Mobile Social Networks

Posted by Fox on August 16, 2007 at 7:25 AM

I got an email from Ricardo over at moipal.com, a mobile social network and free mobile game for your mobile phone.

MoiPal is a friend you create on the internet and that lives in your phone. With MoiPal you can play fun games or just hang out and have a talk with some other pals. Choose your clothes and friends, compete and explore a virtual world full of excitement. To get MoiPal for free, just go to:
moipal.com

I've had a look around, and it fun. It took just a couple of minutes to get going, and create my pal (moi pal - geddit?). You choose the style of home yourpal lives in and one of four regions that home is located in. I was torn between the city and the beach, but went with the city in the end.

Once your account is created, you download your pal to you mobile phone and you're good to go. Currently it's compatible with most Nokia handsets, but imagine this will be avilable on other handsets over time.

I highly recommend you check it out for yourself at moipal.com

Posted by Fox on July 5, 2007 at 8:30 AM

Following my recent posts regarding Mobile Social Networks, I got an email about peekamo, a Mobile Social Network operating in the USA and Canada. It looks really cool, so I dropped them an email regarding their plans for the rest of the planet.

Al Sajo over at peekamo told me "In the next few weeks we will be releasing our international service to major countries such as India, Dubai, UK, Ireland, Australia, China, Hong Kong, South Africa".

"These are to name just a few.  As the weeks progress we have planned to add 1 new country weekly or bi-weekly".

Check out peekamo.com

Posted by Fox on June 30, 2007 at 8:54 PM

So a few days ago, I got sent a link to a Mobile Social Network called Mobikade. If you're unsure what a Mobile Social Network is think of it as myspace or bebo on your mobile phone (more about Mobile Social Networks).

Anyway, so I got sent a link and thought I'd give it a try. Hee hee, being the cautious type I signed up using my wifes mobile phone. I figured if I was going to get hit with a bunch of premium SMS text messages, I'd let her deal with it :)

IT'S FREE
First surprise was that there is no charge! It's free. Nice, but what's the catch? Well I'll cover that and the sign up process in a minute. I want to get to cool stuff.

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Posted by Fox on June 30, 2007 at 8:03 PM

I'm having fun with a new Mobile Social Network here in the U.K. Before I review it for you, I thought I should give a quick introduction to Mobile Social Networks.

SO WHAT ARE MOBILE SOCIAL NETWORKS
Imagine Myspace or Bebo on your cell phone. Once you create a space on your chosen mobile social network, you can post messages, upload mobile video and share your photos. Your friends and family can view and respond to your messages, mobile video and photos.

It's not limited to friends and family. By indicating your interests when you sign up, you can join 'interest groups'. The range and topics of interest groups varies with each provider, but the more advanced Mobile Social Networks will allow you to create new interest groups yourself, other people with the same interest can then join the group and share their messages, mobile video and photos.

So in addition to getting clever with your friends and family, it's a great way of making new friends and contacts that have the same interests.

WHAT DOES IT COST?
Nothing. Mobile Social Networks are entirely free. They are funded by advertising, so there is no cost to you, your family or your friends to to access your mobile space.

That said, I have to tell you of a possible indirect cost. Accessing any mobile internet service or site via your cell phone will incur a charge from your mobile network or operator. MAKE SURE you have a low cost data plan, or better still get an unlimited data plan from your network or operator.

FREE MOBILE DOWNLOADS
The biggest difference with Mobile Social Networks and the web based ones such as myspace, is that they give you access to free mobile downloads such as mobile games, mobile wallpapers and mobile video. Mobile Social Networks are gonna be huge. As more and more mobile social networks pop up, your chosen one will want to keep you happy so you don't move to another.

WHERE CAN I FIND A MOBILE SOCIAL NETWORK?
Well, here in the U.K. I recommend Mobikade. In the USA & Canada, peekamo. looks great.

Read my review of Mobikade