Who uses it besides (e:enknot) and I?
So why am I writing about this. It appears that myspace and cingular are pairing up to bring myspace to cingular mobile phones. This makes me insane. If I could do anything other than work at Roswell it would be working on mobile social networking sites. If anyone reads this from a mobile social networking site and can offer me a ridiculous salary and the ability to work from home, I am yours.
I am sure cingular will be sucessfull with this. I belive it is all about advertising as the feature set is trivial to duplicate as a technology.
MySpace.com and Cingular Wireless announced today an initiative that crosses social networking into a new realm of possibility for those leading a mobile lifestyle.
The social networking site, popular for its features including the ability to share comments, photos and a personal look at ones life with family, friends and other members of the community, will now be available in a user friendly way for Cingular wireless customers.
The deal marks a large wireless initiative from MySpace and includes thee MySpace Mobile rich tool set for to editing profiles, viewing and adding friends, posting photos and blogs, and much more -- all from the mobile phone.
As per their partnership, Cingular and MySpace will provide users with a feature rich experience that incorporates the same functionality as the popular site, just enhanced for mobile phone usage. The service is available for $2.99 per month plus data usage charges.
These capabilities include uploading photos right from off of the mobile phone onto the site and searching friends or blogging on the go.
However, keeping in touch with friends and family while on the go may not be the only excitement to arise from the new announcement, as the available tools will make it possible to take photos, update profiles or include the happenings of user's lives onto their profiles in real-time.
"Not only are we excited about the ability for customers to stay connected to their MySpace community while they're on the go, we think this will open up a new world of interaction and content for them to share via MySpace," said Marc Lefar, chief marketing officer, Cingular Wireless in a statement.
"The photo upload feature of MySpace Mobile means Cingular customers will now have the ability to capture record and share their world as it happens via their MySpace profile, creating a more enriching experience for our customers as well as their MySpace friends."
To sign up for the service users text MYSPACE to 386 (FUN).
Also today, a new report by ABI Research (News - Alert), "mobile social communities," points to a rise in worldwide, on-the-go users in the upcoming years--growing from the current almost 50 million, to 174 million by 2011.
ABI analyst Clint Wheelock commented in a statement, "Such mobile social communities extend the reach of electronic social interaction to millions of people who don't have regular or easy access to computers."
"It has created a new paradigm for personal networking. In a logical progression, many social communities are now based on the mobile phone and other portable wireless devices instead of (or as well as) the PC."
Hey estrippers--who here has a WAP enabled phone?
Any would-be users need help in getting started? setting it up? etc? Besides a post, what other features would you want to log in on your cell phone for?
Although more people have a capable phone, most plans do not include a media package- -that is extra. However, most basic packages are about $15 --totally worth being able to have access to our beloved estrip! myspace? myass.
I imagine that competition (and critical mass) will drop the price and/or some Basic level will be included as part of the package; give it another year. Paul, I know you've been waiting since 2003, hang in there! ;)
Right now I pay a ridiculous amount to have unlimited media/web access- not everyone is ready or willing to do that. but how could i not have that with a pocket pc? My vice is to splurge on techy stuff, so you know I am in! ;)
if I was really clever, I would be posting this p:mobl style.
Though I usually dont post using my phone because I suck at typing, I usually read estrip on my phone. The site's mobile capability is one of the best. Thanks paul. ps I use a samsung a900m with sprint
There is one thing that the article dosn't mention that I think my could some day get myspace in trouble, and that is video. Granted I don't know how long of a video you can have on myspace but lets say I go see 30 Seconds to Mars and Video one song then upload that to my page,they might not be to happy about that. But on the other hand say someone like Halifax or The Juliet Dagger who both have Myspace pages they could use the phone and post Video Before there concert is over. I wonder if this new service will encourage people to connect more with local people they know. Or if it will go in the other direction and spawn more web cam sites.
i'm too poor to afford a computer and a phone. when i do post things on here it is always from a mobile location, but its from my laptop via wifi.
so i'm out here.
oh crap... mobile myspace, just what the world needs...
But what about Helio? I'm not really sure I get it, but they've been advertising mobile myspace for a long time now...
Hmmm, myspace on Cingular or YouTube on :::link::: Verizon? I'd still pick estrip any day. And you don't even force me to choose a carrier -- as long as you keep writing filters for all the proprietary crap cell phone services insist on sending -- I can use any of them. But maybe you should strike a deal with T-Mobile anyway and get an estrip-branded phone (beating Apple and Google :::link::: to the punch line). I need one to match my high-tops. ;-)