Comments on: Yellix syncs Facebook contacts and status updates with your mobile

By: Weekly Digest for August 17th | Richard McKay

Weekly Digest for August 17th | Richard McKay — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:58:34 +0000

[...] Yellix syncs Facebook contacts and status updates with your mobile [...]

By: div

div — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:23:43 +0000

Who cares, get over it

By: Farhan Rehman

Farhan Rehman — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:23:28 +0000

Nice! Finally something so cutting edge, that Apple’s iPhone can’t keep up! Great stuff!

By: Facebook contacts and status updates via your mobile with Yellix

Facebook contacts and status updates via your mobile with Yellix — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:55:48 +0000

[...] See full review on TechCrunch [here] [...]

By: Launch: YELLIX Facebook-Applikation | michael kamleitner

Launch: YELLIX Facebook-Applikation | michael kamleitner — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:10:18 +0000

[...] Bericht-Erstattung zum YELLIX Facebook-Launch ist auf TechCrunch UK und der ORF Futurezone zu [...]

By: hugo fitzpatrick

hugo fitzpatrick — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:19:13 +0000

The Inq1 “facebook-phone” Mobile phone has been doing that for months! And with the INQ Chat 3G and INQ mini will Have twitter built in so it will probably add that to.

The phonebook on the INQ adds you Facebook, Skype, Windows live messenger and phone contacts all under the one profile, but it does tend to need you to merge them all yourself when you add more. Every time you sign on to Facebook or any of the others it checks you contact lists and adds people to you phonebook with a prompt.

Sure it’s just 1 phone, but it’s hardly a “new” feature that this company is touting. It already exists, but it’s nice to see it will suposidly be available on all phones with facebook aps.

By: Geoff Garcia

Geoff Garcia — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:25:59 +0000

The Blackberry Facebook App has been doing this for a long time already…
Yawn…

By: Offbeatmammal

Offbeatmammal — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:57:03 +0000

nice idea, but way too much manual effort.
I already have most of my contacts in my phone book so why do I need to re-enter them in Yellix?
Do I really need an app running in the background (nice and unobtrusive though) sucking battery to maybe do a lookup and tell me someones facebook status (if they’re really a friend I probably know they’ve just eaten a donut)
Works really well on my Windows Mobile phone… just trying to work out why I need it

By: Pierre

Pierre — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:52:08 +0000

9. Do I need a 3G network?

For Caller ID you need a 3G network. Missed call notification works with 2G and 3G networks.

13. What’s special about YELLIX on BlackBerry?

BlackBerry does not fully support YELLIX Caller ID. This is due to the fact that BlackBerry does not support pop-ups while the phone is ringing and also due to the fact that most BlackBerrys (expept [sic] for e.g. Bold) do not support 3G. Despite these limitations you can still use YELLIX: When you receive a call let the phone ring approx. 3 times. After pressing the answer button take a quick look at the screen and you will see information about the caller.

By: Adam Jackson

Adam Jackson — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:12:29 +0000

I feel like with every passing day I find yet another reason to ditch the iPhone for Android.

By: Pilot

Pilot — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:44:05 +0000

OK, this will work only if facebook users keep their phone numbers PUBLIC in their profiles. May be they do, do they?

By: snafilter

snafilter — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:06:21 +0000

Sadly the way I am using Google Voice with T-Mobile myfavs this app will think all calls are coming from my Google Voice number and not really my friends.

By: Claudia Poepperl

Claudia Poepperl — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:15:59 +0000

There’s a local directory partnership distribution model tied to some related features of Yellix. In other words, Yellix will help distribute listings from existing (yellow pages) publishers through some alternative features on the app.

By: Rahil Sondhi

Rahil Sondhi — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:33:24 +0000

Just an FYI, this type of social functionality is built into the new HTC Hero. I’m planning on flashing my HTC Magic with the Hero ROM to get it.

By: YELLIX: See your friend’s Facebook photo and last status update when they call you | applic8r.com

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:01:31 +0000

[...] [Via: Tech Crunch Europe] [...]

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:56:01 +0000

Why don’t they support the T-Mobile G1?!

By: YELLIX: See your friend’s Facebook photo and last status update when they call you. Merita sau nu?

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:51:21 +0000

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By: Claudia Poepperl

Claudia Poepperl — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:35:40 +0000

And this is how it is. Apple does not allow apps to run in the background (of course except for their own).

By: YELLIX: See your friend’s Facebook photo and last status update when they call you | mowbee.com

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:34:05 +0000

[...] [Via: Tech Crunch Europe] [...]

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:23:16 +0000

Last uttered sentence??

So that would “Goodbye!” them!?!?

By: Misery

Misery — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:18:49 +0000

The reverse would be much cooler. Update my FB status with “last uttered sentence”. Real time life stream. Think of the monetization options. OMG OMG

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:18:36 +0000

Thanks Bernhard, I guessed revenues would be from white / yellow pages – best of luck to you

By: Bernhard

Bernhard — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:09:07 +0000

@mike there is no revenue stream behind the facebook app. monetarization starts with cooperations with local white and yellow pages directory services. Case is what YELLIX is already doing in Austria since a couple of month.

By: Bernhard

Bernhard — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:01:00 +0000

Hi, I am Bernhard, helping Adaffix with Social Media. @milander facebook does not give yellix any access to telephone numbers. that´s why the workaround of typing manually is needed …

By: milander

milander — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:08:28 +0000

Tried in on my G1 and it works well…
The only troublesome thing is the manual adding of names to the facebook app…