dynamically. These layers can be customized per user and turned on and off depending on what the user is aiming to do at the moment. This layered architecture enables Centrl to quickly integrate new content onto the platform from the server without a need to change the mobile applications, thus making Centrl a tool for content providers and developers to instantly reach Centrl's growing user base. The first layer that Centrl has added are Yelp (US only) and Wikipedia, with many more coming soon. Virtual gifts are another new feature that enables users to send each other various gifts using the points they earn while engaging with the application. Also users can now login to their Facebook account directly from the Centrl iPhone app using "Facebook Connect for iPhone". The new iPhone app also boosts numerous improvements and optimizations.
Ubiquitous daily platform:
Murat Aktihanoglu, founder and CEO of Centrl Inc. stated: "We are very excited to take another step towards the realization of our vision of a ubiquitous social and location-based services platform with the addition of our Android app and a much improved new iPhone app. With our Blackberry app coming soon and Symbian, Palm Pre and Windows Mobile apps on the way, we want to ensure that we provide our services to the widest possible user base that want to have access to the ultimate social and LBS platform. Our goal is to be the platform that everybody uses everyday."
Strongly backed by industry veteran investors and a world-class technical team in NYC and Boston, Centrl is aiming to make it as easy as installing one app on your smartphone to access of your social-graph and location-based services from top partners.
Larry Richenstein, lead investor and executive chairman of Centrl Inc. stated: "Today brings us closer to our vision of letting our users utilize their existing social network data along with the best location-based services in easy-to-use, professional smartphone apps and web services."
Easy to login and free messaging:
Currently users can login to Centrl from Facebook, MySpace, Hi5, Bebo, Orkut, Ning and Friendster as well as connecting to their Twitter account. Because of this integration with major social networking sites, users do not have to create a new profile to use Centrl. This aspect is enabling people to invite their friends to join them on Centrl without hassling them to fill out online forms to register. Furthermore, the fact that Centrl's mobile apps do not use SMS and therefore offer users free text messaging is another Centrl advantage that users value.
For more information, please visit http://centrl.com, or contact us at press@centrl.com
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Unype.com becomes Centrl.com, offering industry's only solution to eliminate the need for creating new user accounts by integrating with seven major social networks.
Recently funded startup, Unype Inc., has made a quantum leap in the location-based social networking space today as it released its widely-anticipated new iPhone app along with its new website, http://centrl.com.
Centrl.com is the next-generation of Unype.com that first appeared in May 2008. Without any promotional or marketing efforts, Unype.com has grown to 350,000 members. This userbase will now be diverted to Centrl.com, a highly optimized website that will continue to evolve in the coming months.
Concurrently, the new Centrl iPhone app is now available through Apple's AppStore. This location-based mobile social networking app offers an unparalleled user experience that enables users to easily connect with their friends while having complete control over their privacy. The app enables free communication between users (no text or SMS fees) and access to special money-saving offers and coupons. It also allows users to 'travel' to other cities worldwide to discover new people and places.
Undoubtedly, one of the prime advantages that Centrl will have in continuing its dramatic growth is the fact that it aggregates a user's social graph from all the major social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, Ning, Orkut, Bebo, Hi5 and Friendster. A major issue facing other location-based services is the need for users to go through the hassle of creating a new profile and registering for yet another social network. Centrl eliminates any such need by lettings users login to Centrl through their existing social network. Furthermore, users can link their mobile device with their social network profile in just one step so they have access to the same contacts, saved deals and locations across multiple platforms.
Centrl has been developed from the ground up to be easy to use, convenient, practical and safe. It provides a privacy policy that values user privacy as the top priority. It never keeps location-history and automatically removes the last known location of the user. Users can also control how and when Centrl updates their location, and they can even be completely invisible within the system if they chose to.
Murat Aktihanoglu, founder and CEO of Unype, commenting on today's launch said, "This is a major milestone for our company, but really it's only the beginning. While we believe that our iPhone app is nothing short of spectacular and is the best location-based social networking app available out there, we have major plans for its evolution, and we will also be introducing Centrl mobile apps for Blackberry and Android in the next 30 days, with Windows Mobile and Symbian apps following shortly thereafter. We want Centrl to be part of everyone's daily routine as we go about our lives."
Larry Richtenstein, a serial entrepreneur and angel investor, who lead a group that funded Centrl last December and serves as the company's Executive Chairman, said, "We have been flying under the radar for some time, but with today's coordinated launch of our new iPhone app and new website, that's over. We've been speaking behind the scenes with major potential partners for location-based ad delivery and other map 'layers' that can add value for our users. We will be announcing major partnerships in the coming weeks."
Eric Redlinger, co-founder of Unype and head of mobile development and research, stated, "We're thrilled to shake up the social networking space with the launch of our first mobile app. Location-based social networks are more than just pins on a map — they should provide an engaging way to interact meaningfully with your friends and your surrounding environment. We feel that our mobile apps really push the envelope in this regard."
For more information, please visit http://centrl.com, or contact us at press@centrl.com
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