Topic: [ANN] Zippie: Turn your smartphone into a blockchain powerhouse - page 8. (Read 2434 times)

Why did you choose to co-exist rather than completely isolate your operating system, I wonder if companies like the google and microft will let you do that and that can arise to many issues and bugs because co-exixting or combining two operating system is quite hard. So this is just like a swithcher app? Where you can switch what operating system will you choose to use.
IMHO, I think if you can accumulate a decent budget it is better to ake your own, very own operating system, not just co-exist with other O.S.

I would like to know when this operating system will be released so that we can try it out. This operating system working on the blockchain I think will work wonders for the users and the crypto economy as well. So I wish the company all the success it needs for it to prosper.

In short, as long as i hold my tokens from the time i have purchased it, i will get 10% of it every three months, right?

We've passed 500 Twitter followers and 300 Telegram members today. Thanks for all supporters!

We aim to launch the platform and release ZIP token in March 2018.

Main sale could be before this, but as mentioned, it's to be decided. Let's first see how this ongoing pre-sale goes

30% pre-sale bonus is released in three batches after ZIP token is released:
10% 3 months after token released
10% 6 months after token released
10% 9 months after token is released
Pre-sale contributors are eligible for the bonus at the time of its release if they still hold the full amount of ZIP tokens purchased in the pre-sale. This is to encourage long-term hodling and support of the project.

thank you so much dev because you responded quickly.. so are you gonna release the product first before scheduling the official tokens sale? and that 30% bonus will be distributed WITHIN the 9 months? or after  9 months?

Check the video too, summarizes our vision nicely

Good to hear, you're welcome to sign up to our Telegram to be the first to know when we launch

Yes, our pre-sale is ongoing, with a $3M hard cap.

Pre-sale price: 1 ZIPT = 0.03 USD.

There are total of 1 billion ZIP tokens, of which max 100 million (10%) will be sold in the pre-sale.

Moreover, each pre-sale contributor gets a 30% bonus, which is distributed during the following 9 months after the pre-sale. Please see more in our website.

The details of the main sale are not defined yet (schedule, pricing etc). However, the 30% bonus is available only for pre-sale contributors.

as you said that your pre sale have just started, i want to know what is the hard cap of your pre sale? and how much does it cost each? what is the difference of your prices between the pre sale and the official token sale?

Exactly. We want to create a "safe place" in your phone where you can fully control your data and transactions. Thanks for the encouraging words!

For the past year, we've been building the core components of the system such as digital identity management and containerisation. We're aiming to launch the first version of the platform in March 2018.

In our pre-sale, contributors who contribute at least 5 ETH will receive a Sony Xperia X smartphone with this first version of Zipper platform pre-installed, in addition to ZIP tokens.

You can check more details about the roadmap from our Whitepaper.

Yes, it's very important that we're able to offer Zipper for people across different price points. Actually, we see the biggest potential for blockchain based services in the emerging markets, where people are not locked in to the current legacy systems such as banks.

As a further background, we know from experience that offering your own OS to ODMs and OEMs is an extremely hard sell. Firstly, smartphone manufacturers and vendors want to control the user experience (look and feel, pre-installed apps etc.) of their devices. Secondly, working with a new OS requires a significant engineering effort from the manufacturers.

Thus, for device manufacturers to adopt a new OS, the business case has to significant (read: it should bring them tens of millions of new customers). You can think it also this way: excluding Apple, how many of the top 30 smartphone brands globally are using other OS than their own customised Android?

Our approach is a bit different: instead of trying to replace the OS, Zipper aims to co-exist with it. This way, device manufacturers can still use the OS of their choice, and enhance it with Zipper and its value-adding features. End-users will get the best of both worlds. Moreover, for the manufacturers, pre-installing Zipper experience to their devices will be almost as easy as pre-installing a normal app; a much more lightweight process than adopting a totally new mobile operating system.

I'm very intrigued about the part of users turning their mobile phones into hard wallets. Great concept and feasible too from what I've read

So to put it simply, you're going to make it economically possible to be bought by ordinary individuals. Good concept.
By the way, what's your progress (now) in creating the software, are you in the plot, in the middle or you have a software that is ready to be launched after the crowdsale?

Bringing blockchain tech to mobile systems is an awesome idea. so good luck on your project..

From security to use, this project gives me a refreshing feeling, I can't wait to use it. wish the project and presale go smoothly.

Actually this is not an ICO. The team called it Pre-sale. ICO word is not allowed for this project.

like the website :0

They might knew already it well, Im excited for such a new concept ICO, this will be a success and since Im a Sony Unit user, Ill definitely try it once its launch, hope everything will went well, Goodluck!