"Perfect for making a one-touch “call home” button"
- The Well Appointed Desk
"Fortunately, one developer was tricky enough to figure out how to make this common feature request a reality" - AppStrom.net
Pumba is this amazing new way of calling people. We have figured our a way to add contacts to your iPhone home screen like an application. You can then tap on a contact icon to give your friend a call.
This new piece of technology allows you to have beautiful looking thumbnails on your iPhone home screen. You don't have to reduce you near and dear ones to a name on a list. They can have a special place on you iPhone home screen. Calling them now is just a tap away.
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The project during the stealth development mode was called Pumba and every body really liked it so it stuck. You can also check out our learning around naming a product.
Shubham Goel is a hard core products guy. He has a B.Tech and Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Kanpur, India. For his thesis he worked with General Motors on optimizing the steering system. He has worked on India’s first Nano satellite JUGNU and also helped develop a gadget for the Indian railways. He currently works on making travel in India a more comfortable experience. He believes in multiplicity of work areas and the strength of inter-disciplinary collaboration.
He pretends to be a master photographer and skater by carrying around the respective equipments.
I just felt inspired by all the amazing things that were happening in this space and wanted to be a part of it. Nothing less, nothing more.
You can download the media kit from: http://whatanapp.com/pumba/Pumba_Media_Kit.zip
Check out the video demo at: http://vimeo.com/23574182
Write to me at hello@whatanapp.com or if you are visiting New Delhi or Lucknow we can meet over coffee. I'll pay.
For support write to hello@whatanapp.com
Divyam for talking about it
Dada for the late night snacks
Praneeth in the hope that he might help with the infra some day
Malik for the idea
Lut4rp for the spell check and feedback
other wierdos at IN
Jan 6,2011 Version1 reached Gold Master
Mar15,2011 Available on the app store
Mar19,2011 Review by Winandmac.com
Mar26,2011 Review by iPhoneHelp.in
Mar26,2011 Review by iPhone Life
Mar26,2011 Review by The Well Appointed Desk
Apr23,2011 Review by AppStrom.net
Apr23,2011 Featured on iOSinspires.me
Apr30,2011 Pumba updated to vr 1.0.1