Today, on stage at TheNextWeb Conference, we officially launched Onavo on the iPhone App Store, available in all countries (for iOS 4.0 and above). Download Onavo now from the App Store to regain control of your phone’s data usage and save on data charges!
You can also download the tune of the video (the whistle) to your smartphone, in m4r or mp3 formats.
What is Onavo?
Onavo empowers smartphone and tablet users to regain control of their mobile data usage, by providing a service that makes mobile data consumption efficient, transparent and manageable.
Our 1st app is an iPhone one that saves money by compressing the iPhone’s data usage. Once installed, users can go back to using the phone as normal. In the background, data usage from all apps is compressed, allowing users to double or even triple their existing data plan. Onavo even allows users to see which apps are costing them money, by showing a breakdown of each app and its data usage.
Whether at home with a capped plan or abroad paying data roaming charges, Onavo’s app lets users get more out of their data plans.
Head over to onavo.com to learn more.
April 29, 2011 at 8:06 pm, Biba said:
You should clearly state that it doesn’t support Verizon IPhone.
April 29, 2011 at 8:19 pm, Dvir Reznik said:
Thanks for the comment.
You are right, we’ll amend it.
April 30, 2011 at 12:19 pm, borngk said:
When I tried to register it on my iPhone it said my operator is not supported yet. How can I know which operator is supported?
April 30, 2011 at 1:41 pm, Dvir Reznik said:
Onavo supports official iPhone carriers (no iPad/iPod Touch) only.
A complete list of those carriers is available here: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1937
July 07, 2011 at 11:51 pm, sam said:
I have Verizon in the US and an iPhone4 and it says my operator is not supported…?
July 14, 2011 at 11:42 pm, Dvir Reznik said:
Pam,
In the US we only support AT&T at this stage – our sincere apologies.
Our team is working with Verizon to bring Onavo to you as well.
Dvir
April 30, 2011 at 2:59 pm, Fran said:
What about battery usage and the speed of surfing. Does it affect that?
April 30, 2011 at 4:00 pm, Dvir Reznik said:
There is no affect on both battery and performance. The compression is done on the server-side, not on the iPhone itself. In terms of surfing speed – other users have reported faster loading times, thanks to Onavo.
May 01, 2011 at 10:37 pm, GerryMc said:
Hello, great idea but I’m with O2 in the UK and am being told by the App that the operator isn’t supported ……
May 02, 2011 at 1:46 am, Dvir Reznik said:
Gerard,
Thanks for the kind words!
We had reports of connectivity issues with O2 UK and temporarily disabled it from our supported operators list while our team resolves this issue.
Please visit our forum for announcements on the matter: http://getsatisfaction.com/onavo
May 02, 2011 at 12:31 pm, GerryMc said:
I’m happy to report it’s working fine now . Thanks !
May 02, 2011 at 3:00 pm, Dvir Reznik said:
Thanks Gerard!
May 02, 2011 at 6:06 pm, Mikel said:
I’ve a free iPhone and a spanish carrier (SIMYO) that operates with Orange signal. I’ve installed the app but It said my operator is not supported yet.
It would be possible in the future that ONAVO works with this carriers?
Thanks
May 03, 2011 at 5:27 pm, Dvir Reznik said:
Hi Mikel,
We have published a post on our forum, with an updated list of supported devices and carriers. Indeed SIMYO isn’t there, yet, but we’ll work on it now.
http://getsatisfaction.com/onavo/topics/updated_list_of_supported_devices_and_operators
Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
May 03, 2011 at 1:58 pm, Mukund said:
Guys – thanks for the app – it reports savings of over 90% synchronizing my Exchange emails from Google!!!
One thing I’m curious about though: the account is set up with SSL for security, how would you compress encrypted traffic?
May 03, 2011 at 4:23 pm, Dvir Reznik said:
Hi,
Glad you liked it – thanks!
