On Zook

By Hook or By Zook

zenx — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 04:06:21 +0000

The Hindu has covered Zook across multiple editions today.

While unintended, this may have the side-effect of getting Z-o-o-k pronounced similar to hook - which may not be a bad thing - it might associate the search engine with speed (Zuk - like something moving fast?)

Music! Legal, Cheap, Good stuff!

zenx — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:07:30 +0000

We’ve partnered with Hummaa to make all their awesome music available for download on your phone! Its legal, its cheap (at 6/- a song, ringtones cost more) and you can find that Rafi or Gulzar song that the carriers never seem to advertise. Or the ocean of lovely Carnatic music you might pick from.

Go ahead and explore….

Ice-cream Wednesday

zenx — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:01:32 +0000

Ajay just got us all ice cream - butterscotch and chocolate. An interesting discussion ensued about whether Amul was better than Kwality, and if only Indian brands were allowed to deal in dairy based products.

Answer to that question about dairy products ? I dunno, ask Zook.

Bangalore’s experiencing great weather. The traffic’s on the upswing. On the site, not on the roads.And there’s a nice long weekend coming up. Happy Ugadi all (grab Ugadi stuff for your mobile!)

[ Who's buying ice-cream next week? ]

More goodies for your phone

zenx — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:08:39 +0000

As a follow up to the last post, there’s tons more you can find and download for your phone!

Ringtones: Jazz , Pink Floyd, The Kill Bill Whistle, 007 themes and even ringtones for the Pink Panther fans!

Games: Racing stuff, chess, card games, Sudoku!

Applications: Even more Sudoku, SMS apps, Video.

I guess flight delays will be less boring with all this stuff Happy hunting, and let us know if there’s other cool stuff we should keep adding on Zook.

We all love free stuff

zenx — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 06:23:36 +0000

A little snooping around all the content we’ve been adding recently got some interesting stuff (and converted even me, who’s never downloaded a ringtone in my life, to do that!).

If you’re so inclined, there’s Mantras you can use, or various sirens if thats your thing. There’s various other ways of getting you to pick up the phone, some very amusing Rock, F1, bells, funny ones, there’s all kinds of stuff you can download for nothing at all. Go ahead and find it - its fun and its free.

There’s also tons of pictures you could use, and mobile games and applications - all through one search box.

We continue to work to bring more and more interesting, useful stuff for you. Keep zook.in!

P.S. Reminder : you can also download and use the Zook client for S60 3rd Ed. phones - check out if there’s one for yours….

Extremely Sorry for the SMS flood

zenx — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:04:28 +0000

Yesterday, owing to a configuration mess-up, some alerts were sent out multiple times to users - with a few users really bearing the brunt of the flood

We’ve since paused alerts, and are working on the fix. Please accept our apologies for this - it was truly inadvertent and we’ll be putting up a extra checks to ensure there is no repeat of such an error.

Really, really sorry.

Happy Valentines Day

zenx — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:22:36 +0000

Pink Unmentionables or not, we at Zook wish you a Happy Valentines Day.

Here’s some gifts you can share : some lovely Telugu Songs absolutely free!

You can also find some beautiful messages to sent to your Valentines.

Have a rocking day and may there be zero moral interference in your Valentine transmission

Zook Client Featured on Nokia

zenx — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:51:35 +0000

The Zook S60 Client on the Mobisy Platform was the featured App on Nokia

Another post about the same.

You can download it by pointing your phone here.

This is early days for the client - and we’d like your feedback on the same. What else would you like to see ? Whats good ? Whats bad ? What else ?

Before you go buy that …..

zenx — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:12:58 +0000

Check things out on Zook - O2S have added tons of great deals for your locality, your brand and service.

Great Beauty Services Offers in Bangalore

Best Digital Camera Prices in Mumbai

Best Samsung Deals Across Delhi!!

Check out Bangalore Laptop offers

Call up O2S at the given number, and they’ll help you out with more offers, and in fact find for you exactly what you’re looking for. Less headaches, better prices!

Special M-Coupons for Mumbaikars

zenx — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:14:45 +0000

Our coupons and deals partners, Open2Save, have gotten some special deals in Mumbai. These will not be available through search, but you can subscribe for the same for delivery every month through SMS.

How ? SMS “O2S mum” to 57575665

You’ll get a the current deals in your Inbox (and we’ll keep sending fresh ones once in a while) - if any specific one catches your fancy, just SMS the keyword for that deal to us, and we’ll send you the coupon you need to show the store/restaurant before you order/buy stuff.

Happy shopping!

[ Tip: for the readers of this blog - 984-551-9665 - thats 984-551-zook on your phone-keypad - will work as well for now. If we see more usage on the long code - we'll move to one for good. Its a Karnataka number so in other circles you'll need to prefix a +91 or 0 - +91-984-551-9665 ]