Social networks MySpace and Facebook have already courted iPhone users with programs that let people stay connected on the Apple smartphone.
Facebook has responded to an increase of 10 million unique users of its mobile service this year by expanding staff, reports New Media Age.
Hutchison-owned mobile operator 3 has officially unveiled its Facebook-focused ‘INQ1’ handset, reports The Guardian. In the UK, the INQ1 will be free on an 18 month contract costing £15 a month and including unlimited Facebook access.
INQ1 phone goes on sale online
Mobile Today reports that 3 UK’s exclusive INQ1 phone is now available online and is expected to arrive in stores today.
Report: Nokia and Facebook mull handset alliance
Nokia is in talks to integrate Facebook’s social networking functionality into its handsets, reports the Wall Street Journal.
Reports give mixed messages on mobile growth
The slowdown affecting the mobile industry may be getting worse – to judge from various new reports released today – but mobile Internet traffic appears to be surging.
iSkoot turns cheap mobiles into smarter phones
CNET News reports that iSkoot is offering a software development kit to mobile handset manufacturers so that they can turn their inexpensive feature-phones into Web-enabled devices that can access and get live updates for popular Web services like Facebook, IM, e-mail, Twitter and other social media sites.
News Corp. plans to announce as early as today that it has hired former Facebook executive Owen Van Natta as chief executive of MySpace, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
INQ Mobile to launch Twitter device
Hutchison Whampoa’s mobile handset subsidiary INQ Mobile plans to follow up its ‘Facebook phone’ with launch of a ‘Twitter phone’ later this year, according to a Reuters report.
Facetwit drives mobile Internet use
CCS Insight claims that the UK’s “obsession” with Facebook and Twitter is helping mobile Internet use to grow at a phenomenal rate.
