Orange Mobile UK recently announced that they have extended their Orange World services to include Twitter. This will allow their users to send and receive Tweets through text, as well as upload images via MMS. Not wanting to be left behind, Vodafone has also made a new announcement regarding their existing Twitter features.
As it stands, Vodafone users can already send and re-send Tweets on their devices through texting. The new feature will allow Vodafone users to send re-Tweets (RT). If they receive a Tweet update on their phone, the user may choose to send a copy of the same Tweet to all their contacts.
This new Vodafone feature is a tie up between them and Twitter. The existing tie up already allows Vodafone users to receive Tweets via SMS on their device free of charge.
Sending a re-tweet will be the same as posting a new tweet and the cost will be automatically deducted from the pool of free SMS allotted to a customer. After sending a re-tweet Vodafone users will be able to receive a confirmation message regarding their Tweet.
Aside from the tie up with Twitter, Vodafone also offers the 360 service. Though limited to mobile phones in terms of capability, the 360 service is far more extensive than the Orange World service. The 360 service consolidates the address book on the mobile phone with social networking accounts and instant messaging applications. The Vodafone 360 is currently accessible through desktop computer and on the Vodafone 360 H1 and M1 Linux Mobile phones by Samsung.
The Orange World service by Orange is a custom feeds site that supports Facebook, MySpace and other similar social networking sites. With this, users can create an account on Orange World that will link the different profiles so users can make new updates on a singular feed.
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