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Wi-Fi Mobile Taking Social Networking On The Road

by Jerry1973 on March 24, 2010

Those living in industrialized Western and European countries are well aware of the draw of social media sites. Facebook, Twitter and My Space are now as much a part of the cultural landscape as reality and talk shows on television. While most people participated in social sites from home on the pc or laptop, the huge growth in wi-fi mobile is the next frontier for spreading social networking worldwide.

A recent Business Week article said that Facebook is exploring going into partnerships with mobile telephone providers to expand its marketplace. Two target locations are the Middle East and Africa. The social site currently boasts 100 million mobile users. The firm is looking to focus on market areas that have traditionally had lower rates of Internet use from landlines.

Because todays mobile handheld devices are far more functional than the predecessors of even a couple of years ago, using them to access all sorts of media venues has skyrocketed. Those who are diehard fans of networking sites are no longer content to be able to reach their FB friends from home only. The social site Twitter was designed specifically for users to keep one another posted on their daily activities from minute to minute.

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Mobile devices are also more cost effective for users and providers in rural and less developed areas. Costs of developing landline infrastructure in remote areas can be enormous, especially when the paying market share reached will be small. Handheld wi-fi devices can now be purchased for next to nothing, especially when compared to even the least expensive laptop or pc.

In most urban and suburban areas today, it is a simple matter to access free wi-fi mobile whether it is found in a school, library or coffee shop. Social media sites while primarily used for recreational purposes can also be effective communication tools in spreading immediate emergency information. The catastrophic events in Haiti once again proved the value of handheld mobile and networking sites in the search for relatives and status updates.