[KOBO] Kobocoin - Mobile Money for Africa

[ik_do]

This phone is what I'm talking about when I say super cheap nokia:

http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/5/7493291/Microsoft-nokia-215-cheapest-internet-phone

"It costs just $29 pre-tax and is aimed at emerging markets, offering customers 29 days of battery life on standby, a dual-SIM option, a built-in torch, and FM Radio. There's also a 2.4-inch, 320 x 240 display, a 0.3-megapixel camera, and Bluetooth connectivity. Crucially, however, Microsoft say the 215 is their "most affordable Internet-ready entry-level phone yet," offering the Opera Mini mobile browser and a limited array of pre-installed apps including Twitter, Facebook, Messenger, and Bing Search."

I guess we'll have to see if it takes off. Our feedback is that people are moving to Android (and iOS). This Microsoft phone might be a bit late to market, but if it garners mass adoption then we'll we'll definitely look into it.

Awesome.

The mozilla and firefox phones also look quite promising for African markets;
http://www.ubuntu.com/phone
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/os/#adaptive-wrapper

I hope these are also considered if they start to catch on in Africa.

EDIT: https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2014/11/04/mozilla-and-gsma-enabling-locally-relevant-content-for-the-next-4-billion-people/
You can see from this link that Mozilla has real long term goals when it comes to third world countries; having Kobocoin be available in some form on these phones could easily propel it into the market.

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[wisnon]

dev,
empoex.com?
c-cex.com?
bittrex.com?
What time come?

[altcoinrichguy]

dev,
empoex.com?
c-cex.com?
bittrex.com?
What time come?

They will appear soon. That is for sure.
Coins without IPO and premine are added faster.

Also
Yobit has 0.5 BTC volume. It is also good sign.

[TheTribesman]

This phone is what I'm talking about when I say super cheap nokia:

http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/5/7493291/Microsoft-nokia-215-cheapest-internet-phone

"It costs just $29 pre-tax and is aimed at emerging markets, offering customers 29 days of battery life on standby, a dual-SIM option, a built-in torch, and FM Radio. There's also a 2.4-inch, 320 x 240 display, a 0.3-megapixel camera, and Bluetooth connectivity. Crucially, however, Microsoft say the 215 is their "most affordable Internet-ready entry-level phone yet," offering the Opera Mini mobile browser and a limited array of pre-installed apps including Twitter, Facebook, Messenger, and Bing Search."

I guess we'll have to see if it takes off. Our feedback is that people are moving to Android (and iOS). This Microsoft phone might be a bit late to market, but if it garners mass adoption then we'll we'll definitely look into it.

Awesome.

The mozilla and firefox phones also look quite promising for African markets;
http://www.ubuntu.com/phone
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/os/#adaptive-wrapper

I hope these are also considered if they start to catch on in Africa.

EDIT: https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2014/11/04/mozilla-and-gsma-enabling-locally-relevant-content-for-the-next-4-billion-people/
You can see from this link that Mozilla has real long term goals when it comes to third world countries; having Kobocoin be available in some form on these phones could easily propel it into the market.

Thanks for that info. Very interesting reading (especially the third link). This is why we are looking at the mobile market as a whole. Things seems to be evolving, and 2015 is earmarked as a year of growth for mobile transactions.

[TheTribesman]

dev,
empoex.com?
c-cex.com?
bittrex.com?
What time come?

C-CEX & Bittrex - Talks in progress
BTER - On voting list
Cryptsy/Poloniex - Contacted
Empoex - Not yet contacted

I'm hoping for more news soon but these things take time and patience. There are coins over 6 months old still looking to get onto some of those exchanges. We're not doing too badly for a 2 day old coin with no IPO/ICO.
 

[wisnon]

dev,
empoex.com?
c-cex.com?
bittrex.com?
What time come?

C-CEX & Bittrex - Talks in progress
BTER - On voting list
Cryptsy/Poloniex - Contacted
Empoex - Not yet contacted

I'm hoping for more news soon but these things take time and patience. There are coins over 6 months old still looking to get onto some of those exchanges. We're not doing too badly for a 2 day old coin with no IPO/ICO.
 

Thank you for your detailed answers, THx!

[torrantz]

• What has the biggest market share in the mobile space in Western Africa? (i.e. Android, iPhone etc)
• Will Kobocoin target super cheap phones (i.e. the recent Nokia phone that is $37 and can use the internet?) as well as a wide variety of android devices (i.e. wide adoption)?
• What solution will Kobocoin be implementing to help mobile users? Will you be submitting the coin to preexisting, free wallets such as Coinomi on Android?

Hi, we're not really differentiating between Operating Systems. There's already a wallet developed for Symbian (another coin) so it can be done. At this moment we want to get Android and iOS out (Android this week, hopefully iOS by the end of the month). If a Symbian wallet is also required, then it will be developed. Same for BlackBerryOS.

We'd like to get kobocoins onto as many services and platforms as possible. There are many options, but right now the priority is getting kobocoin onto the exchanges.

Hi! I think Symbian OS is not required, because it is a very old OP system, also Blackberry OS would be very good. (10.x)

Or a sms wallet and payment service? than it can be used on every phone.
vericoin has something similar http://text.vericoin.info/

[olcaytu2005]

 i ll vote on Bter. This coin is good i believe.

[torrantz]

 i ll vote on Bter. This coin is good i believe.

+1

Meanwhile...
With some effort we can be @ c-cex in 4 day's



Only 10 free votes,and 45 workers on suprnova

[altcoinrichguy]

 i ll vote on Bter. This coin is good i believe.

+1

Meanwhile...
With some effort we can be @ c-cex in 4 day's



Only 10 free votes,and 45 workers on suprnova

I wanted to vote, but Kobo isn´t there.
Maybe they are adding it right now.  

https://c-cex.com/?id=vote

[c-cex]

Welcome to C-CEX!

https://c-cex.com/?p=kobo-btc
https://c-cex.com/?p=kobo-usd

[TheTribesman]

Welcome to C-CEX!

https://c-cex.com/?p=kobo-btc
https://c-cex.com/?p=kobo-usd

Wow. That is amazing. Thank you so much.

[jimlite]

Good work on C-Cex. Now everyone start buying and continue mining, then Bittrex will be next!

[EBK1000]

I'm there at C-Cex to buy and hold, the prices are low but what do you think would be a fair price for this coins?

[altcoinrichguy]

I'm there at C-Cex to buy and hold, the prices are low but what do you think would be a fair price for this coins?

300sat 

[EBK1000]

I'm there at C-Cex to buy and hold, the prices are low but what do you think would be a fair price for this coins?

300sat 

Why 300?

[Youghoor]

I'm there at C-Cex to buy and hold, the prices are low but what do you think would be a fair price for this coins?

300sat 

Why 300?

As the coin is new , so the price is still low.

[altcoinrichguy]

I'm there at C-Cex to buy and hold, the prices are low but what do you think would be a fair price for this coins?

300sat  

Why 300?

It sounds like a reasonable price for coin with 43 M after pow.
Coin has some potential for speculators. It can go up in shortterm.
There was no ICO/IPO/crowdsale...etc... So there will be probably healthy volume on exchanges.
Bittrex will surely join soon.

[darkslash]

looks good alot of work seems to have gone into it

[EBK1000]

looks good alot of work seems to have gone into it

Hey, darkslash, you are here as well, I just followed you on Twitter and spoke to you on C-Cex

I hope this coin makes it as I am holding a few