Mobile Social Media Solution Now Available with iSkoot Notifier for T-Mobile UK Phones
By Iskoot, PRNEWednesday, February 10, 2010
Free App by iSkoot Makes Phones Smarter with Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and News
SAN FRANCISCO, February 11 - T-Mobile (UK) Ltd and iSkoot, a leading provider of mobile Web services,
today announce that they are trialling iSkoot Notifier, a free social media
application that allows customers in the United Kingdom to simplify their
mobile social networking with a single app.
iSkoot Notifier makes it easy for T-Mobile UK customers to stay fully
connected to popular social media sites, including Facebook(R), MySpace(TM),
and Twitter(R). Notifier also provides access to over 50 customer-selected
feeds in news, sports and entertainment. Customers can easily view and manage
their social networks and news alerts through live feeds and real-time
notifications.
"We know that our customers want to use social networking," said Matthew
Dove, Head of Prepaid Products. "Notifier works on low end devices, which
means we can get it to the widest number of customers, not just smartphone
users."
When customers sign in to Notifier, they can easily view friends'
activity, news feeds, status updates and new photos. Customers can directly
post new status messages and tweets, send comments and messages, and receive
updates from their preferred news sources through a single stream on their
mobile phone in real time.
"We know from speaking to carriers throughout Europe that one of the most
sought after capabilities on any handset is the ability to stay plugged in to
social media," said Mark Jacobstein, CEO of iSkoot. "Because our solutions do
the heavy lifting in the cloud and deliver communications to a single
platform, service providers can bring social networking and news feeds to
almost any mobile device they offer regardless of the technology."
Notifier is based on iSkoot's popular Kalaida(TM) Mobile Web Services
Platform, which powers social media for subscribers of leading U.S. carriers.
For more information on iSkoot services and solutions visit:
www.iskoot.com/.
About T-Mobile UK
T-Mobile is one of the world's largest mobile operators with more than
150 million customers worldwide and is the service provider of choice for
16.6 million customers in the UK. T-Mobile offers a range of innovative
products and services, such as Solo, the SIM-only plan, Combi, a traditional
minutes and text package, and Flext, the UK's first flexible tariff. T-Mobile
continues to innovate with new devices such as the UK's first Android-based
smart phone, the T-Mobile G1, and its successor the T-Mobile G2, both with
access to more than 1,000 applications. T-Mobile has pioneered the mobile
internet, and operates an award-winning 3G network with speeds of up to
4.5Mbps. As a pioneer of deep network sharing in the UK, T-Mobile is
continuously improving population coverage for 3G services and will operate
the best 3G network by the end of 2010.
For more information about T-Mobile UK, please visit
www.t-mobile.co.uk
About iSkoot
San Francisco-based iSkoot, Inc. works closely with mobile network
operators to bring leading internet services like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace
and more to mobile handsets around the world. iSkoot's Kalaida Platform
brings the power of cloud computing to virtually any consumer mobile device
and gives carriers the ability to deliver compelling interactive experiences
with minimal impact on network and handset performance.
Facebook(R) is a registered trademark of Facebook Inc.
Media Contact: Scott Sutherland SutherlandGold Group scott@sutherlandgold.com +1-415-848-7162
Scott Sutherland of SutherlandGold Group, +1-415-848-7162, scott at sutherlandgold.com, for iSkoot
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