Cingular jumps on the MySpace bandwagon
by Darren Murph 
posted Dec 18th 2006 at 11:15AM
It looks like Helio isn't the only game in town touting a MySpace partnership anymore, as Cingular has not only joined the ranks (well, solidified the friendship, anyway), but upped the ante in the process. While we learned about MySpace's integration with Helio (and the subsequent perks for members) awhile back, Cingular's deal promises a "more expansive" offering. So expansive, in fact, that users will be charged an extra $2.99 per month to upload photos taken on their handsets to their profile, read / respond to MySpace emails, update their blog entries, and search / view friend profiles on their handsets. Apparently, these not-so-outrageous niceties are costing users due to the "small Java application" that they can download, which presumably makes accessing these luxuries an easy and painless process. About "30 cellphone models" will initially be supported, with another 20 or so to follow suit, and while online videos aren't currently supported, that functionality should be launched "sometime in 2007."
Filed under: Handsets, Multimedia, ATT, Helio, Java
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
D @ Dec 18th 2006 4:34PM
This is cool and all but will they allow Engadget to update their myspace profile?
Micah @ Dec 19th 2006 11:47AM
Funny, Facebook has offered all of these features to anyone with mobile Internet access for a while, and wait...it's... free.
I guess they just need to hire a better PR company.