EQO Me and EQO Mobile Browser Edition Extending Social Networks to Mobile Devices

PR NEWSWIRE -- Aug 22 -- EQO Me is a free widget that users can download, customize and paste onto their community profile page or personal blog site, enabling them to stay connected with their online friends even when they're away from their PC. It's also a personalized "message board" on which a user can express their mood and location by uploading information directly from their mobile phone to their online profile. EQO Me works in conjunction with EQO Mobile Browser Edition, an evolution of the EQO Mobile for Skype(TM) beta product announced at DEMO2006. In the U.S. ~70% of mobile users (130 million people) have internet capability on their phones. "The youth market will drive the next wave of rich messaging on mobile phones. A major catalyst will come from their pervasive use of online social networks," said Jill Aldort, Wireless/Mobile senior analyst for Yankee Group. According to the Yankee Group 2006 US Mobile User Teen Survey, teens use an average of 400 minutes per month on their cell phones and send/receive an average of 20 text messages weekly. FULL ARTICLE @SYS.CON