Facebook fans will be disappointed to know that Android does not offer an official Facebook app. I’m curious why Facebook decided to invest so much money in the iPhone and BlackBerry and they’ve given zero attention to the G1. There could be some weird politics behind the scenes. Facebook gets its advertising from Microsoft while Google serves up ads for Myspace. There could be a conflict of interest here.
So I put the question to QB readers, how important is it to you to have Facebook mobile?
I had a chance to sit down with MocoSpace at CTIA and they’ve got some great news about their site. Users have skyrocketed to about 3.6 million users! They’re also trucking along very nicely with new artists and songs uploaded to their site.
In case you’ve been on Mars with your eyes sowed shut and your fingers in your ears, MocoSpace is one of the largest mobile internet sites in the world. They are also the largest pure mobile social network in the US with over 2 billion pageviews per month. Continue reading about our chat with MocoSpace at CTIA 2088
Here we have another installment of our “Overdue Interview Series”. Due to BREW, we had to push back the majority of our interviews such as this one. In this interview, we’re talking with Mark Jambas, Business Developer over at Shozu. Shozu is a means of managing your online social networking life via your mobile.
LocaModa and TouchTunes have teamed up to offer mobile phone access to jukeboxes. Jukeboxes that use TouchTunes’ software will allow users to interact with them, seeing who else is a fan of the club as well as social networking bits like user-generated content and photos. Users can see what’s playing and even gift songs to their friends that are actually, you know, at the club instead of sitting at home on their phone. It’s a pretty cool technology, I just gotta wonder who will use it.
Arjan at the Mobile Games Blog found out that Greystripe’s massive catalog of games will soon be available on MocoSpace. MocoScape is a free social networking site designed for mobile users. They offer photo sharing, chat, forums, and video to share with other mobile phone users. Greystripe’s games are all fully ad-supported, meaning that the games are free to download and play but feature advertisements at the beginning and end of the game, and occasionally during loading screens. You can get a sampling of Greystripe’s catalog by visiting GameJump or, soon, from MocoSpace’s site.
A recent survey from M:Metrics indicates that the iPhone is the top device for mobile entertainment, including mobile video and social networking services. Only about 20% of the smartphone market visits social networking sites, while almost half of iPhone users do. In general internet usage, 85% of iPhone users went out and explored, compared to only 52% of other smartphones. Mobile gaming wasn’t mentioned, but with the recent release of the software development kit and upcoming release of the AppStore — not to mention largenumber of companies excited about the iPhone’s features — it’s an easy bet that they’ll make a big splash in that sector as well.
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