The apocalypse is coming
May 2, 2006 2:35 PM Subscribe
Myspace goes into the cell phone business. For $85/month you can take as many photos as you want with your Myspace-branded camera phone and upload them to your Myspace home page. (Take that, LiveJournal!)
(Take that, LiveJournal!)
...or Friendster, more appropriately.
posted by NationalKato at 2:38 PM on May 2, 2006
...or Friendster, more appropriately.
posted by NationalKato at 2:38 PM on May 2, 2006
I'm guessing this is priced exactly right for the same crowd who buys $2 ringtones.
posted by Space Coyote at 2:39 PM on May 2, 2006
posted by Space Coyote at 2:39 PM on May 2, 2006
Does it come with a frontal lobotomy, too, or is that extra?
posted by doctor_negative at 2:47 PM on May 2, 2006
posted by doctor_negative at 2:47 PM on May 2, 2006
Well, myspace isn't selling the phones, Earthlink (along with some Korean company) is, and they're based on what's popular in Korea.
They're just tied into my space through some licensing deal.
posted by delmoi at 2:52 PM on May 2, 2006
They're just tied into my space through some licensing deal.
posted by delmoi at 2:52 PM on May 2, 2006
actually, helio is the joint company. earthlink + SK Telecom = helio.
posted by shoepal at 3:05 PM on May 2, 2006
posted by shoepal at 3:05 PM on May 2, 2006
A rather Pepsi Blue article (not the MeFi article, but the Fox News article itself). Given that Fox owns MySpace, it seems more advertisement than anything else.
I looked over the phones last night after seeing it on Engadget Mobile. They seem like ok phones. Looking through the manual, you can't use them to connect a laptop to net, either through usb or bluetooth. A bit restricted for my geeky tastes, but then again, my phone is a Wizard HTC, which can run any pocket pc program I want on it.
The price per month is competitive with other 3G phone service providers, given that the service comes with unlimited data and unlimited text messages.
posted by zabuni at 3:12 PM on May 2, 2006
I looked over the phones last night after seeing it on Engadget Mobile. They seem like ok phones. Looking through the manual, you can't use them to connect a laptop to net, either through usb or bluetooth. A bit restricted for my geeky tastes, but then again, my phone is a Wizard HTC, which can run any pocket pc program I want on it.
The price per month is competitive with other 3G phone service providers, given that the service comes with unlimited data and unlimited text messages.
posted by zabuni at 3:12 PM on May 2, 2006
Meh, this is nothing new to me. If you have a paid account, you can do photo uploads onto Livejournal from your phone. Hell, you can make an audio post to Livejournal from your phone. Don't most of the blog hosting services have similar features?
posted by vorfeed at 3:28 PM on May 2, 2006
posted by vorfeed at 3:28 PM on May 2, 2006
Wired ran an article on this a while back. This doesn't seem so exciting, but the idea that more might be in the pipeline is something that intrigues me.
posted by allen.spaulding at 3:57 PM on May 2, 2006
posted by allen.spaulding at 3:57 PM on May 2, 2006
What's this do that I can't do with the ubiquitous cameraphone/USB cable combo?
posted by sourwookie at 4:32 PM on May 2, 2006
posted by sourwookie at 4:32 PM on May 2, 2006
...or alternately, you could use Flickr to autmatically display pictures on your myspace page from any cameraphone in the world, for the low monthly price of $0.00!!!
posted by insomnia_lj at 4:43 PM on May 2, 2006
posted by insomnia_lj at 4:43 PM on May 2, 2006
doctor_negative writes "Does it come with a frontal lobotomy, too, or is that extra?"
I think that's a prerequisite.
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 5:51 PM on May 2, 2006
I think that's a prerequisite.
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 5:51 PM on May 2, 2006
But you don't actually pay for the phone, do you? Over here in the UK you get the £400 phone for free if you subscribe to the networks service for a year.
Back in the day the phone would be worth far more than the contract. Say you have to pay £20 for 12 months = £240. If the phone is worth more than that, 4: Profit.
posted by toby\flat2 at 5:52 PM on May 2, 2006
Back in the day the phone would be worth far more than the contract. Say you have to pay £20 for 12 months = £240. If the phone is worth more than that, 4: Profit.
posted by toby\flat2 at 5:52 PM on May 2, 2006
Murdoch = Scary
A rather Pepsi Blue article (not the MeFi article, but the Fox News article itself).
“News is what somebody somewhere wants to suppress; all the rest is advertising.” Lord Northcliffe
posted by doogyrev at 6:12 PM on May 2, 2006
A rather Pepsi Blue article (not the MeFi article, but the Fox News article itself).
“News is what somebody somewhere wants to suppress; all the rest is advertising.” Lord Northcliffe
posted by doogyrev at 6:12 PM on May 2, 2006
Your money would be better spent on a plan with a cheap bluetooth phone and a bluetooth adapter for your computer. Transfer your own stuff for free, make your own ringtones and have more control over your phone.
posted by 2sheets at 6:27 PM on May 2, 2006
posted by 2sheets at 6:27 PM on May 2, 2006
How dumb would you have to be...?
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 7:18 PM on May 2, 2006
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 7:18 PM on May 2, 2006
Can I customize this phone with ugly cluttered backgrounds and songs that play whenever I start it up?
