Social networks MySpace and Facebook have already courted iPhone users with programs that let people stay connected on the Apple smart phone.
Now MySpace is first to unveil one for owners of the just-released G1 phone powered by Google's Android operating system.
News Corp-owned MySpace announced a mobile application for the G1 this week that can be downloaded wirelessly to the device through the Google-run Android Market. The Market is stocked with add-on programs and games built by third-party developers.
Continues Below↓The G1 is made by Taiwan's HTC and released Wednesday by T-Mobile in the US The phone costs $179 (about R2 00) with a two-year contract.
MySpace's Android application is its second for a device sold by T-Mobile - there is also one for the Sidekick - and it lets G1 users do many of the same things they can do from a desktop computer, like look at profiles and photos on MySpace. In addition, the application lets G1 users quickly upload photos from the phone to their MySpace profiles.
There's no mobile Facebook program for the Android Market, and a Facebook spokesperson said the company had nothing to say on the subject. However, if history is any indicator, something could be forthcoming: Facebook has developed applications for the iPhone and Research In Motion's BlackBerry. - AP
