Enterprise microblogging service Present.ly, which faces off squarely against TechCrunch50 winner Yammer, has made strides to match the accessibility of its competitor by releasing several applications for the desktop and mobile devices.
Present.ly users can now exchange messages with groups of their coworkers using an AIR-based desktop app that looks and functions much like Twhirl, Twitteriffic, and Yammer’s own desktop client. For when in transit, these same users can also install Present.ly applications on their phones. The list of supported devices and mobile operating systems now includes the iPhone, BlackBerry, Android and Windows Mobile.
The desktop application should be particularly effective at persuading Yammer users to try out Present.ly. As many who’ve gotten into the habit of microblogging can attest, having a simple client that sits in the background while you do other work makes staying on top of messages a much more feasible task.
Details about Present.ly’s new applications can be found in the company’s official blog post. Our initial review of Present.ly, which launched days after Yammer this past September, can be found here. Screenshots are below.
Desktop AIR Application
Mobile Applications
Wow. Those photos show in no uncertain terms that RIM is far behind the curve with respect to UI.
One question. Where is the money?
I’m sure they’ll do something like Yammer where you have to pay to get certain features of it.
Is that a Blackberry Storm?
At our startup, we use Yammer all the time..
How do you compare Present.ly with Yammer? You say desktop application might persuade to try Present.ly? Yammer also has desktop application.
Present.ly has a group functionality, built-in tinyURL functionality, attachments, and extra space for text/code attachments.
You can see some of it in action on the video section of the site.
We also provide a full behind the firewall installation for those who opt for a non SaaS.
https://www.pre...lyapp.com/video
Present.ly’s AIR app is an epic fail (on Windows XP at least); try testing it out without an account (or just by not choosing to connect). You can’t close the Save & Connect window (you can close the app but the window stays open). For fun try right-clicking in the taskbar to close the remaining Save & Connect window (make sure you have the task manager open).
We recently chose Present.ly over Yammer for the simple fact that it allows for users to have e-mails outside of the domain (with an invite). It can be hosted or on-premise. It supported file attachments (now yammer does too). I found it to me more feature rich, with a less cool name.
Microblogging has been a challenge to implement with non-technical folk, but has helped a ton in creating new lines of communication.
How did the author manage to refer to “Yammer” for so so many times in an article that should be providing information regarding Present.ly? TechCrunch has a secret crush on Yammer – I really would enjoy more unbias news. Thanks!