Our Startup Weekend Project

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Our Startup Weekend Project

Hey everyone! We would like feedback on our Startup Weekend project, DropSend ( Temporary name ) Here's our pitch: We want to change the way you send files to your friends or contact. Because let's face it,sending a file by email feels really clunky and is limited by the size, Instant Messenger is slow and you need to be online and finally Dropbox while perfect for storing files, doesn't really fit this use case. With our desktop application, one click (and we mean it), is all it takes to send a file. Imagine dragging a file of any size to one edge of your computer screen and see a dock appear with the faces of your friends or colleague. Dropping the file on one of their face will send it to them whether they are online or not. On the other side, your friend, once connected, only needs to accept your request on his computer ( X-Platform client) for the transfers to begin. The transfer is fully encrypted and if your friend is on the same local network, there is no need for an internet connection. When offline, the file is temporary stored on our servers. Monetization would be achieved with monthly bandwidth quotas on files sent through the web. The cross platform client is nearly ready. ( should be really usable in the next few hours ) and we are trying some UI ideas. We set up a landing page for now so you can check it out at http://www.dropsendapp.com If you like the idea, just click download you won't download anything for now, but it will count as "vote" for our market validation. Cheers!