# Say Hello To HelloTxt As Status Update Service Space Heats Up - Host: [gigaom.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/gigaom.com/) - Saved: May 1, 2009 (2009-05-01T05:10:39Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/66966c6b7bfb/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/66966c6b7bfb.json ## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words) Written by Eric Berlin. Just as services designed to help social media enthusiasts manage multiple online profiles are becoming increasingly popular, services designed to manage posting status updates and communication to multiple online profiles are becoming plentiful as well. Recently, I covered Ping.fm, which has now been joined by Italy-based HelloTxt, a similar product that allows users to update a host of social networking, social media and blogging platforms, all at once. Like Ping.fm, HelloTxt allows you to update a large number of online profiles and publishing platforms through a single entry field. (They claim to support 45 social networks as compared to 30 for Ping.fm.) Upon registering for HelloTxt, youre given the option to add your active profiles from a wide array of services, such as Twitter, Bebo and Remember The Milk. The number of characters in the status entry field count up so that you can make sure to cut status messages off at the all-important 140 mark, to keep with Twitters character limit. A nifty feature included in the status entry area is the ability to post in the future, setting the date for a status update ahead of time. Beyond text status messages, images can be posted using your Flickr account, video via YouTube, music and audio files via Blip.fm, and streaming video via Seesmic. HelloTxt is accessible through the web, and can also be updated via email, SMS, and Google Talk. An API is also offered that allows developers to install the service on other web sites or apps, a popular trend for status update and microblogging products. It would seem that HelloTxt is an emerging player in the status update space. The company claims that it has attained 30,000 users with no marketing to date, with 35 percent of daily status updates coming from third-party sites, through its API. Like any evolving web product, it has some rough edges that should be worked out over time. For example, after adding a product (such as Bebo) to your HelloTxt account, you can add that same account again later; an indication that youve already added it would be helpful. It must also be noted that HelloTxts tagline, we are status, is quite catchy! Whats your take on the growing popularity of status update services such as Ping.fm and HelloTxt? ## Facts - Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/) ## Same host - [Star Tribune To Give Some 'Deeper' Stories To Print Subscribers Exclusively](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/6684f45575f0/) (gigaom.com, March 31, 2009) - [Amazon Acquires Popular iPhone E-Reader App Stanza](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/33d65b8f1c09/) (gigaom.com, April 28, 2009) - [Researcher-Entrepreneur JV CircLabs To Offer Publishers New Ad-Targeting Service](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/a357e23cdddd/) (gigaom.com, May 28, 2009) - [King of Pop Proves to be King of Traffic: MJ’s Online Memorial Pushes Internet’s Limits](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/e4724995e3a9/) (gigaom.com, July 7, 2009) - [Why Diversification Results In Mediocrity](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/9ecc5afda774/) (gigaom.com, July 12, 2009) ## Saved the same week - [ECASD - Departments - Student Services - Student Support](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/8b06a03eb433/) (ecasd.k12.wi.us, April 30, 2009) - [Is Twitter making us stupider?](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/6b157dc78aed/) (roughtype.com, May 1, 2009) - [Mint Makes Money Saving Into a Game (And We've Got Invites)](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/bd23c688adbf/) (lifehacker.com, May 1, 2009) - [Garricks SXSW 2009 Showcasing Artists Picks](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/ec387d935165/) (garrickvanburen.com, May 1, 2009) - [We'll be right back](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/33cab16b0567/) (geni.com, May 1, 2009) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://gigaom.com/2009/04/30/say-hello-to-hellotxt-as-status-update-service-space-heats-up/