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Improving upon its predecessor LG KS360 which sold over 5 million units worldwide, LG’s latest GT 350 comes out with upgrades to its messaging and social networking features.

LG GT350

Equipped with slide-out full 4-line QWERTY keypads compared to the previous model with only 3-line QWERTY keypad, making typing/texting much more comfortable. Its 3-inch WQVA screen is fully touch-enabled.

Fully optimized for social networking, and includes easy integration to social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace. With an information aggregator from multiple social networking sites and presenting the information in just one screen for faster access to status updates, messages and contacts tracking.

It also includes a dedicated shortcut key on the keypads for one-click access to social networking sites. Aside from that it also includes dedicated shortcut keys for e-mail, the web browser and instant messaging.

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Popular micro-blogging service, Twitter, have recently launched its Japan-based mobile version in a bid to penetrate a market where social networking giants Facebook and MySpace have trouble capturing.

Japanese is the only foreign language offered by Twitter and showcases how the company is serious about making it in Japan considering that this hi-tech country has a leading edge, with advanced mobile usage.

Twitter teamed up with Tokyo-based Internet firm Digital Garage Inc. in early 2008. It launched a Japanese-language platform for cell phones and other mobile devices in the spring of 2008, and hired a Japan country manager earlier this year. It will also be launching Spanish, German, French and Italian Twitter versions in the upcoming months.

Twitter is also using Japan to experiment with ways to make money from features unavailable on its English language site, such as banner ads.

Things are looking up for their Japanese market bid. Between January and June, the number of users jumped almost fourfold to 783,000, according to Internet research firm NetRatings. Japanese celebrities and politicians are also starting to sign up.

The new Japanese mobile version was jointly developed by Twitter and Digital Garage, and is compatible with the country’s major carriers and the quirks of the local market.