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Wow, it's been a looong time since I posted something here. Lots of spider webs to clean up...
Anyway, I'm posting this entry to tell the world about this cool new thing I started using out of lately. It's called Cinch and it's the best thing since sliced-bread.
Seriously, this little birdie is better than Twitter and Evernote combined together!
It allows the user to post a short message (like twitter), a photo (like brightkite) and an audio stream (like
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But the killer-feature (secret-sauce) of this service is its usability. You can post your media-shots from the iPhone app, which is fantastic AND free. It just works. It's the best free app in its category. (I ditched the built-in audio recorder in the iPhone presto due to this app). And if you don't have an iPhone, all you have to do is set up your mobile phone number in the Cinch web-service and make a call to a Cinch number (us phone only). Your phone call will be recorded and immediately posted on your wall and RSS stream. Now, that's A GREAT IDEA and a great implementation!
![Cinch powered by blogtalkradio](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2730/4041678139_d9aa5e8db4_o.jpg)
I use Cinch to record live music events. These are my most precious memories. I was using Evernote to do that, but their iPhone app is buggy and sound quality simply sucks compared to Cinch's. Mailing mp4 from the iPhone built-in audio recorder also sucks, because you have to limit it to less than a couple of minutes, while full live songs usually take three to six minutes. So, I fell in love with the Cinch iPhone app, because it just works, plus, it adds a photo to your audio stream and a 140chars message. Finally, the sound quality is good-enough and the audio length is long enough to record full live songs.
What's missing? Video. Video's missing. Badly. Adding an option to choose between audio or video would have made it a total killer!
I seriously believe Cinch could become the best mobile social media platform. Best combo so far to use with your mobile phone or iPhone. What do you think? Have you tried out Cinch yet?
*UPDATE*: I forgot to mention that Cinch is powered by BlogTalkRadio (BTR), the technology that pipes audio streams from phone calls or mp3/4 files into rss feeds. BTW, we already covered BTR in this blog almost two years ago...