David Blecken
Sep 15, 2009

SingTel launches designated social networking handset

SINGAPORE - SingTel will become the first mobile services provider in the region to operate INQ Mobile's Mini 3G mobile phone, a handset with built-in access to social networking sites Facebook and Twitter.

SingTel launches designated social networking handset
The device enables users to access the applications via a ‘carousel-style’ menu. In addition to Facebook and Twitter, users will be able to connect to SingTel’s social music service AMPed and information portal inSing, which recently hit a million visitors. The Switcher feature allows rotation between applications, email and services such as instant messenger. Having logged into an application, users are able to remain connected at all times, including when the handset is switched off.

In a statement, SingTel’s executive vice-president of consumer Yuen Kuan Moon said that the partnership with INQ “complements our efforts to transform SingTel into an integrated multimedia solutions company”.

The phone will be made exclusively available to SingTel customers at the end of the week.

Last month, SingTel partnered with MediaCorp to offer the latter’s MMS News service to mobile subscribers in Singapore.

 

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