BlackBerry Compatibility Marks First Step in Plan to Replicate in U.S.
Stunning Global Growth of 10 Million
BURLINGAME, Calif., Feb. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- mig33, the global mobile
social network, today announced the availability of software that will
allow BlackBerry customers to harness the full functionality of mig33's
mobile social networking tools directly from their BlackBerry. This new
software marks the company's first step in a program designed to optimize
the service for the U.S. market.
(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080207/AQTH106)
"The U.S. mobile phone market is unique from what's happening in the
rest of the world, so we need to tailor our offering accordingly," said
Steven Goh, co-founder and CEO of mig33. "In targeting the BlackBerry, one
of the most popular keyboard handsets in the country, we're making it easy
for U.S. consumers to share in the global phenomenon that is mig33."
Compatibility with the BlackBerry is just the first step in a targeted
plan to engage U.S. consumers with the mig33 platform. In the coming months
the company will announce the availability of additional offerings designed
specifically for the U.S. user.
More than 10 million people in 200 countries around the globe have
already signed on to use mig33's mix of free and inexpensive Internet
communication services, including VoIP calls, instant messaging, e-mail,
text messaging, picture sharing, and community features. With more than 2
million sessions per day, users are sending more than 45 million messages
each day and sharing more than a million pictures a month. mig33 enables
users to carry their entire social community with them wherever they go, on
a device they never leave home without, creating an instant global social
network.
The mig33 technology was built for the mobile phone, making it an
integrated and easy way to access mobile instant communications around the
globe. Users share content while chatting in forums or specific chat rooms
they create to build their own personal communities. The new offering is
optimized to work with the BlackBerry 7200, 8100, 8300, 8700, 8800 series
phones.
To learn more about mig33 visit http://www.mig33.com. To download the
mig33 software for BlackBerry users please go to wap.mig33.com through your
mobile browser and follow the instructions.
About mig33
mig33 is the award winning global mobile social network. Located in
Burlingame, Calif., mig33 was named DEMOGod at the fall 2007 DEMO
Conference, and selected as the winner of Silicon Valley/San Jose Business
Journal's 2007 Emerging Technologies Awards in the category of Social
Networking. With more than 10 million global users already, mig33 offers
mobile phone users the power of the Internet and cost savings on VoIP
calls, email, instant messaging, chat rooms, text messaging, profiles and
photo sharing. For more information, visit http://www.mig33.com
|