Indeed, Onavo does not compress SSL traffic as it is encrypted and, as you say, contains private information. Therefore, your sensitive information is kept safe. The Exception is Exchange Mail traffic, which Onavo does really well for (90% in your case!), and thus asks for explicit permission to access its contents. If you are uncomfortable with that it can always be turned off in the application settings (located at the top-right corner of the app).
May 05, 2011 at 8:31 am, Jeff said:
Are you planning to support IPhone 3G on Pelephone?
May 05, 2011 at 9:33 am, Dvir Reznik said:
Jeff,
We have a known issue with iPhone 3G devices and are working to resolve it. Please check the forum for updates on that issue: http://getsatisfaction.com/onavo/topics/an_issue_with_iphone_3g_device_known_problem
Thanks!
May 05, 2011 at 10:58 am, Aviho said:
Hi, could you please add few words or slides on how does the compression works? are you re formatting the data hence reducing the traffic or compressing and then decompressing at your end (in the www)?
Concept is great! app is working fine?
To feel more comfortable any info you can share will be great!
May 05, 2011 at 11:34 am, Dvir Reznik said:
Hi Aviho,
Please read this post on our forum: http://getsatisfaction.com/onavo/topics/how_does_the_compression_thing_works_can_i_control_it
Dvir.
May 06, 2011 at 10:09 am, Alon said:
When will Onavo be availible for Android?
May 11, 2011 at 12:04 am, Gavin said:
Virgin Mobile is not supported in South Africa… why not?
May 11, 2011 at 12:39 am, Dvir Reznik said:
Gavin,
Thanks for posting.
As we said on our forum (http://bit.ly/jhthM9), if an operator isn’t supported, we’ll work on adding it. Can you please email us so we can continue the discussion there? support@onavo.com
Dvir.
May 23, 2011 at 8:17 pm, Honey, I Shrunk the Mobile Data Use! | TechDiem.com said:
[...] for consumers, but it’s opening up new opportunities for startups. One of these, Onavo, launched last month, and claims to help iOS users reduce the amount of monthly bandwidth on their 3G-enabled iPhones [...]
May 24, 2011 at 12:53 am, Honey, I Shrunk the Mobile Data Use! - DotNetMobile said:
[...] for consumers, but it’s opening up new opportunities for startups. One of these, Onavo, launched last month, and claims to help iOS users reduce the amount of monthly bandwidth on their 3G-enabled iPhones [...]
May 24, 2011 at 2:11 am, Honey, I Shrunk the Mobile Data Use!: Broadband News and Analysis « said:
[...] for consumers, but it’s opening up new opportunities for startups. One of these, Onavo, launched last month, and claims to help iOS users reduce the amount of monthly bandwidth on their 3G-enabled iPhones [...]
May 25, 2011 at 4:45 pm, Karim Boubker said:
Seems like a pretty cool app. I also found it useful to use Fonmigo (http://www.fonmigo.com/) on my trip to London. It’s an easy way to rent a local smartphone or a mobile wifi to get rid of nasty roaming charges!
August 09, 2011 at 11:08 pm, Top 6 Must-Have Travel Apps | onavo :: blog said:
[...] does photos, videos and audio), over your data plan instead of text messaging plan! When our team launched Onavo in Amsterdam back in April, they used WhatsApp between them to communicate – as even with data roaming [...]
October 18, 2011 at 6:06 pm, Fanchi said:
Hi I have operator in aruba Setar, is it posible to get it supported
October 21, 2011 at 7:31 pm, Dvir Reznik said:
Hi Fanchi,
We’ll pass your request to our product team.
Thanks for commenting!
December 04, 2011 at 4:16 pm, Kiki said:
Safaricom Kenya not supported. Would onavo get it supported please.
January 25, 2012 at 4:47 pm, L said:
On AT&T in US IOS 4.33 – Device not supported?
I thought you supported AT&T (GSM).
May 03, 2013 at 10:33 am, Michael said:
Ipods and iPads seem most vulnerable and needing a VPN as they are most likely to connect to public wifi networks. There are other apps that work with them. Why are they not supported? Will they be?