Pownce Pownces on Twitter And Releases Mobile App

Pownce, the Twitter-like messaging web site that not only allows you to share messages with friends but also files, links, and events quietly release a mobile version today. You can check it out at m.pownce.com. I tried Pownce out for a while when it was first released, but like Twitter at first, I didn’t really “get it”. Since then I have been using Twitter almost exclusively and lost track of Pownce.

I think Twitter has really gotten the better of it though. I mean the only reason people were on Pownce the other day is because Twitter had a downtime …. You know who you all are (shashib …) In any case, as soon as I saw the announcement I grabbed my iPhone and went to check it out.

I will say that I actually really liked it. Clean interface. There are several options. You are able to send a message, to a group or private ones as well from the same page which I like over the mobile twitter clients. You can send a link, a file (this does not work on the iPhone), and what is very cool is the ability to send an event. This could come in very handy.

I think the release of this could be a great move for Pownce. The one thing it was lacking when compared to Twitter was a mobile version. That seems to be the whole point of this space, or at least a very large one. Now that people have a choice, we may see a shift away from Twitter. Although the ability to SMS Twitter messages still gives it a bit of a leg up in my opinion. Not everyone has a viable web enabled phone, while most everyone has SMS. If Pownce gets that feature, it may be a horse race. And if they get the ability to send a file while mobile, the race could be over.

UPDATE: Tony Hung has a good post here about the announcement