Pinger

For other uses, see Pinger (disambiguation).

Pinger, Inc. is a US telecom provider for free texts, pictures, calls, and voicemails.^[1] Pinger was founded in 2005 by former Palm, Inc. managers Greg Woock (CEO of Pinger, Inc) and Joe Sipher. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California.^{[citation needed]}

Pinger

Company type	Corporation
Industry	Texting and VoIP
Founded	April 2005; 20 years ago (2005-04)
Founders	Greg Woock Joe Sipher
Headquarters	San Jose, California, U.S.
Key people	Greg Woock (CEO)
Products	Textfree, Sideline, Index
Website	www.pinger.com

History

Pinger was founded in 2005^[2] by Greg Woock and Joe Sipher.^[3] At first, the company created the Pinger Phone in 2008, which consolidated phone, email, and messaging contacts and communications.^[2][4] The free texting features were converted into a separate iPhone app called Textfree.^[2] Pinger was initially focused exclusively on mobile messaging, but started developing other smartphone apps after Apple released the iPhone software development kit (SDK).^[2]

Products

The company has released several apps, mostly being available on iOS, Android, Microsoft Windows and Macintosh.

Textfree

Main article: Textfree

Textfree is an app that allows user to call and text using a real phone number for free. The app has a free ad-supported version and a paid version. The app allows you to text anyone in the world.^[5]

Sideline

Sideline is an app that adds a second phone number to your phone using technology similar to Textfree. It's available for iOS, Android, Microsoft Windows and Macintosh.^[6] Their official website is sideline.com.

Index

Index is an app that provides a designated business phone number with voice and text capabilities. Index also provides automated text messaging for businesses.^[7]