50-100 ruppees a month? Are you kidding me? I get free dilbert in my email everyday from scott adam’s official syndicator. charging 1-2 dollar for just medium conversion is stupidly expensive, absurd and practically no service value. I can check my email on my java enabled cellphone (gmail app) and view the strips in my phone’s default picture viewer. I wouldn’t pay a ruppee to this rip-off service.

[Nash]

1. What are the steps to subscribe to the syndicator

2. Do you get a list if latest and archived comics

3. I think with a paid servive customers can also demand for improvements but not really for a free one.

[Nash]

You are comparing apples to oranges. Here is the apple-apple comparison:

Djuice Comics - Rs.50/month (less than a USD)
Makes a total of less than 11 dollars a year

Comics Extra by Scott Adams - 19.95 USD a year

I’ll rather take Djuice comics over Comics Extra.

Sounds like we have some strong Telenor Evangelists here

But I’ll be nice here and answer all questions raised by Asif (slow office day today :p)

@Asif
1. What are the steps to subscribe to the syndicator

You fillout a 3-field form (email, password, verify password). Which is smaller than this comment form box on this blog. And as you can see, you and I have no problems in commenting multiple times a day.

2. Do you get a list of latest and archived comics

Yes to both

3. I think with a paid service customers can also demand for improvements but not really for a free one.

Probably service delivery improvements but not the content itself. You can send your feedback to the authors whenever you want regardless of subscription service

On your Observations
1. Inconvenient(steps and time)

Like I’ve said, its more simpler than putting a this comment in

2. No choice of comic strips

You can register with any of 138 comics provider by scott’s syndicators- I guarantee these are more than what djuice can offer

3. Forced newsletter subscription

I have been a registered user for 4 years now, never received any newsletter. But if you’re comparing, Telenor spams you on a regular basis

Finally your apple-apple comparison is flawed. The offer from djuice is one comic per strip a day, and wap archive access for a dollar.

Dilbert Basic offers the same but for free. I’m not sure why you’re quoting the wrong package for extra content.

Annnnnyway, my only qualm is with the price, not with the tech; this needs to be virtually free (or standard data-rates apply). I’m pretty sure the comic creators (scott in this case) probably don’t get a cut from this deal.

*goes back to work*

Hmm… yes some of these comments are trying to get out glowing reviews — it wont happen for a simple service like this, even if there are happy users out there.

Consumer evangelism will start with “purple cow” type of products — something truly remarkable.

I think Nash is right in that charges in addition to WAP data push charges seem like an overkill — I thought the Rs.50 charge would include WAP charges as well (they should be able to calculate this easily enough).

Maybe someone from Telenor can clarify.

Qazi, a 50+ year old CEO unwinding with Comics? That sounds like a sad, sad, life!

What about the youth segment — maybe we all forgot that that’s what the comics are targeted to anyway. Would your average 14-year old with a cellphone know how to get free comics?

Hey [Nash] and [Bilal] how about sharing a snapshot of the comic strip view on your cell phone screens to have a comparison of format quality. Thanks.

[Nash] text missing but I get the idea

hey we don’t have an image attachment utility here with the comments. Blog editorial for comments?