Nokia looking to bring Facebook to their phones

Facebook is quickly becoming one of the most prevalent Social Networking websites, so to add their services to your phones is a big must. As you probably know, Apple has added Facebook services to their iPhone, RIM has added Facebook services to their lineup of BlackBerries, and Nokia hopes to be the next to join the Facebook party.

Having Facebook on your cell phone brings a lot of features to the table, such as the ability to upload mobile pictures and videos, commenting friends, updating statuses, and messaging friends. Facebook is willing to do anything to make their service more popular as they are already talking to Palm to get Facebook on the Pre, and even Motorola. There are other Social Networking websites such as MySpace and MocoSpace, who are also trying to get something going with cellular manufacturers. MySpace had released an app for the iPhone back in 2008. Having been a user of both MySpace and Facebook, I believe Facebook is better and people of varying ages use Facebook, while mainly teenagers use MySpace.

As no company is fully recession-proof, adding Facebook to Nokia’s phones could help increase sales. Nokia has even struck a deal with Skype, to make their software pre-installed on their phones. A few days ago, we saw Applied Nanodetectors show a modded Nokia phone that has the ability to analyze your breath and inform the user if they have a disease or even cancer. If this comes to fruition, I imagine Nokia’s popularity soaring, because who doesn’t want a personal doctor? Will Nokia add Facebook to their handsets? Only time will tell.

Via [NewsFactor]