The
million dollar question is that whether the tablets will take over the
popularity of PC or Laptops but no doubt, the Smart phones like Android,
iPhone, iPad etc. have brought the Internet at your fingertip. With the
mobile phone connected with internet, anyone can now open their
Facebook account, see the status updates from their Facebook
friends even they can search the Google to learn anything on the web.
More over, if your Internet connection is too fast, you can start video calling with your Facebook friends on the go.
Well,
but unfortunately there are thousands of people around the world as
well as in India who still do not have the latest mobiles so that they
can get connected with the internet, open a browser and access Facebook,
Google etc.
Those
who have the old mobiles like Nokia 1110 which do not have the ability
to browse internet using a browser can still use Facebook and Google
from that.
Here
is a quick tour on how to use Facebook or perform a Google search using
your old mobile – You don’t need to subscribe any data plan for this
guide.
Use Facebook on Mobile without Internet
Considering about a mass users without mobile phones with internet connectivity, Facebook India have tied-up with Fonetwish to let every users reaching at Facebook through the SMS. You won’t have to subscribe for any Data plan.
If you are an Indian, all you have to do is dialing *325# (or *fbk#) from
your mobile. After dialing that, you will be needed to enter the
Facebook username and password. It will complete the authentication
process and you will be then able to access Facebook by sending various
commands based on pre-defined numbers. The numbers refer to the commands
to use Facebook, chat with Facebook friends, add people at your profile
etc.
Uptill Now This facility is only available on Airtel, Tata Docomo, Idea And Aircel in India.
This
can be tiresome to read the Facebook news feeds or you have to go for a
long way to read a message on your profile. But this is good for
sending status updates or chat with your online friends from your old
mobile on the go. The pricing also reasonable as it needs a daily
One-Rupee subscription.
How to search Google via SMS??
This
is fact that there are lots of Indian users who still do not have
mobile phone with internet connection. But Google is pretty much aware
of that and they have the option of searching Google via SMS.
The Google SMS is
sometime interesting as you can get the translated feedback in the
search result by just mentioning the language when sending the search
SMS. For instance, I would send “Happy Birth Day in French” to get the exact translated form of that in French.
All you’ve to do for using this service is simply sending your query via SMS at 9-77-33-00000.
The more interesting and life saving thing about this service is that
it is not any premium service which cost higher than the usual SMS.
According to Google blog,
they do not charge for the incoming messages. They just charge the
normal SMS cost for sending the message from your mobile.! :)