Thanks for your feedback. You’re right, you’re exactly the kind of user we’re hoping to attract, except that you’ve got a smartphone and are more tech savvy than average.

Because of that, you’re happy to switch between multiple apps to do IM, browsing, social networking, etc. Lots of the people we speak to would like all that wrapped up in one app (as bluepulse does) and people who don’t have a smartphone don’t have a good way to do social networking or IM at all.

You’re right, mobile internet charges are pretty steep in the US right now, but they’re cheaper in the rest of the world, and they’re coming down fast everywhere, including the US. Expect all-you-can eat plans at reasonable prices pretty soon, at which point, this gets much cheaper than SMS. And because you can easily group message all your friends, it’s already faster and easier. And because bluepulse works on almost all phones, on almost any carrier, it’s the platform you’re most likely to be able to reach all your friends on (most social networks expect you all to join a particular carrier – `sif!)

I think you might miss the point with the bluepulse widgets: if there’s nothing there of use to you, build your own. Bluepulse widgets have an open and free API that you can use to do some wild stuff. Just because what you’d consider wild hasn’t been built yet, doesn’t mean it can’t be built – the API is still so new. And if you can build a website, you can build a Bluepulse widget – you don’t need any of the expensive, exotic development environment you’d need to build your own Symbian or J2ME app in. Lots of our widget developers are young hobbyists, trying shit out. Go join em, mebbe?

I guess since I’m at a University I can’t accurately gage things, I mean in every building there are at least 20 terminals on the first floor where people can just go and poke around on the net while waiting for class. Lots of laptop owners as well.

I think it’s targeted for those who don’t own a smartphone. For people like you, it’s probably nothing special.