Pinger

Pinger
Company type	Corporation
Industry	Texting and VoIP
Founded	April 2005; 19 years ago
Founders	Greg Woock; Joe Sipher;
Headquarters	San Jose, California, U.S.
Key people	Greg Woock (CEO)
Products	Textfree, Sideline, Index
Website	www.pinger.com

Pinger, Inc. is a US telecom provider for free texts, pictures, calls, and voicemails.^[1] Pinger was founded in 2005 by former Palm, Inc. managers Greg Woock (CEO of Pinger, Inc) and Joe Sipher. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California.^{[citation needed]}

History

Pinger was founded in 2005^[2] by Greg Woock and Joe Sipher.^[3] At first, the company created the Pinger Phone in 2008, which consolidated phone, email, and messaging contacts and communications.^[2]^[4] The free texting features were converted into a separate iPhone app called Textfree.^[2] Pinger was initially focused exclusively on mobile messaging, but started developing other smartphone apps after Apple released the iPhone software development kit (SDK).^[2]

Products

The company has released several apps, mostly being available on iOS, Android, Microsoft Windows and Macintosh.

Textfree

Textfree is an app that allows user to call and text using a real phone number for free. The app has a free ad-supported version and a paid version. The app allows you to text anyone in the world.^[5]

Sideline

Sideline is an app that adds a second phone number to your phone using technology similar to Textfree. It's available for iOS, Android, Microsoft Windows and Macintosh.^[6] Their official website is sideline.com.

Index

Index is an app that provides a designated business phone number with voice and text capabilities. Index also provides automated text messaging for businesses.^[7]

References

^ Pinger's Polite Plans For World Domination, Forbes, 13 July 2011
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Trimble, Aron (February 17, 2010). "Pinger's Textfree Delivers Billionth Free Text Message". Engadget. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
^ Saint, Nick (February 17, 2010). "Free Texting App Textfree Is Disrupting AT&T With Over A Billion Messages Handled". Business Insider. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
^ Meyers, Michelle (August 6, 2010). "How To Text Without a Cell Phone". CNET. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
^ "Textfree Web for Free Unlimited Texting From Your Computer". 29 July 2015.
^ "Developer of Sideline and Textfree | Pinger". Pinger. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
^ "Index". Index. Retrieved 2024-08-06.

External links

Official website
March 27, 2013 The Wall Street Journal. The Messaging Apps Taking on Facebook, Phone Giants
March 19, 2013 CNN Money Turn your iPad into a free phone
March 17, 2011 Biz Journals Pinger aims to dominate texting world

Company products

Sideline - second phone number
Textfree - free texting and calling

[1] Pinger's Polite Plans For World Domination, Forbes, 13 July 2011

[l967-2] Trimble, Aron (February 17, 2010). "Pinger's Textfree Delivers Billionth Free Text Message". Engadget. Retrieved May 27, 2024.

[g383-3] Saint, Nick (February 17, 2010). "Free Texting App Textfree Is Disrupting AT&T With Over A Billion Messages Handled". Business Insider. Retrieved May 27, 2024.

[z351-4] Meyers, Michelle (August 6, 2010). "How To Text Without a Cell Phone". CNET. Retrieved July 2, 2024.

[Pinger's_Textfree-5] "Textfree Web for Free Unlimited Texting From Your Computer". 29 July 2015.

[6] "Developer of Sideline and Textfree | Pinger". Pinger. Retrieved 2018-09-13.

[7] "Index". Index. Retrieved 2024-08-06.

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