{"id":32196,"date":"2011-08-22T15:49:55","date_gmt":"2011-08-22T13:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=32196"},"modified":"2011-08-22T16:49:02","modified_gmt":"2011-08-22T14:49:02","slug":"vodafone-555-blue-available-from-vodacom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/32196-vodafone-555-blue-available-from-vodacom.html","title":{"rendered":"Vodafone 555 Blue available from Vodacom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The<a title=\"Vodafone 555 blue announced\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hardware\/30204-vodafone-555-blue-with-facebook-integration.html\"> previously announced<\/a> <a title=\"Vodafone\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/313865-Vodafone-UK\">Vodafone<\/a> 555 blue is now available the <a title=\"Vodacom\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/227063-Vodacom\">Vodacom<\/a> network.<\/p>\n<p>The device features built in <a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/348566-Facebook\">Facebook<\/a> integration, allowing users to easily communicate with the social networking site.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the Vodafone 555 Blue, Managing Executive of Marketing at Vodacom, <a title=\"Enzo Scarcella\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/359648-Enzo-Scarcella\">Enzo Scarcella<\/a> said, \u201cSocial networking using mobile phones is becoming increasingly important amongst customers who want to stay connected regardless of the time or place and this global trend is relevant to South Africa too.<\/p>\n<p>There are currently over 4.1 million Facebook users in South Africa. The Vodafone 555 Blue will provide more South Africans in the emerging market with an affordable way to access the world\u2019s largest social networking site.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Features of the 555 Blue include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Built in Facebook integration out of the box, no need to download and install applications<\/li>\n<li>Integrated messaging, with Facebook messages appearing in the same stream as SMS\u2019s and emails<\/li>\n<li>Single button photo sharing allows the handset to upload photos directly to Facebook<\/li>\n<li>Facebook profiles are automatically synchronised in the 555 Blue\u2019s address book<\/li>\n<li>The 555 Blue also features a customisable \u201cF\u201d button<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The device will be available to customers from 22 August at participating Vodacom outlets, and will retail for R749 on prepaid, and R99 per month for Top Up 99 Vodacom 4 Less contract customers. Both deals include 30MB of free data.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full press release below:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Vodacom today announced that the Vodafone 555 Blue phone, with built-in Facebook<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>functionality, is now available to Vodacom customers in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>This device which was recently launched by Vodafone in the United Kingdom, was specifically designed to put the Facebook experience into the heart of the handset, allowing people to easily share and connect with friends when they are on the move.<\/p>\n<p>Vodacom\u2019s Managing Executive of Marketing, Enzo Scarcella commented, \u201cSocial networking using mobile phones is becoming increasingly important amongst customers who want to stay connected regardless of the time or place and this global trend is relevant to South Africa too. There are currently over 4.1 million Facebook users in South Africa. The Vodafone 555 Blue will provide more South Africans in the emerging market with an affordable way to access the world\u2019s largest social networking site.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Vodafone 555 Blue, developed in collaboration with Facebook, puts popular social networking functions \u2013 from status updates to sharing a photo \u2013 into the hands of millions of people in an attractive, intuitive and competitively priced mobile phone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFacebook wants to make every phone social and Vodafone has taken the integration of Facebook to the next stage for an affordable mobile device with the Vodafone 555 Blue,\u201d said Jonathan Labin,\u00a0Client Partner, Central Eastern Europe Middle East &amp; Africa\u00a0of Facebook. \u201cWe\u2019re really happy that Vodafone will distribute this phone globally and we hope to do much more with them to bring the mobile, social internet to people everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Powering the new era of mobile social networking<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Every aspect of the Vodafone 555 Blue design reflects people\u2019s desire to stay up-to-date and communicate with their friends anytime, anywhere.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ready to go, straight out of the box<\/strong>: Facebook is built into the handset\u2019s core \u2013 it\u2019s running the moment the customer turns on the mobile phone.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Truly integrated messaging<\/strong>: Facebook messages appear in the handset\u2019s inbox alongside texts and email.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Simple photo-sharing<\/strong>: photos taken using the Vodafone 555 Blue\u2019s 2 megapixel camera can be shared with friends with a single click.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Easy to stay in contact<\/strong>: friends\u2019 Facebook profiles are automatically synchronised in the Vodafone 555 Blue\u2019s address book.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Always available<\/strong>: the Vodafone 555 Blue updates regularly in the background, flagging new items on the homescreen and quickly loading them when opened.<\/li>\n<li><strong>One-click control<\/strong>: the customisable Facebook \u2018F\u2019 button can be assigned to one of a number of tasks, including instantly posting a status update with photos from the gallery or with links from the browser.<\/li>\n<li>A<strong>ttractive form-factor<\/strong>: finger touch navigation key, 2.4\u201d landscape display and QWERTY keypad are ideal for typing chat, email and status updates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Vodafone 555 Blue includes the Opera Mini\u00a0web browser for fast internet browsing.<\/p>\n<p>The device will be available in participating Vodacom outlets from 22 August 2011 and will retail at a price of R749 on Prepaid or for R99 per month on a Top Up 99 Vodacom 4 Less contract. Both deals will include free 30 MB of data which should allow for a month of Facebook browsing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vodacom has announced the availability of the Vodafone 555 Blue on its network<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":32202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[3974,36,3976,161,41,1789],"class_list":["post-32196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cellular","tag-555-blue","tag-active","tag-enzo-scarcella","tag-facebook","tag-vodacom","tag-vodafone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32196"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32196"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32204,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32196\/revisions\/32204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}