Comments on: Do you Zabidoo? (The ‘web navigator’ for your mobile)

By: TerryC

TerryC — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:07:25 +0000

Try Wapple instead.

Zabidoo is dead now. I think the investor gave up after 5 years and no profit being made.
more then a little embarrising for him I would have thought.

By: TerryC

TerryC — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:07:25 +0000

Try Wapple instead.

Zabidoo is dead now. I think the investor gave up after 5 years and no profit being made.
more then a little embarrising for him I would have thought.

By: TerryC

TerryC — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:07:25 +0000

Try Wapple instead.

Zabidoo is dead now. I think the investor gave up after 5 years and no profit being made.
more then a little embarrising for him I would have thought.

By: NickSilverman

NickSilverman — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:28:07 +0000

Hey Gemma,
the problem is with Phorm like applications like Zabidoo is the legality of it all.
As a result most reputable companies are not willing to risk breaking any laws opening themselves up for litigation. Currently this kind of activity is frowned on. Concerns have been raised about privacy implications.

Thats why its missing from some of the major players download sites.
for more information visit
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2227514/phorm...

http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/ispphorm/

By: GemmaHotchick

GemmaHotchick — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 17:00:26 +0000

I've noticed this software is no longer available on any of the bigger reputable download sites???

whys that?

By: amyput

amyput — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:09:43 +0000

I downloaded the latest version. Its trying to be a jack of all trades. The problem is that it just makes what you do more complicated and slow. No one will use this application.

I dont believe in this product

By: tezza

tezza — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 20:00:00 +0000

I was really disapointed when I used both the web and mobile application.

tez

By: uknowthetruth

uknowthetruth — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:44:56 +0000

Its not very good is it

By: fanman

fanman — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:36:19 +0000

I saw something like this on Dragons den. The idea was torn apart. No one invested as the dragons said why would anyone use it.

By: atokomon

atokomon — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:14:38 +0000

this software offers nothing new and is far behind any of its peers and competitors that are already there.

try http://www.skyfire.com/

By: allanwestie

allanwestie — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:38:33 +0000

Just had a go the content is very limited I must say. This is a very outdated concept I see it having a very limited appeal. This has been done so many times before in the last 10 years. This software offers nothing new unfortunately. Some of the skins look ok but AOL looks better.

By: BENDOG

BENDOG — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:34:11 +0000

Just downloaded the new PC release, BIG improvment on the last. It's consuming less CPU, starts up faster and has some sticky features like TV guide, advanced RSS reader, and aggregated price comparison.

By: BENDOG

BENDOG — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:06:36 +0000

Try this

http://www.zabidoo.com/privacypolicy.jsp

Not quite sure what you found, but this is their policy.

By: Gilesy

Gilesy — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:07:20 +0000

This softwares look and feel is very poorly designed. It just has an uneasy feel about it.
I went to their privacy page and it doesnt work?

http://www.bestforarts.com/privacy.jsp

By: MrBrine

MrBrine — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:54:58 +0000

success is about knowing your market, rather than just acting on a whim.

By: BENDOG

BENDOG — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:44:29 +0000

And this…
http://www.handango.com/client/Home.jsp?siteId=…

By: BENDOG

BENDOG — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:43:00 +0000

http://www.mobispine.com/

Looks interesting… A bit like Yahoo Go possibly?

By: TradingMAtt

TradingMAtt — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:37:35 +0000

Wow, I agree this application is destined to go no where and it is not innovative at all but who cares?
Why are so many people talking about this useless app??

Better things to do go out have some fun.

By: ralto

ralto — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:49:32 +0000

I just checked with companies house and the company was incorporated originally in 2002 under the name contacts4life.

If you search for information regarding contacts4life it seems they spent 4 years developing an application that took your outlook address book and syncronised it with your online email. If you read some of the tech reviews on the application on the register it seems they were slow in bringing the software to market.
This ment that their window of opportunity was lost as Microsoft and many other bigger players brought out a solution that was more feature rich, while they were still in development.

It does appear that history seems to be repeating itself with their Zabidoo app.

Good for the guys though to be honest as they've managed to stay in business for 6 years without generating any profit or having any of their products downloaded in any great number.

companieshouse.gov

Interesting reading.

By: terryTechn

terryTechn — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:45:25 +0000

look at this link http://www.zabidoo.com/testimonials.jsp

They put some students in a room and paid them to praise the software. Either that or its some of the staff members. They then edited each of the videos poorly because you can tell when anything slighty negative is said the conversation is cut suddenly.

Poor things you can actually see them sweating and under heavy duress. They are stammering and talking quickly and looking around the room for confirmation. Reminds me of those videos you see of captured hostages in Iraq hahaa. leave the poor kids alone, its not fair to do that to them.

People arent stupid, they will judge for themselves.
I'm off to get a pizza
Terry

By: jennyfromthemansion

jennyfromthemansion — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:23:58 +0000

oh come on its just a browser plugin that links to existing 3rd party content and websites, and then stores all of that visitor data into a database along with the users registration info.

Thats like saying internet explorer is great because it comes with Onesearch + Google + MSN + ASK + KAYAK. These are just 3rd party websites that any app can link too it doesnt come with Zabidoo?

At the end of the day if your happy using it carry on I'm sure your not hurting anybody.

By: BENDOG

BENDOG — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:55:29 +0000

It comes with Onesearch + Google + MSN + ASK + KAYAK! Am I the only person who is using it properly?

By: anna

anna — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:53:34 +0000

I just tried the mobile app and compared it to Vodafone live's latest offering. Zabidoo was much faster and has plenty of content just not covered by Voda. The A-Z tool for typing in a couple of letters to get various URL's for a site is a major time saver. My take is the concept isn't flawed as it brings together the mass of content “infinite choice” as I call it that the web offers into a simple UI. It gets my vote

By: frandesloop

frandesloop — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:37:23 +0000

You know this app is too little too late.
If its still in a beta phase at this stage with every single one of its competitors each having released a better product that has been established for many many years then they are wasting everyones time. I wish these kids the best but I'm glad its not my money.

I tried the app and I think it can no way compete with
http://uk.mobile.yahoo.com/onesearch

By: kleverkele

kleverkele — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:44:11 +0000

I tried this application I would honestly steer clear.
Use http://www.livesearchmobile.com/ it is whey better.

The zabidoo concept is flawed with so many already established big players who already have every area covered internationally as well as locally.