Facebook Mobile connects more people
Posted by Manuela Barreto @ September 8th, 2009 in Mobile Marketing
The total number of people accessing Facebook via their mobile phones is now up to 65 million compared to just 2o million eight months ago. Since its launch in 2006, Facebook Mobile was initially available only in English.
However, due to the incrementing necessity of staying in touch with friends and contacts when there’s no computer available, the Facebook team updated the websites and translated them into a number of different languages for everyone to have access to.
According to Henri Moissinac from Facebook, the sites will allow you to to update status, browse your News Feed and your friends’ Profiles, comment or ‘like’ stories, and view or update your Facebook Page.
Currently, Facebook has two mobile websites, m.facebook.com, which works from any mobile browser and x.facebook.com, which is enabled for Androids and iPhones, plus devices manufactured by Nokia and Palm.
These new developments work pretty well in conjunction with the fact that social marketing is one of the most powerful trends nowadays with an annual compound growth rate predicted to be the highest over the next five years, with mobile marketing sitting right behind it.
Another feature that was launched by the social media giant but only available on some mobile sites is Facebook Connect, which allows consumers to sign-in to a variety of third-party websites using their log-in details from the social network, active for people using the mobile internet.
Through Facebook Mobile texts, a text messaging system that has also been developed, you are enabled to receive notifications, send and receive messages via SMS, as well as, update your status through 52 different operators in 25 countries.
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