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Odigo Messenger

January 11, 2009 by Jeff Hester  
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Odigo "radar"

Odigo "radar"

At one time, back in 2001, Odigo offered multi-protocol connectivity and features that haven’t been matched today.  The interface was quirky and fun, with an innovative “radar” interface that let you discover other people with similar interests who were also online. 

Odigo was skinnable to express your personality, brandable through a partner program, and one of the first applications to incorporate a mood indicator. 

In May 2002, Comverse acquired Odigo for $20 million. 

Up until about 2004, Odigo provided connectivity with ICQ, AIM, Yahoo! Messenger and MSN Messenger (now known as Windows Live Messenger, or just WLM).  Comverse had other ideas for Odigo, and maintaining an advertiser-supported public IM program was not part of their plan. Beginning in August of 2004, the Odigo network began experiencing connectivity problems. 

First to go was the multi-network connectivity with AIM, ICQ, et. al.

Finally in April 2006, Odigo breathed its last gasp. 

Odigo was an interesting, innovative product. In some ways, way ahead of its time.

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5 Responses to “Odigo Messenger”
  1. johnny says:
    June 7, 2009 at 1:30 am

    i miss odigo so much…that thing was so much fun

  2. Nan says:
    June 10, 2009 at 9:46 pm

    I wish they would bring Odigo back. I really liked it!!

  3. aquagreen says:
    June 22, 2009 at 11:04 am

    I also miss odigo…

  4. LOREANNA says:
    June 29, 2009 at 1:59 pm

    Odigo provided a wonderful connection to interesting ppl all over the world. The ppl searches, the locations and ppl on line privisions were perfection.

    The easy of use, the visibilty of ppl on line, and the graphics were so right for everyone.

    Truly very far ahead of its time because nothing today matches it… Nothing!

    All the messanger services today are lined up in a poor way. They provide a poor visual experience for the user. I do not enjoying their connections, their easy of use, their corporate style I guess.

    Please bring ‘Odigo’ back!

    LoReaNNa (Canada)

  5. Samarpandas says:
    October 28, 2009 at 10:33 pm

    Sir, this news is very much painful.!! In 2001 I first got ODIGO got engrossed with it. My world was ODIGO with so many good friends.we shared our haapy time. i was really haapy those day.But being an middle-class Indian I could not afford anymore the cost of internet and finally had to stop surfing.since that time i had saw a lot of ups and downs in my life with financial tumult. Now I am teacher in a college.six months ago I again planned to reunite with my ODIGO FRIENDS'..ALAS..I could not find them as ODIGO was the only medium to do it.Now i find Chen, Kaska, Ina, Alya are lost forever from my life.But I have their photographs.This is the consolation.God Bless them…

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