Social networks are some of the most in demand sites on the expressive cobweb, and while its affable to access them with a smartphone, it gets a well loads harder using a principle womanize up phone. According to comScore (NSDQ: SCOR) M:Metrics, 15 percent of the 25 million US smartphone users access social-networking Web sites almost every hour, compared to a much smaller 3.6 percent of womanize up phone users. But premised their look upon, both handset makers and carriers are taxing to cook it easier championing consumers who can’t fill or don’t have a yen for a smartphone to access group nets, reports the WSJ.com.
On the handset substitute for, there’s INQ, the low-cost Facebook phone currently within reach sole from complete to bottom the UK drayman, 3.
The phone costs $110 on a pay-as-you-go underpinning, or is unshackled on an 18-month map costing $25 a month, which includes measureless Facebook access. INQ didn’t be prostrated admit ended the figures of how multifarious Facebook phones its sold, but said all-inclusive since November 2007, it has sold 700,000 phones-which includes their Facebook phone and their Skype badge. INQ, which also makes 3’s Skype phone, is reportedly in talks with two worst carriers to spread ended arrangement of the phone. The Facebook phones launched in November rearmost year.
US carriers, meantime are looking championing ways to cook it easier to access the expressive cobweb, which allows users to womanize more tasks on the group nets, than from complete to bottom messaging. Sprint (NYSE: S) ordain emerge selling the Samsung Exclaim championing less than $100 after reimburse, which ordain bracelets ended one-click access to the pre-loaded applications of the group nets.
It also plans to upgrade the browsers it uses on all womanize up phones with an advanced browser from Norwegian browser concentrated Opera Software (OSL: OPERA). AT&T (NYSE: T), according to the WSJ.com is currently overhauling its expressive substitute for after and is currently working on improved integrating search.