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Vodafone starts MySpace service | Vodafone starts MySpace service |
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Vodafone customers will now be able to access and update their MySpace websites from their mobile phone. | Vodafone customers will now be able to access and update their MySpace websites from their mobile phone. |
Social networking website MySpace said the tie-up with the UK's largest mobile phone company was its first extension into Europe's mobile sector. | Social networking website MySpace said the tie-up with the UK's largest mobile phone company was its first extension into Europe's mobile sector. |
Launching first in the UK, Vodafone Live! users will be able to download MySpace Mobile to their handsets. | Launching first in the UK, Vodafone Live! users will be able to download MySpace Mobile to their handsets. |
They will then be able to edit their MySpace profiles, post photos and blogs and send and receive MySpace messages. | They will then be able to edit their MySpace profiles, post photos and blogs and send and receive MySpace messages. |
Without a subvention from Voda, it would have been more rational for MySpace to swell subscriber numbers Business editor Robert Peston Tyranny of the young | |
"This partnership brings together the world's number one lifestyle portal and the world's leading mobile operator," said MySpace's Colin Digiaro. | "This partnership brings together the world's number one lifestyle portal and the world's leading mobile operator," said MySpace's Colin Digiaro. |
'New dimension' | 'New dimension' |
While users of existing Vodafone Live! handsets will need to download the MySpace Mobile software, it will be pre-fitted to future phones. | While users of existing Vodafone Live! handsets will need to download the MySpace Mobile software, it will be pre-fitted to future phones. |
MySpace allows users to easily build their own webpage | MySpace allows users to easily build their own webpage |
"Millions of people use MySpace as their primary means of communicating with family and friends, so it's vital we make this available on the move," added Mr Digiaro. | "Millions of people use MySpace as their primary means of communicating with family and friends, so it's vital we make this available on the move," added Mr Digiaro. |
"Whether it's adding new friends, sending messages, or uploading photos, the ability to access MySpace functionality from your mobile adds a new dimension to the experience." | "Whether it's adding new friends, sending messages, or uploading photos, the ability to access MySpace functionality from your mobile adds a new dimension to the experience." |
MySpace is owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation media group, which bought the website for $580m (£333m) in July 2005. | MySpace is owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation media group, which bought the website for $580m (£333m) in July 2005. |