Sometimes you begin to play with a new application, and you are immediately hooked. Before you are even sure exactly what the service is, or what it does, or what it will do, you know: this is something exciting.
Pip.io is such a startup and product. It bills itself as a social OS, taglined as “What Wave Should Have Been.” Quite large claims for itself, if I may.
But it delivers. If you follow me on Twitter you will know that I have been giving out some invites trying to get some friends into the service to play with. I did, and have been having a bang up time.
Pip.io is part chat application, part location service, part Twitter and Facebook app, and part platform. It is hard to encapsulate. Here, this screenshot will help:
As you can see, the application is run from the menu on the right, with endless AJAX love oozed onto windows that you can move about, to social away with your friends.
The home area, which is pictured above, is the aggregate of your experience, bringing in all streams that you have, where they be commented on in a simple fashion. This feels something like Cliqset, although it feels quite different.
The application is a very powerful social experience, but it is very, very new. Sadly, it means that (a bit like Wave) not everyone has gotten in yet.
But, we have invites for everyone! Go register and use the code thenextweb. If you need someone to talk to, feel free to add me.
Pip.io is launching a number of new things with the forthcoming 1.0 launch, but for now the beta is as betas are: not finished, but you can see the potential.
Rarely have I been as intrigued and excited about an application, as I am with Pip.io. Head in, take a look, and tell me what you think.We will be covering Pip.io more in the coming months.
couldnt register signed up but there was no submit button, can you send an invite to deonduke@hotmail.com?
Yes done. Checked the sign up process, seems fine. What is your computer config?
This really looks interesting!
I tried to register, but the application keeps telling me, that the invitation code thenextweb is invalid.
Added you via invite. Asked around, the code is working for everyone else.
Invitation code works perfectly! Really like those invites, get your readers also involved with new services/start-ups/innovations :)
About the service, I am not really convinced, mainly because I don’t yet get a clear clue about it. Is this an extra layer/platform or more a mash-up with Twitter/Facebook streams.
But will invite some friends to get a better understanding.
Yup the code is working all fine.
The interface looks amazing.
Though is it a bug? The main invitation page says ‘Only 15 invitations per day’ . But If i login my Gmail and try to invite friends i have unlimited invitations to send?!
Google Reader integration is a must needed thing. If Friend feed is added it would be amazing so basically they could cover everything.
But the main question is, do we need so many social applications to work on?
Invitations works perfectly. try using the TAB key when you switch between fields on the registration form. that did the trick for me.
Can you send me a invite to the email associated with this comment?
Thank you.
Can you please send me an invite to the e-mail associated?
Thx =)
plz if you can invite me >> send to me one
Use the code “thenextweb,” until the code runs out.
The top left of the screenshot reminds me of the top left area of my Ubuntu desktop.