3 Presents The INQ¹, World’s First “Social Mobile”
Well, as we magically predicted the INQ¹ handset was unveiled by 3 today, touted as the ‘world’s most advanced social networking mobile phone’.
New-kid-on-the-block INQ brings the Web 2.0 experience to the mobile phone, with the INQ¹ offering one button access to user content filled sites like Windows Live Messenger, Facebook and social music platform Last.fm.
With instant messaging support and the ability to directly upload photos taken with its 3.2 megapixel camera, the INQ¹ finally gives Facebook addicts the chance to leave the house!
The ‘live contact book’ features merges your friends contacts details with their Facebook profiles, meaning their online status and self-indulgent photos are constantly updated and beamed to your INQ¹.
As for the tariffs on 3, the INQ¹ remains very price-friendly. It will be available for free on a pay monthly contract from £15 per month, which offers unlimited Facebook, Skype, Messenger and web access plus 75 minutes of cross-network calls, unlimited texts (kids love texts), unlimited e-mail and unlimited calls to other 3 customers.
£20 per month gives you the above, but with 200 cross-network minutes instead of just 75.
As for Pay As You Go, the INQ¹ will cost £79.99, whilst net packages will be available from £5 per month.
Kevin Russell, 3 UK’s CEO, said: “3’s own exclusive handsets have already delivered the first unlimited data tariffs, the first free, open Instant Messenger services and the first fully-integrated Skype-enabled phone. INQ¹ takes these services, and more, to offer a uniquely powerful and competitively priced mass market internet phone. INQ¹ on 3 offers you the most sociable phone on the most sociable network.”
As for a release date, one has not yet been scheduled.
Oh, and it is pronounced ‘INQ’ as in ‘ink,’ not ‘INQ’ as in ‘silly name.’
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