MySpace Mobile - The Ad Supported Play

For all the MySpace users among my readers,

Sergey Lossev of VCEL just let me know that they are offering you some cool mobile app to access your MySpace account from the mobile for free (excluding carrier data charges, of course). Since I don’t have a MySpace account (I guess I’m too old for it… I have never felt the urge\need to open up an account) I opened one just to be able to take VCEL on a test drive and it looks great.

VCEL offers you:

1. Mobile Web (WAP) interface for simple mobile access to myspace mail, comments etc.  All you need to do is point your mobile browser to www.vcellspace.com and login using your MySpace login name and password.
2. A Java app download for the richest experience, (integrated camera etc).
3. A MySpace "mobile status" profile widget (Moods and Presence info).

This new app is a rival to Cingular’s and MySpace’s mobile application which is offered to Cingular’s users for a monthly subscription plan for 2.99 a month (on top of the data charges) launched a while ago.

VCEL’s business model relays on non invasive mobile ads. Sergey says that they “use the loading screen to stitch in an ad while the app fetches the requested info” – we’ll have to wait and see how that works… I believe that teens would take the free supported by ads version and spend their mobile budget on more SMS and other mobile content. Also this app allows non Cingular get to their MySpace pages as well, which will lead the way to interoperability of mobile social networks. Nice work!

Thanks Sergey!

Comments

[Darla]

Lol you are never too old for MySpace!!!

Excellent info though. I'm glad to see there are other options out there, especially here in the US where Cingular is trying to rip off their customers by charging $2.99 a month for MySpace mobile.

[Justin]

T9space.com does myspace a little nicer.

[sergey]

Interesting to see what you guys think is better or worse about t9space? any constructive criticism is always welcome.
Thanks,
sergey