Consider a scenario in which you desperately need some extra
memory in your computer, or a particular component to fix your sound system, or
possibly you have a guitar that you need to get rid of. The obvious thing is to
go to a shop, part with lots money and possibly get some help. But you can't do
that, seeing as most of your time is spent in class on campus. The next best
alternative is to put up a poster, with no guarantee that you'll find what
you're looking for at all.
Walking past any notice board, public place or other venue
around any campus and one is constantly bombarded by the eyesore that has
become the unspoken go to medium of communication-the poster. Stacked on top of
each other, strewn across the floor around or just barely pinned/glued to the
boards, these posters seem to be in a never ending fight for the attention of
some intended audience who just as quickly dismiss them. Their efficacy
notwithstanding, posters, flyers and the like are a costly, environmentally unfriendly
and a poor medium for communication and feedback
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Unisoko's Home Screen |
Designed as a mobile application by Vivian Chenane, Evans
Ogola, and Kibet Elkanah, Unisoko, seeks to bridge the gap between buyer and
seller by conveniently providing an online marketplace where a seller can post
a listing for a particular product they wish to sell with a buyer finding it
relatively easy to find what they are looking for. Vivian, taking Bachelors in
Mathematics and Computer Science, and Evans and Kibet, who are both taking Bachelors
in Computer Technology, developed this app to address this concern. With
Unisoko,
one is able to browse through various listings, find a particular product of
interest and contact the seller from the convenience of their phone.
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The Seller's Log in |
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Product Listing |
This application has been successfully uploaded to
Ovi store where it is available as a
free download and will work on any Nokia phone. Plans are at an advanced stage to have the Android version on Google Play in mid-June. Unisoko was voted as second best in the Mobile Garage Students' Exhibition. It is also under pilot test in campus (JKUAT) with the aim of capturing how users
will take advantage of the app, what they'll use if for and its general
reception. Towards this end, the developers are calling on you to download the
app and give it a try with any and all comments and thoughts welcome. They also
have plans underway to have the app integrated with sms functionality such that
one can interact with the service without having to go online i.e. sms query
response.
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Product Categories |
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Selling through sms |
How would I show my support for this if I did not download it. Giving it a try pap! Give you the feedback later.
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