The future of mobile social networking

More recently, we talked about the problems that cause a lot of trouble to mobile social networks. These include location, marketing strategy and compatibility issues. Our readers also expressed their thoughts about compatibility and GPS. No network is perfect yet, and in this article we will try to review the key players in this field of activity.



Brightkite



We have already written about Brighkite , and in our review this service received the highest rating. Brightkite allows users to see where their friends are at the moment. And since GPS is not required for this, users can notify the server of their location via SMS messages or emails. All this is necessary to update the user profile: changing the icon, notes, etc. Filling in the required fields for identification (necessary to prevent any kind of intrusion), Twitter users use this service to notify their friends of their whereabouts. Data is sent to the subscribers of the mini-blog. Brightkite is perhaps the most useful mobile network, especially when you participate in a conference or any other major event.

Zyb



Having adopted several ideas from Brightkite, Zyb became your mobile social network address book. Despite the fact that you already have a ready list of contacts, Zyb gives you the opportunity to synchronize this list online. You can place phone numbers, a calendar, text messages on the server and manage it all online. You can also transfer all this data from one phone to another, if required. Zyb allows you to find out who wrote your phone number in your address book, and even find friends of your friends. Zyb is something like Facebook pictures and Facebook contacts, only a more “mobile” option.



Groovr



Groovr is another mobile entertainment. Add a picture, note or video to your Groovr profile and share it with your friends. Instant messaging? And this is also the power of Groovr. However, this will not surprise us. Do we not have the opportunity today to exchange messages, images or video files with our friends without using third-party services? The only unique difference from all is the round-up view of Groovr. Here is an example for San Francisco:



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Fon11



Developed by MoBlast Technologies , Fon11 claims to be the most popular mobile social network for the iPhone. With an excellent (which is natural) user interface and various possibilities provided by the server, such as the ability to see how far your contacts are from you, status messages, visibility settings, etc., Fon11 has much more to offer than others. Fon11 is already ported to Android and Nokia Web Runtime, in the future versions for J2ME and the Windows Mobile platform are planned. But while this requires GPS-navigation, and not the fault of Moblast. But we are sure that there are many solutions to this problem.







Is the era of mobile social networks come?



With the variety of services that mobile social networks offer us, developers will have no difficulty competing with social web networks. Brightkite is ready for this, Groovr can become the best mobile social network that broadcasts events taking place in the city, and Fon11 will gain fame long before the emergence of the 3G iPhone. Is the era of mobile social networking? Let everyone give himself the answer to this question, and we will look forward to new products.