MySpace
With mobile MySpace you get great social networking plus email and blogging in one useful package on your phone. Reputedly MySpace is more popular with younger users and in part this may be because of the number of musicians who are members. But the reality is that on MySpace the average age is 26 while on Facebook the average age is 27.
Whatever the average age, there are certainly some interesting people at MySpace, including Barack Obama. And a lot of popular musicians do use MySpace as a way to keep in contact with fans. A trawl through the MySpace Music section should find some of your favourite bands.
WHO WOULD USE IT?
This is a must have for all MySpace users as it lets you update your status and check out what your friends are doing from anywhere. It could also be useful if you are looking for free email or for a place to share your photos.
The mobile MySpace makes it easy to update your status and mood.
WALK THROUGH
There is no way to create a MySpace account through the mobile web site. You will need to set up your account on a computer. Once you have done that and created your profile, you can go mobile. The first time you connect to the mobile site you will be promoted for user name and password but if you click the “Keep Me Signed In” check box you will go straight to your home page the next time you visit the site.
The email page shows email icons and also the global navigation icons.
The mobile web site does carry some ads.
Using mobile MySpace you can quickly find the pages for new friends.
Features
There are local versions of MySpace for many countries including the UK, Ireland and Australia.
You can send picture messages (MMS) or emails with photos from your phone to MySpace and they will be automatically added to your account.
You can also upload images from your phone using the mobile web site.
MySpace lets you set `mood' as well as status.
Recommendations
As with all social networking sites, be careful what you post publicaly on MySpace.
Pros
The navigation on the mobile site with a row of icons at top and bottom is very easy to use.
Cons
The mobile site only carries a subset of the functionality available from the main web site.
Verdict
The mobile site provides a cleaner and easier to use interface to MySpace than the main web site.