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[Translation from English to Japanese ] Pixaroll is On a Roll, Now Ships Your Printed Photos Across Asia and Australi...
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Pixaroll is On a Roll, Now Ships Your Printed Photos Across Asia and Australia
Last month, my colleague profiled the Singapore startup Pixaroll, which had just launched its photo-printing app and service in the island state. Now Pixaroll is rolling out to the rest of Asia – and to Australia as well. As we’ve mentioned before, no matter how attractive and discerning the Singaporean market is, it’s also tiny, and so homegrown startups need to explore the region as quickly as possible. Pixaroll is clearly doing that, and now ships customized photos from its iOS and Android apps to folks around the region. The startup’s founder, Ian Tay, says that photos could be processed and mailed to Hong Kong, for example, in just five days. Prices remain in Singaporean dollars for all overseas users, and so a batch of six prints will cost just SG$0.90 to mail (which is just over 70 US cents) on top of the regular printing costs. In terms of Pixaroll’s growth, Ian is coy on the numbers, but insists that initial traction is good: “Currently we are experiencing growth in terms of customers and revenue just from word of mouth publicity.” To back that up, Ian says the startup has assembled a group of early users to listen to its feedback, and is tweaking both the app and the service as a whole on the basis of that feedback. As for the cross-platform mobile apps, Ian tells us, “We’re looking at major revisions for both platforms pushing out in the month of November.” As before, the Pixaroll app lets you order prints from any photos on your phone, even if they were snapped with other apps, like Instagram. But there’s still the size restriction for now of 4×6-inch (4R) prints, which might prove off-putting to some. With smartphone cameras getting better all the time – and with native panorama support in both Android 4.0 and iOS 6 – hopefully the startup will soon expand its product line-up too.
Get the Pixaroll apps for iPhone and Android via its homepage.
Last month, my colleague profiled the Singapore startup Pixaroll, which had just launched its photo-printing app and service in the island state. Now Pixaroll is rolling out to the rest of Asia – and to Australia as well. As we’ve mentioned before, no matter how attractive and discerning the Singaporean market is, it’s also tiny, and so homegrown startups need to explore the region as quickly as possible. Pixaroll is clearly doing that, and now ships customized photos from its iOS and Android apps to folks around the region. The startup’s founder, Ian Tay, says that photos could be processed and mailed to Hong Kong, for example, in just five days. Prices remain in Singaporean dollars for all overseas users, and so a batch of six prints will cost just SG$0.90 to mail (which is just over 70 US cents) on top of the regular printing costs. In terms of Pixaroll’s growth, Ian is coy on the numbers, but insists that initial traction is good: “Currently we are experiencing growth in terms of customers and revenue just from word of mouth publicity.” To back that up, Ian says the startup has assembled a group of early users to listen to its feedback, and is tweaking both the app and the service as a whole on the basis of that feedback. As for the cross-platform mobile apps, Ian tells us, “We’re looking at major revisions for both platforms pushing out in the month of November.” As before, the Pixaroll app lets you order prints from any photos on your phone, even if they were snapped with other apps, like Instagram. But there’s still the size restriction for now of 4×6-inch (4R) prints, which might prove off-putting to some. With smartphone cameras getting better all the time – and with native panorama support in both Android 4.0 and iOS 6 – hopefully the startup will soon expand its product line-up too.
Get the Pixaroll apps for iPhone and Android via its homepage.
Pixarollが急成長中、今度はプリント写真をアジア全域とオーストラリアに発送
先月、私の同僚がシンガポールのスタートアップPixarollを紹介した。その時、同スタートアップは写真のプリントアプリおよびサービスを同国でローンチしたばかりだったが、今やその他のアジア諸国、そしてオーストライアにもサービスを提供し始めている。
先月、私の同僚がシンガポールのスタートアップPixarollを紹介した。その時、同スタートアップは写真のプリントアプリおよびサービスを同国でローンチしたばかりだったが、今やその他のアジア諸国、そしてオーストライアにもサービスを提供し始めている。
前にも触れた通り、シンガポールの市場がいかに魅力的で素晴らしいとは言っても、市場規模は小さい。だから、シンガポールのスタートアップはできるだけ早く同地域を模索する必要がある。Pixarollがやっていることもまさにそれで、今や、iOSやAndroidアプリからカスタマイズされた写真を同地域中に発送している。同スタートアップの設立者Ian Tay氏は、写真をプリントして、例えば香港までなら5日以内に郵送できると言う。価格は、すべての海外ユーザーに対しシンガポールドルのままで提示している。だから、写真6枚なら、通常のプリント費用に郵送料金わずか0.9シンガポールドル（米ドルで7セントちょっと）が上乗せされるだけだ。
Pixarollの成長に関して、Ianは数字については話したがらないが、最初のトラクションは良いと主張している。「今、私達は口コミだけで顧客と収益を増やそうとしています。」それをバックアップするために、同スタートアップが初期に得たユーザーでグループをつくりフィードバックを得て、そのフィードバックに基づいてアプリとサービスの両方をまとめて微調整していると同氏は語る。クロスプラットフォームのモバイルアプリに関しては、「両プラットフォームを大きく改善し11月にはアップデートすることを目指しています」とIanは言う。
前と同じように、Pixarollアプリでは携帯電話にあるどんな写真（Instagramなどのほかのアプリで撮影されたもの）であってもプリントアウトの注文をすることができる。だが、今のところ、4x6インチ（4R）というサイズ制限があるので、なかにはこのサービスを躊躇する人もいるだろう。スマートフォンカメラが常に高性能化し、Android 4.0とiOS 6の両方でパノラマ対応をしていることを考えると、近いうちに同スタートアップがプロダクトのラインアップを拡充することを願う。
iPhone/Android版Pixarollアプリの入手は同社のホームページで。
iPhone/Android版Pixarollアプリの入手は同社のホームページで。
Result of Translation in Conyac
- Number of Characters of Requests:
- 1961letters
- Translation Language
- English → Japanese
- Translation Fee
- $44.13
- Translation Time
- about 5 hours
Freelancer
zhizi
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