14 DAY TRIAL // Orkut is a social network that gathers members from all around the world and allows them to communicate using pictures and messages while establishing relations with people you've never met before. Orkut is currently affiliated to Google so it's obvious that the company wants to make it one of the most powerful services in its category, being improved several times with new features and functions. "Orkut makes it easy to find people who share your hobbies and interests, look for romantic connections or establish new business contacts. You can also create and join a wide variety of online communities to discuss current events, reconnect with old school mates or even exchange your favorite recipes.
Who you interact with is entirely up to you. Before getting to know an orkut member, you can read their profile and even see how they're connected to you through the friends network," it is mentioned in the description of the service.
Because it is affiliated to the search giant, Orkut is currently available with any Google account, allowing you to login into the service and wait for an invitation sent by another member of the service. This aspect of the service is quite disturbing because you're not able to navigate through the solution's features and not even your settings, being forced to wait for a join invitation from another user.
Orkut is going to become one of the most known social networks on the internet, a statement that is sustained by a new improvement added to the service that allows you to send messages and scraps directly from your handheld device.
"With orkut's new SMS feature, you can scrap your friends, look up their contact information and receive scrap notifications. Now you can send scraps from the bus, bar or bathroom, and your friends can get notified of those scraps when on bicycle, beach or bed. Along with the standard orkut features, we've included a few hidden goodies for the adventurous to find," Pedram Keyani, Software Engineer, sustained on the official blog of the company.
The Google employee also mentioned that the mobile features of the Orkut social network will become available this week only for the Brazilians who are clients of the Claro mobile services provider, but the company aims to release it soon in the entire world.