Comments on: Trippo lets your cell phone translate for you http://www.geekytraveller.com/2008/04/trippo-lets-your-cell-phone-translate-for-you-2/ Gadgets, tools, and tips for geeks who love to travel, and travelers who are geeks. Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:35:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Kimmo http://www.geekytraveller.com/2008/04/trippo-lets-your-cell-phone-translate-for-you-2/comment-page-1/#comment-548 Kimmo Fri, 24 Oct 2008 05:51:37 +0000 http://www.geekytraveller.com/trippo-lets-your-cell-phone-translate-for-you-2/#comment-548 Hi Gino, Good to hear that you like it. You could also download it directly with your cell phone browser from www.trippo.mobi (or wap.trippo.mobi for older phones). But I must say at the same time that we will add more than 20 languages soon, and then you will get for example japanese, korean, chinese and so on. So please have a try, and it will only get better in time. Best regards, Kimmo Hi Gino,

Good to hear that you like it. You could also download it directly with your cell phone browser from http://www.trippo.mobi (or wap.trippo.mobi for older phones).

But I must say at the same time that we will add more than 20 languages soon, and then you will get for example japanese, korean, chinese and so on.

So please have a try, and it will only get better in time.

Best regards,
Kimmo

]]> By: gino510 http://www.geekytraveller.com/2008/04/trippo-lets-your-cell-phone-translate-for-you-2/comment-page-1/#comment-495 gino510 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 08:29:34 +0000 http://www.geekytraveller.com/trippo-lets-your-cell-phone-translate-for-you-2/#comment-495 hello trippo, this technology is really cool. i tried to download it in my japanese and philippine cell phones through the Send me Trippo by SMS link but did not get any reply. i am really interested in this. i hope for your reply. thank you so much. hello trippo,

this technology is really cool. i tried to download it in my japanese and philippine cell phones through the Send me Trippo by SMS link but did not get any reply. i am really interested in this. i hope for your reply. thank you so much.

]]> By: Kimmo http://www.geekytraveller.com/2008/04/trippo-lets-your-cell-phone-translate-for-you-2/comment-page-1/#comment-241 Kimmo Mon, 26 May 2008 16:36:10 +0000 http://www.geekytraveller.com/trippo-lets-your-cell-phone-translate-for-you-2/#comment-241 Hi Natalie, Vodafone has a network also in Spain, I think they have preferred rating structure for various Vodafone accounts allover. My worst experience is coming from SPain when Telefonica is asking for 5 EUR/MB. Trippo uses only a very small amount of data, so the costs will be minimal. Above text is around 350 Byte and if you use voice functions, around 15 kByte. This means above text would cost roughly - nothing while not using speech - 8 cents while using speech best regards, Kimmo Hi Natalie,

Vodafone has a network also in Spain, I think they have preferred rating structure for various Vodafone accounts allover. My worst experience is coming from SPain when Telefonica is asking for 5 EUR/MB. Trippo uses only a very small amount of data, so the costs will be minimal.

Above text is around 350 Byte and if you use voice functions, around 15 kByte. This means above text would cost roughly
- nothing while not using speech
- 8 cents while using speech

best regards,
Kimmo

]]> By: Natalie http://www.geekytraveller.com/2008/04/trippo-lets-your-cell-phone-translate-for-you-2/comment-page-1/#comment-261 Natalie Thu, 15 May 2008 14:42:36 +0000 http://www.geekytraveller.com/trippo-lets-your-cell-phone-translate-for-you-2/#comment-261 Hi,im wondering how much it will cost to use ur internet/gps with this whilst in another country. Im thinking that it'll be quite expensive. I live in the uk, have a mobile with vodafone and will be travelling to spain.. Any ideas on prices from roaming. Hi,im wondering how much it will cost to use ur internet/gps with this whilst in another country. Im thinking that it’ll be quite expensive. I live in the uk, have a mobile with vodafone and will be travelling to spain.. Any ideas on prices from roaming.

]]> By: james emmans http://www.geekytraveller.com/2008/04/trippo-lets-your-cell-phone-translate-for-you-2/comment-page-1/#comment-343 james emmans Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:34:21 +0000 http://www.geekytraveller.com/trippo-lets-your-cell-phone-translate-for-you-2/#comment-343 sounds a very good idea, hope it catches on big time so we get a Tagalog version! It would really be a fun way to help you really learn a language in real life situations and bring about confidence. sounds a very good idea, hope it catches on big time so we get a Tagalog version! It would really be a fun way to help you really learn a language in real life situations and bring about confidence.

