I've been away, visting bonnie Scotland, with no broadband internet access; just me, my mobile and many mountains. I have a Skypephone S2 which serves it's purpose, it was the cheapest HSDPA enabled replacement for the N95 I lost in May. So basically while I was away I used the Facebook app, a lot. It's free, I could keep in touch with those who I didn't need/want to phone/text etc and I could also access news sites through my HSDPA, so no need to walk to the shops in the freezing cold, all good!
The Skypephone S2 also comes loaded with the Skype application (it's all in the name you see), giving me free calls to anyone with a Skype account. This is pretty irrelevant to me as I don't use Skype, although I do have my sister as a test contact. One feature I discovered during this test is that you can link your Skype contacts to your normal phonebook. So, your phonebook shows you if they are logged into Skype meaning you can easily choose to call someone via Skype rather than pay to call abroad (if that contact is abroad). Pretty nifty huh?
So imagine how amazed I was when Three came in to our mobile event and showed us the INQ phone, I wasn't allowed to blog about it as it hadn't gone to market but now it has and I have to say it sounds bloody brilliant! The INQ phonebook is linked into Facebook and Skype in the same way as only Skype is on the Skypephone, your messages interface doesn't just show you your recent text messages, it also shows you your Facebook messages or any Skype chat that you may have received. They are calling it a social mobile and I have to agree with them, I just worry that the bad press 3 receive regarding signal (a totally archaic point of view, I always have signal) will prevent the phone truly reaching the masses....
