Last Wednesday, Twitter announced that it was going to stop delivering SMS messages over its UK number, mainly because of the cost. As they say, and we well know, “Mobile operators in most of the world charge users to send updates”. We thought this was a shame, because as we have said before, we really like the Twitter service, so we stepped in and set up a web site called ZygoTweet to gauge the appetite of Twitter users for a low-cost replacement SMS interface that we, Zygo, would build. Response so far has been encouraging, and we’re well underway with our technical investigations.
We’re looking into developing a service that will use a version of the billing platform we use for ZygoHubs, with message credits bought in advance, because this will give users the best value. We’re not going to rush the development process, so we’re not promising a launch date yet - but watch this space for more news. And if you haven’t registered your interest yet, head over to www.zygotweet.com.