Google-owned social network Orkut has come out with an iPhone-customized app site, months after larger rivals like Facebook and MySpace built their own apps. Why the delay in iPhone customization? Well, Orkut dominates Brazil far more than any other country, as Google Trends indicates. And the iPhone only became available in Brazil last week. Orkut + iPhone in Brazil = now relevant.
Here’s what the app gives users, per the company blog post:
- Your personalized home page with status and activity updates from your friends, along with all-important birthday reminders
- Your scrapbook where you can both read and write scraps
- Your friend list with one-click call access to anyone whose number is publicly displayed on orkut
- Fully functional search for anyone on orkut so that you can add new friends as you meet them
- Photos in a rich full-screen format
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Orkut finally comes to the iPhone | Startup Meme said:
[...] iPhone since its release has gained a lot of popularity and still it continues to grow at a large scale. Hundreds of iPhone applications came out and a lot more are in the pipeline. Social networks are also one of the popular places for internet users where they can interact with others and share stuff such as links, snaps, videos and much more. Now the Google owned popular social network Orkut is available as an iPhone app. [...]
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[...] Go to the author’s original blog: Orkut on the iPhone — a Brazilian socialite’s dream come true [...]