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Walt Mossberg and Katie Boehret, the Wall Street Journal duo known for delivering the definitive word on new “gadgets, web services and consumer technologies” recently got their hands on iSkoot’s newest mobile app, the iSkoot Notifier.
Katie and Notifier (running on a Samsung Propel from AT&T) spent the week getting to know one another, and yesterday she delivered her full report in WSJ’s “The Mossberg Solution.” You can also check it out in the Personal Journal section of today’s print edition of WSJ. We know we did. And true to form, Team Mossberg’s once-over was a tough but fair one.
Katie definitely gets what we’re up to. Notifier integrates Facebook, Twitter, email, IM, and news feeds into a single application that updates in real time and is built for ordinary mobile phones rather than souped-up PDAs or smartphones. The app is deliberately engineered to give low-cost cell phones, as Katie puts it, a “smart-phone-like shot in the arm.”
After a week’s worth of poking and prodding, Katie confirms that Notifier offers a worthwhile way to “stay plugged in and notified of the latest goings-on with friends and email” and “an economical alternative” to more costly smart phones. Though she does point to some of Notifier’s yet-to-be-rectified kinks–a handful of snags in the UI (getting smoothed out as we speak) and its house arrest in the phone’s “Applications” folder (currently accepting offers for pre-load 
)–she affirms that for the many people out there who want to stay connected without investing in the high-profile hardware, iSkoot’s Notifier is a workable solution.
Many thanks and much gratitude go out to Katie, and to the Wall Street Journal for the thorough review our newest release. We’re incredibly grateful for the opportunity and for your insight!
The INQ Social Mobile, the latest mobile brainchild from Hutchison Whampoa, took home the Gold at this year’s Mobile World Congress for Best Mobile Handset. That’s the second Global Mobile award in a row for Hutch, whom you all may remember snagged the Silver Medal last year for the 3 Skypephone.
What the judges had to say:
“The INQ represents a significant step towards the mobile device as a social networking hub and also represents superb value for money. Its approach to the deep integration of services such as Facebook outshines that of much costlier smartphones, and it presents a compelling proposition by treating the phonebook as the focal point of the device. With its ingenious ability to transform from phone to 3G modem by simply plugging it into your USB port, the INQ¹ delivers data services to the mass market and for an affordable price.”
This also happens to be the second year running that a handset featuring the iSkoot-powered Skype solution nabbed the industry’s highest international accolades. Coincidence?! C’mon now…In fact, INQ Mobile was kind enough to give iSkoot a ‘lil gratitude shout out on the company site. Thanks for the nod guys!
Of course, INQ Mobile’s award-winning handset happens to rock for a sweet set of features in addition to mobile Skype - this mighty little phone also has Facebook, Windows Live Messenger, Last FM and mobile email built right in. The phone is on the market today in the UK, Ireland and Australia, and INQ Mobile promises to start stocking more shelves throughout Europe and Asia soon. Keep an eye out!
And a big congrats to INQ Mobile. Job well done, guys.
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