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Last time we’ve talked about Inq, they were releasing a personalized news app called MATERIAL. This time they’re out with an Android launcher that wants to bring popular social networks closer to your homescreen. In fact, the newly unveiled SO.HO is a launcher app that will allow you to interact with Facebook buddies and Twitter followers (and those you’re following) without firing any application whatsoever. Many things — though I guess not everything — can be accomplished from the homescreen, making for an awesome user experience for the e-socially fierce.
The official pitch goes like this:
Just unlock your phone and you can switch easily between your Twitter and Facebook feeds without having to dive in and out of different apps, making it faster to get to what you want and ensuring you never miss what’s going on. SO.HO also makes sure the functionality you care about is right where you need it so you can tweet, update your status, like and comment direct from your homescreen. And as it’s a launcher, it allows you to experience a rich, full screen version of your social networks.
SO.HO is a free to download app and you can get it from a link below. It’s still in beta though as far as I can tell, it’s already rock solid… though it could use support for some other networks as well. That part is in development as we speak…
SO.HO – the social homescreen (FREE) [Google Play link]
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
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