Right. Another Twitter tool. This one, Phweet.com is a combination of Phone + Tweeting. Phweet. Get it? Truthfully, they’re having some issues right now, but I think this is one to watch.
I’m not overly sure if it works. I mention this because none of my Twitter friends, when invited, seem to understand how to use it. I think it needs some more explanation. My husband, quite the techie, was unable to join at all. He got this message:
Phweet Alpha is unable to configure browser-based VoIP for your account. We are throttling the registration of new users while we learn more about the service. Please be patient and try again soon. You can use Phweet with a SIP address in the mean time by adding a SIP channel here.
Their blog talks about how they believe in open testing (as opposed to a closed beta), as that is the only way they can figure out the holes and bugs. I’m not sure that’s going to work for them. In all fairness, Phweet is in alpha right now. It’s supposed to be having issues.
I think, once they un-throttle registration, Phweet has interesting possibilities. I suspect it will work nicely for spontaneous social conference calls. Why use Talkshoe or another similar app when you can just instantly launch from a URL in Twitter? I think. Since no one could get it to work to chat with me before it blew up, I’m not positive.
Regardless, I like the idea of Phweet. There are times when I leave Twitter and switch to IM because I need more than 140 characters. I like the alternative of switching to Phweet to just say what I’m thinking instead of typing it. So I’ll keep my eye on it in the next few weeks and see what happens.
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Discussion
Hi Michelle,
Thanks for seeing the upside. About the time you tried we had one of those early startup backend glitches. It’s sorted now. Send me a message or Phweet and let’s try it out.
You cannot Phweet someone whose status is protected. Phweets can only be sent when someone’s status is protected when they follow you. Thus I can’t “phweet” you right now.
One thing we’re learning is sometimes it takes awhile for the other person to respond. Depends on Twitter and what they are doing at the time. Pays to keep them open for awhile to kick off the conversations.
A friend shared a valuable insight yesterday when they said to me… phweetisms – will be valuable to know what they are and the triggers to getting the party started.
Stuart