Abazab...now I understand what they are doing
I blogged about this about a month or two ago when they were still developing and testing and I didn't really understand what was going on. I signed up as a 'tester', although I have to admit that I really didn't use the app. Today, I received an email about changes to the site and the application and now I see what they were trying to do and it is actually pretty interesting. Once you signup for abazab you receive code snippets that allow you to insert your own 'abazab playbox' into any website (Myspace, your blog, you get the idea). You can then send video from your mobile phone (or from a webam or pc) to your playbox and it shows up on the website instantaneously. You can even send video comments to your friends' playbox's or share a playbox with a group of people. Right now, they only support certain phone models with service through Cingular, Verizon or T-mobile (big surprise..Sprint/Nextel sucks). Obviously, something like this will probably breed a lot of stupidity, but if used for relevant purposes, it is definitely very cool, especially since the playbox is completely independent of any particular social networking website. (Though I have to say, I do hate their name)
Continue reading to see whats new
From the email:
The abazab Playbox has gotten a makeover and bionic overhaul.
The Playbox is a bit bigger and makes watching videos easier than ever. While you could comment back to other users with video before, we’ve beefed up the social, sharing, and interactive elements. We’re even putting together a public directory of the latest, most popular, and editor’s picks of your video clips on our website.
New ways to publish and share your Video Clips
* You can instantly share your video clips with other abazab users by sending it to their Playboxes as a video comment. (Mobile Phone, Webcam, Upload)
* You can grab an individual video clip within its own mini-player and publish it to your blog, website, or bulletin board.
* You can share an abazab Playbox with your friends with the support of multiple email addresses and phone numbers.
* You can send an email invitation to your friends to visit your website and check out your latest videos too.
Better Privacy and Control features
* You can mark messages as private so that only you can view them in your Playbox when you are logged in.
* You can send private video messages to other abazab users that only they can watch.
* You can moderate and approve video comments coming in to your abazab Playbox before they’re published to the world.
* You can choose and change what you want for your default outgoing video clip.