MobilePlay.com Offers Fun For Phones, Personalized Mobile Site

Here is another example of a social networking site that is created for mobile phone users.  We’re not a huge fan of most of these types of sites because of the sheer amount of useless content, but MobilePlay has a redeeming quality in their robust portal.  You will still find plenty of semi-nude photos of people who couldn’t get their camera phone up and running fast enough, however, MobilePlay.com gives the user the ability to create a somewhat customized home page that is more useful than most (though Plusmo is still reigning champion in our book.) Read more

Itsmy.com - Why Some People Shouldn’t Own Camera Phones

OK, maybe we’re being a bit harsh here, but there are some things that certain people just shouldn’t do.  We realize that not everyone is supermodel material, but file this one under tube tops and thongs for 300+ lb ladies, camera phones and certain people just don’t mix…

The site that is itsmy.com (you’ve undoubtedly seen their ads) is mildly entertaining at best.  The idea is there - provide a place where users can easily share content created from their mobile phone, keep up with friends, etc., etc.  The whole thing has a “Made for early teens” feel about it, and what is just overwhelming is the sheer amount of people that feel the need to post pictures of themselves that even their significant others may not want to see (hmm…maybe there is a lack of “others” - have we stumbled on something here?)  Just check out the photo blog, you don’t need to go to far into it to see what we mean.

The good news is that the service is free.  You can set up your account with your phone pretty easily, just remember that you need to add a “+1″ to your phone number, otherwise you will never make it past step 3. 

Once you are in, there is a myriad of options and things to do and see, a virtual cornocopia for those addicted to social networking (you know who you are).  The chat rooms seemed to be a good idea to check out, but apparently are set up for those only interested in your horniness status (sorry Texaz_boi, not really interested in one of your fireside chats.)  Perhaps we’ll try somewhere else…on second thought, maybe not.

Really, it’s doesn’t get much better, so I’m gonna go ahead and cut this one shorter than usual.  Bottom line, there’s a lot of losers out there, and while we’re sure that not every user of Itsmy.com is indeed a loser, they sure seem to attract most of them.  Basically, user beware, and if your kids are using this service, it may be time for a talk…you remember how people used to do that, right?

Filed under Social Networking.

Facebook Teams With RIM, Sells Share To Microsoft

The wildly popular social networking site Facebook [PC - Mobile] has had quite the busy week it seems.  Announcing a 1.6 percent sale to Microsoft for $240 Million (easy to do when you post $4.3 Billion Dollars in quarterly profits) that allows Microsoft exclusive rights to sell ads on Facebook.  Sounds like a deal to us. 

Apparently RIM also gets some Facebook love this week (as IT departments across the nation cheer, we’re sure.)  An application was released to allow Blackberry users to get in on the fun by using a optimised version for them.  Messages and other events are pushed automatically to the phone (go figure). 

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Winksite Allows Users To Create Mobile Sites, Network

If you’re a newbie at the mobile web, coding your own website, or just plain lazy (I’m pretty sure we fall into all three), fret not, there is a solution for you.  Meet Winksite.com, (PC Link here) the place where anyone with basic PC and internet skills can set up their very own mobile site.

Setting up the service is pretty straight forward (just for kicks, we went ahead and set one up.)  I have to say, it is actually a pretty robust service (considering it is free).  Customize your site with a chat room, forums, RSS feeds - you can even host Google AdSense ads if you have an account. 

We did notice that the site we made did not come up correctly when viewing with a Treo 755p.  We didn’t have any other smartphones to test it on, so if you’ve got one laying around, make sure to let us know how it worked for you.

The service is dubbed as a Social Networking site, though I’m not sure how much networking is actually going on.  In poking through some of the existing users’ sites, it seems that most have under 10 friends (of course, I really don’t have room to talk as ‘Tom’ is still my only friend on MySpace.)  However, it does appear that the service is picking up steam as many celebrities have their own “official” mobile site through WinkSite.

All in all, if you are looking to set up your own start page (or have ideas of grandeur on the third screen), this service is definitely worth looking into.  You would be hard-pressed to find another service that gives you this many features for your money.

Added to the Social Networking directory.