Vodafone and facebook came together to launch the facebook phone in India. Named Vodafone Blue, the facebook phone comes with dedicated buttons and customized interface to support facebook. Vodafone Blue has features which makes users easy to update status, share photos, comment and for easy browsing of facebook. The mobile contacts sync with the facebook profile.
Vodafone Blue also comes with application, Palringo Chat Suite which supports gtalk, AIM, iChat, Facebook Chat, ICQ and more. Other applications include an email client (with POP3 and IMAP support) and Opera Mini web browser.
With all these features, facebook phone, the vodafone blue, comes for a price under Rs. 5000.
Vodafone blue features -
- a 2.4" TFT display with 320 x 240 pixels
- QWERTY Keyboard layout
- 40 MB internal memory. MicroSD expandable up to 16 GB
- GPRS and EDGE support
- Bluetooth v2.1, USB v2.0
- 200 Mhz Processor
- FM Radio with 3.5mm audio jack
- Audio/Video Formats : mp3, aac, wma, mp4, h.263
- Price: Approximately Rs. 4750
Even though called as the Facebook phone, the only way to connect to internet is through GPRS, EDGE. There is no 3G nor WLAN support which is quite disappointing but with such a price tag, it is what we pay for.
