Text Chat Between Mobiles and Computers Via Cherple

By Contributor Wireless and Mobile News on January 2, 2009 1:40 PM

Globaltel Media, Inc. is offering a pre-release version of their new texting chat app for PCs to mobiles dubbed Cherple. The service is free to the computer user while the mobile phone carriers text rates or plan applies.

Cherple allows two-way text communication between online computers and mobile wireless cellular devices. Cherple will officially be launched at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Robert Sanchez, president and CEO of GTM, says Cherple was soft launched with key partners in November and already claims more than 2 million users.

The pre-release version of Cherple can be run directly from http://cherple.com. Registration is requested but not required. To initiate a conversation, the online user enters a username and the destination phone number into the Cherple application. Within seconds a two-way "chat" is initiated between the online user and a U.S.-based mobile cellular phone.

In upcoming weeks, the application also will be available as a free download for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh computers. A version that supports MySpace personal web pages via widget integration will also be available soon. Future releases will include versions for Linux computers and will allow integration into Facebook pages.

The pre-release version of Cherple is currently limited to texting U.S. mobile wireless cellular phones. Cherple follows the Mobile Marketing Association's permission-based guidelines and is opt-in / opt-out compliant. Standard text messaging rates apply to the cell phone user, but there is no cost to the on-line user who initiates the conversation.

GTM's technology is also available for white-label licensing to businesses, government organizations and non-profit agencies. For more on Globaltel Media, visit www.globaltelmedia.com.