]]> By: Carl http://www.geekytraveller.com/2008/04/trippo-lets-your-cell-phone-translate-for-you-2/comment-page-1/#comment-339 Carl Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:45:52 +0000 http://www.geekytraveller.com/trippo-lets-your-cell-phone-translate-for-you-2/#comment-339 Why is it people feel everything needs to be free? Quality products take time and effort to create. They also take money to host and distribute. --- insert rant against the average American People want things free or for next to nothing but yet they want to make a high salary with their job. I'm sorry folks but LOW PRICES and HIGH WAGES don't mix. It's why people at Wal-Mart make chicken scratch. Wal-Mart needs to maintain their low prices for the masses so the employees that deliver it get squat and the products come from China and jobs that were shipped overseas. --- end rant against the average American Why is it people feel everything needs to be free? Quality products take time and effort to create. They also take money to host and distribute.

— insert rant against the average American

People want things free or for next to nothing but yet they want to make a high salary with their job. I’m sorry folks but LOW PRICES and
HIGH WAGES don’t mix.

It’s why people at Wal-Mart make chicken scratch. Wal-Mart needs to maintain their low prices for the masses so the employees that deliver it get squat and the products come from China and jobs that were shipped overseas.

— end rant against the average American

]]> By: Turn Your Cell Phone Into a Phrase Book with Trippo http://www.geekytraveller.com/2008/04/trippo-lets-your-cell-phone-translate-for-you-2/comment-page-1/#comment-338 Turn Your Cell Phone Into a Phrase Book with Trippo Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:16:54 +0000 http://www.geekytraveller.com/trippo-lets-your-cell-phone-translate-for-you-2/#comment-338 [...] your soup is cold without having to fumble through a phrasebook. A new translation tool called Trippo promises to do just that with the help of your cell [...] [...] your soup is cold without having to fumble through a phrasebook. A new translation tool called Trippo promises to do just that with the help of your cell [...]

]]> By: Sherry http://www.geekytraveller.com/2008/04/trippo-lets-your-cell-phone-translate-for-you-2/comment-page-1/#comment-303 Sherry Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:51:04 +0000 http://www.geekytraveller.com/trippo-lets-your-cell-phone-translate-for-you-2/#comment-303 I don't know, it would be nice to have something completely free, but I think the prices are very reasonable. The three day license comes to about a buck a day and that's really cheap. It's definitely cheaper than a language book! I don’t know, it would be nice to have something completely free, but I think the prices are very reasonable. The three day license comes to about a buck a day and that’s really cheap. It’s definitely cheaper than a language book!

]]> By: Kimmo http://www.geekytraveller.com/2008/04/trippo-lets-your-cell-phone-translate-for-you-2/comment-page-1/#comment-196 Kimmo Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:18:15 +0000 http://www.geekytraveller.com/trippo-lets-your-cell-phone-translate-for-you-2/#comment-196 Hi Suz, Great to see you like the idea! 1) The version we have on production today, does not check spellings. We have seen that we need to have it and we will do it in some becoming release. 2) Trippo works only when you are able to have a data connection. In Europe it's not a problem anywhere, but I guess if you go to South America it might be an issue. We are simply not able to get enough processing power from the handsets which would facilitate good quality translations. In our minds poor quality is useless, so we have to have the connectivity to our server farm. All these above technical complexities are hidden from the user, the user interface is kept very clean and easy to use. Nice that you are commenting! We are still developing some pretty exciting stuff and we truly appreciate your direct feedback allowing us to improve our sw. Thanks, Kimmo Hi Suz,

Great to see you like the idea!

1) The version we have on production today, does not check spellings. We have seen that we need to have it and we will do it in some becoming release.

2) Trippo works only when you are able to have a data connection. In Europe it’s not a problem anywhere, but I guess if you go to South America it might be an issue. We are simply not able to get enough processing power from the handsets which would facilitate good quality translations. In our minds poor quality is useless, so we have to have the connectivity to our server farm.

All these above technical complexities are hidden from the user, the user interface is kept very clean and easy to use.

Nice that you are commenting! We are still developing some pretty exciting stuff and we truly appreciate your direct feedback allowing us to improve our sw.

Thanks,
Kimmo

]]> By: Kimmo http://www.geekytraveller.com/2008/04/trippo-lets-your-cell-phone-translate-for-you-2/comment-page-1/#comment-300 Kimmo Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:09:43 +0000 http://www.geekytraveller.com/trippo-lets-your-cell-phone-translate-for-you-2/#comment-300 Hi, I am one of the Cellictica guys behind this Trippo software solution. mobal: Good feedback. We of course need to make a living somehow, theinvestment to develop this system is pretty high. I would be very interested to understand if you would accept advertisements everytime the translation occurs? We might for example consider a model where we give one freely selectable language free of charge, perhaps not with voice, but show then some ads. If you would like to get voice and/or other languages, we could charge something. What do you think? Thanks for your feedback! Kimmo Hi,

I am one of the Cellictica guys behind this Trippo software solution.

mobal: Good feedback. We of course need to make a living somehow, theinvestment to develop this system is pretty high. I would be very interested to understand if you would accept advertisements everytime the translation occurs? We might for example consider a model where we give one freely selectable language free of charge, perhaps not with voice, but show then some ads. If you would like to get voice and/or other languages, we could charge something.

What do you think?

Thanks for your feedback!
Kimmo

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