abazab’s web-based messaging “widget,” currently in beta at www.abazab.com, allows anyone with a standard camera phone, PDA or computer to send video, photo and voice messages directly to any web page. Community sites gain a rich new way to further engage members with more personal forms of expression and communication. Regardless of location, users can now make spontaneous connections and more easily share rich-media content with their social networks, and get responses to postings more quickly.
Abazab just recently came out of stealth mode and is now ready for beta testing. They’ve a luminary investment team – Draper Fisher Jurveston, Advanced Equities and Geneva Ventures to name but a few, so I’m excited to take a look, have a play and see what they’ve got to offer.
I like the concept. It’ll be absolutely wicked to send a voice message, video or picture directly from my mobile to this blog, for example. Right now I have to do this through intermediary services — this works, but it’s not as ‘connected’ as I’d like. Ergo Abazab has a potential market opportunity, not least with the millions of MySpace accounts out there. The launch release cites this usage example:
Music producer and engineer Jason Slater, a founding member of the rock group Third Eye Blind and other bands, believes abazab will help him connect more closely and immediately with his fan base. “When I’m writing a song or working on a riff, I can post it via abazab and get instant fan feedback. abazab also lets me reach out to my fans and share more of my life, and I get a chance to connect with theirs,” said Slater.
Check out the full text here then rock over to http://www.abazab.com/ and sign-up for the beta.