Will the screen list my 8 coolest friends?
Will the text messages feature profile pics from all my cool peeps?
Can I answer inane quizzes using my phone and post them directly to my page?
The world needs this.
posted by graventy at 7:38 PM on May 2, 2006
Will the screen list my 8 coolest friends?
Will the text messages feature profile pics from all my cool peeps?
Can I answer inane quizzes using my phone and post them directly to my page?
The world needs this.
posted by graventy at 7:38 PM on May 2, 2006
You know, I hate to say it, but Myspace is almost looking like a good deal nowadays, considering that everyone and his dog seems to have one, and LiveJournal has made ads the default setting for all its new journals. (They initially said that ads would be an option that users could choose. They never said it would be the default option, or bothered to explain the extra burden it would put on the image server and other previously paid features. There have been complaints about the site performance lately, though I'm not certain if there is a connection.)
Meanwhile, both Typepad and LiveJournal are down hard, and have been for over an hour. Ouch.
posted by insomnia_lj at 7:54 PM on May 2, 2006
Meanwhile, both Typepad and LiveJournal are down hard, and have been for over an hour. Ouch.
posted by insomnia_lj at 7:54 PM on May 2, 2006
Will Myspace now own the eternal rights to all your telephone conversations?
posted by wigu at 7:58 PM on May 2, 2006
posted by wigu at 7:58 PM on May 2, 2006
Is the phone is ugly as their web site? I mean, you know, is it read and purple and one of the number buttons on the side? And maybe 1/3 of the screen also on a different part of the phone? So you can't look at the whole thing at the same time? Oh, and 1/3 of the 2/3 of the screen you can see has ads on it, right? And whenever you go to a phone book entry it plays stupid music really loudly? And do you get phone calls from dumb bands trying to get the word out?
*ring ring* Hello? "Hi! We're Skulldooky, and our BAND ROCKS! We play heavy metal alt-punk Britney Spears covers! VISIT OUR MYSPACE PAGE AND FRIEND US... FUCKER!"
And on and on and on and on...
God, My Space is 1994 web design all over again, except with all the annoying people that couldn't figure it out in 1994.
posted by smallerdemon at 8:27 PM on May 2, 2006
*ring ring* Hello? "Hi! We're Skulldooky, and our BAND ROCKS! We play heavy metal alt-punk Britney Spears covers! VISIT OUR MYSPACE PAGE AND FRIEND US... FUCKER!"
And on and on and on and on...
God, My Space is 1994 web design all over again, except with all the annoying people that couldn't figure it out in 1994.
posted by smallerdemon at 8:27 PM on May 2, 2006
Pretty much no-one gives a fig about 'figuring out web design', other than, you know, web designers.
Isn't the fact that there is no consistency like, the point?
People complaining about how shit individual myspace pages look reminds me of my mother telling me that I need to tidy my bedroom.
posted by toby\flat2 at 8:33 PM on May 2, 2006
Isn't the fact that there is no consistency like, the point?
People complaining about how shit individual myspace pages look reminds me of my mother telling me that I need to tidy my bedroom.
posted by toby\flat2 at 8:33 PM on May 2, 2006
There's a buyer born every minute (with apologies to P.T. Barnum). This is the future - phone companies providing Internet, Internet companies providing phones, milk coming from fake cows, fake cows with billboards with Internet companies, etc. etc. Is this all 'covergance', or is that just an evil buzz word?
posted by rmm at 10:03 PM on May 2, 2006
posted by rmm at 10:03 PM on May 2, 2006
Pretty much no-one gives a fig about 'figuring out web design', other than, you know, web designers.
Nah. I call bullshit on that. I don't know nothin' 'bout now web design, but I know ugly when I see it. And My Space is ugly shit.
People complaining about how shit individual myspace pages look reminds me of my mother telling me that I need to tidy my bedroom. Well, no, the whole site is shit, not just individual pages.
But hey, if you like that sort of thing, more power to ya. And I'm sure My Space will take your $85. :)
posted by smallerdemon at 11:03 PM on May 2, 2006
Nah. I call bullshit on that. I don't know nothin' 'bout now web design, but I know ugly when I see it. And My Space is ugly shit.
People complaining about how shit individual myspace pages look reminds me of my mother telling me that I need to tidy my bedroom. Well, no, the whole site is shit, not just individual pages.
But hey, if you like that sort of thing, more power to ya. And I'm sure My Space will take your $85. :)
posted by smallerdemon at 11:03 PM on May 2, 2006
People complaining about how shit individual myspace pages look reminds me of my mother telling me that I need to tidy my bedroom.
A more apt comparison would be a mate who doesn't want to spend much time in your room because the weird lighting makes it hard to distinguish objects from one another, the music is too loud to have a decent conversation with, the decor is painfully juvenile and they keep tripping over piles of mess and crashing into things.
posted by hugsnkisses at 3:43 PM on May 3, 2006
A more apt comparison would be a mate who doesn't want to spend much time in your room because the weird lighting makes it hard to distinguish objects from one another, the music is too loud to have a decent conversation with, the decor is painfully juvenile and they keep tripping over piles of mess and crashing into things.
posted by hugsnkisses at 3:43 PM on May 3, 2006
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