TD Staff 
In a thrilling development for the Indian handset buyers in general and youths in particular, Vodafone has launched ‘Vodafone Blue’, the Vodafone handset designed in collaboration with the popular social networking site Facebook.
So how is the Facebook connection of this handset? Well, no sooner the user switches on the phone, he gets access to his favourite SNS. Apart from email and text messaging services, the user can also access messages in his Facebook account, while also being able to include friends’ profiles in the address book. He can instantly share pictures through a 2 MP camera in the phone, apart from chatting simultaneously with a number of friends.
Equipped with a dedicated Facebook button, the handset displays updates, counters and notifications on the homescreen, thus keeping the users about the status of his/her friends. The user can accordingly customize this Facebook key for carrying out a function, such as status updating and photo uploading from the gallery.
Apart from Facebook, the handset also offers Gtalk, ichat, XMPPm ICQ, gadu-gadu, and AIM.
Features
- A dual band phone equipped with EDGE capability
- A 2.4″ TFT 256k display with QVGA resolution
- An optical trackpad
- A physical QWERTY keypad
- Opera Mini 5 web browser
- A dedicated Facebook button
- A built-in FM radio and music player
- Compatibility with popular audio formats and H.264 and MPEG4 video formats
- 3.5 mm headphone jack
- A 2 MP camera with a flash
- A 200 MHz MTK6235 processor
- 40 MB inbuilt memory, expandable up to 16 GB via a microSD card
- Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP
- Compatibility with 2.5G networks,
- Palringo chat suite, offering Gtalk, ichat, XMPPm ICQ, gadu-gadu, and AIM.
- Powered by a 1000 mAh battery, offering a stand by time of 324 hours, and a talk time of up to 175 minutes
- POP3 and IMAP4, helping the user remain connected when he is not chatting
Quite an attractive package of features, right? Seems you have already made up your mind to get your own handset. Make no mistake. It will be the ideal handset for you if you are a Facebook junkie, which most probably you are.
Vodafone Blue comes at a price of INR 4,950/-. Guess not a big amount in comparison to what it is offering.
