Mobile-networking is an inevitable extension of networking online. It allows users to stay connected and informed, from wherever they are, using device most of us carry already. Though it is difficult to estimate how financially lucrative mobile interface will become, large players like Google and Facebook are gearing up to take advantage of the hugely popular social-networking trend by extending applications to cellphones.
Social Networkers Reach Out More With Cellphones
By Edward C. Baig
USA Today
Nov. 14, 2007
The cellphone in your pocket or purse is becoming fertile territory for the hugely popular - some say overhyped - social-networking trend. Though social networks take different forms, they typically link folks with common interests and values. The mobile variety tends to appeal to the throngs of young people who have an insatiable desire to stay connected at all times.
Just as you receive e-mail and instant messages on your cell, you can now access the "status updates" and buddy profiles that are a fixture on social networks. Some start-ups are using location-based technologies to let cellular subscribers keep tabs on pals close by. Yet wireless carriers, handset makers and social-networking upstarts confront a challenge: turning mobile networking into a profitable venture....In many respects, mobile is a natural extension of the PC social-networking experience. Phones provide an immediacy not typically possible on a PC. "I think it's going to be more pre-emptive, more spontaneous," says Padmasree Warrior, Motorola's (MOT) chief technology officer....
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Sunday, November 18, 2007
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Hi Edward,
A very nice Blog.I too was looking out for some services,which could be via mobile and i came across of some kind where i could access Facebook thru Mobile without GPRS.
It also states register free of cost,i just signed in and yet to know other features on this service.
www.modazzle.com?channel=facebooka
Mobile music has come a long way from offering just ringtone downloads. Now there are sites completely dedicated to mobile music networking. One such site is www.Mozes.com, which offers everything from latest updates on the music front to ringtones, music downloads to concert date updates and everything one wanted to know about a particular artist. All the information is sent to your cellphone. And only standard text rates are applicable, no other hidden charges. It’s a whole new aspect of social networking.
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