Invasion of Social Media MobilesIf you look at the latest mobile phone launches from all quarters, one thing that underscores them all is the social media feature set. Stay in touch with friends, share photos, download music and videos. Nokia, Palm, HTC, Samsung, Motorola – all seem to be targeting the same Facebook generation. All mobile makers claim that they offer the “quickest” access to sites like Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, Picasa, and Photobucket. The widgets or icons for these websites have made to phones’ home screens to let you touch and access. This quick access has become almost a standard now. A phone not offering this will be considered out of sync. Message threading, a feature that consolidates all forms of communication with a contact into single view, has also weaved into all latest mobile phones. Whether you exchanged text messages, emails, or chatted with your contact via IM, the phones show you the conversation history as though it all happened in one form. Palm Pre, Palm Pixi, Nokia Twist 7705, HTC Tattoo, Motorola Cliq – all are selling this feature emphatically. Consolidation trend doesn’t stop at messages. It has gone into contacts and calendars as well. Newer phones are automatically pulling your contact information from various sites into one contact list normalizing same contact information into one entry. Similarly some phones like Palm Pre and Palm Pixi let you get a combined view of your calendar – see all your appointments at one place. Go through the mobile launch press releases and you’ll find how much importance such social media focused features are getting. The lifestyle of the social networking users has triggered a new social media mobile trend and it won’t change as long as there are buyers for it. Related Posts
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