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Mobile handsets are much more versatile tools for social networking activity than desktop PCs. While the market may not yet have provided a perfect vehicle for this aim, conditions are improving and the potential is undoubtedly there. Phones have distinct advantages over laptops and deskbound PCs. Mobile devices are not merely portable, but their media capabilities tend to be more readily accessible.

1. Mobile is with you when you’re in the moment (improved status)
2. Mobile devices are a creation and capturing tool (richness)
3. Location. Location. Location. (proximity and discovery)
4. Mobile is built for bite-sized consumption. (bite-sized consumption)
5. It’s a communication device (targeted)
6. Lends itself to quick-hit communication (easy)

Read my fully articulated piece on INSPIRE.

Poking around at the rumored spec sheet, it seems that the Sidekick Blade (which may still retain its LX moniker in some form) will get loaded with a nice 3.2 megapixel camera, a large 3.2-inch WVGA display, and microSD memory card expansion slot. There's also that large QWERTY keyboard, 3G connectivity, and GPS location-based services. Yup, it'll do turn-by-turn navigation too.

The key focus on the new Sidekick, as with many before it, is networking. Whereas you may have done the instant messaging thing before (and you still can), the Sidekick Blade turns its attention to social networking. The preloaded software points you toward Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and YouTube. There's also a blog publishing client and a Photobucket management suite.

S-940, is a new incumbent to the series of Spice mobiles and is equipped to offer a wide range of Value Added Services – M-learning, email to SMS and other social networking. Under M-learning users can have access to learn for the competitive examinations while playing with the mobile so as to term it as “Learning with Fun”.