Orange’s blog, The Feed, often throws up interesting stories for us in Mobile-land. Take this one for instance that Orange are getting on board with Facebook:
We like using Facebook but it’s not always convenient to log onto a computer to do the profile housekeeping.
Which is why Orange’s picture messaging (MMS) and text messaging (SMS) Facebook features are pretty cool. We’ve tried them out and they’re a) super speedy and b) easy to use.
Everyone knows that one of the best thing about Facebook is the photos. Just take your snap and create a new MMS, which you send to mobile@facebook.com. If this is the first time you’ve used this service, you’ll get a message back with a confirmation code. Enter this into the mobile upload area and bingo, your photo appears in your profile.
To use the text message features on Facebook, simply send your SMS to 32665 (FBOOK on your keypad, so nice and easy to remember). Within seconds it’ll pop up in your profile. As with MMS, if this is the first time you’ve used the service you’ll get a confirmation code to input.
You can do a whole heap of profile-prowling with Facebook to SMS: status updates, scribbling on walls, sending and receiving messages, giving your pals a Poke… there’s all sorts.
You can also check it all out by heading over to Facebook.com/Mobile and get signed up there.
PS We shouldn’t forget to let you know that all your texts and picture messages are charged at the standard rate.
You could argue this is becoming increasingly standard with Mobile Operators, but I daresay there are few with the coherency to use Web 2.0 technology to inform their users about other Web 2.0 services. Thumbs-up to The Feed – you can check it out here.
[Via: The Feed]