iSkoot, the company which we know as a maker of the Symbian OS Skype client, recently announced a new platform for mobile operators to empower a wide range of mobile handsets (i.e. feature phones) with new capabilities such as as real-time connection to social networks, email, instant messaging, and news feeds. The platform, called Kalaida, is designed to allow multiple services to run on the handset at once, “bringing the mobile experience closer to what users expect.” In real-life, this translates into enabling users to access Facebook, email, and various IM services from virtually any mobile phone.
In a separate release, iSkoot announced that Kalaida includes support for the popular micro-blogging tool – Twitter. This means that feature phone users can also micro-blog as well as follow their buddies’ tweets, from wherever they happen to be.
The iSkoot Kalaida platform currently supports more than 20 handsets from leading manufacturers including LG, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson, with more to be announced later in the year.