Motorola sure is busy. Fresh off announcing the latest in the Motorola Q series, the MOTO Q11, a pared-down, budget smartphone, both in features and price, the same company has now anounced that it is working on its own Google Phone.
Following fast on the heels of HTC, the first company to release a smartphone running on the new Google mobile OS, Google Android, with its HTC G1, Motorola is looking to market more on Google's mastery of the web with the heavy integration of social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace into the device.
The Motorola Google phone will be similar to the HTC G1 in a number of ways, not least of which is that they'll both have a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and a touch screen both. The Motorola Google phone, however, will reportedly cost just $150, $30 cheaper than the HTC G1.
Late last year, RIM (Research in Motion) announced the development of a new software application that makes it easier for people to access the popular social networking site Facebook on their BlackBerry smartphones.
Although it is true that Facebook is already accessible through the BlackBerry web-browser, this new application not only allows users to view and send messages, photos, Wall posts, and pokes but it pushes all notifications of notes received from friends and associates on Facebook directly to a member's BlackBerry. It also lets users:
take and upload photos to Facebook - captions and tags included - directly from their BlackBerry as well as manage photo albums and events;
invite friends and review and manage new friend requests;
compose, read, and reply to emails without even being online;
scroll through notifications, notes, and messages the same as they do with emails;
enjoy quick and easy access to a range of Facebook's most popular features.
Facebook members can now download the program for free directly from their Facebook account. Read the full announcement on Facebook for BlackBerry Smartphones right here.
