Wednesday, 4 May 2011

Onavo Promises it Can Reduce Your Data Bill

The internet is a problem. More specifically, holding intercontinental board meetings, watching video, liking our friends’ witty comments and telling a bunch of strangers how badly we’d like to have a ham and cheese sandwich right this second via our phones is a problem, because the cost of the bandwidth used can be downright coronary inducing.
While Onavo doesn’t claim to solve the dilemma, they do offer a service (for free) that helps take the edge off. Simply put, they compress your data usage without slowing your connection speed down, reducing use by a significant percentage.
The Israeli startup has been getting a lot of attention over the last few days and there’s plans to expand the service to other devices besides the iPhone, but for now it’s purely for those rocking Apple hardware. We’ll let you know when the Android version (supposedly a few months away) is out. 
In the meantime all you non-iPhone owners can become a fan.

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