EQO Communications Extends Online Social Networks to Mobile Devices

EQO announced the availability of EQO Me and EQO Mobile Browser Edition. EQO Me is a free widget that users can download, customize and paste onto their community profile page or personal blog site, enabling them to stay connected with their online friends even when they're away from their PC. EQO Me is also a personalized "message board" on which a user can express their mood and location by uploading information directly from their mobile phone to their online profile.

EQO Me works in conjunction with EQO Mobile Browser Edition, an evolution of the EQO Mobile for Skype beta product announced at DEMO2006. EQO Mobile Browser Edition is designed for online users with web-browsing capabilities on their mobile phone.

The combination of EQO Me and EQO Mobile Browser Edition will allow avid online community users to stay in touch with their online buddies even when they're away from their PC. Online friends can send text messages to a user's mobile phone, allowing the user to link to a mobile browser page for the recipient to view all of the contents of the message including text and pictures. Users must have a mobile browsing plan/service from their mobile carrier, but will not need to download any application to the mobile phone.

"Our goal is to allow people to take their buddies with them on their mobile phone anywhere they are," said Bill Tam, CEO of EQO Communications. "The mobile phone adds immediacy to the online experience, allowing users to share with others what they're doing right then and there. EQO powers an easy, immediate way to add mobile connectedness to online profiles and blogs. We're working closely with online communities to establish strategic partnerships that will extend their brand and experience to the mobile phone with text messaging, mobile alerts, multimedia messaging, instant messaging, voice calling and eventually video communications."