Vodafone, one of the leading telecom companies in the world, has recently introduced the 555 Blue, a pocket-friendly mobile Phone, with Facebook integrated to the core. It's specially targeted for the Facebook loving crowd who are not much demanding as regards other features but want to stay connected to their colleagues and friends round the clock. When the phone boots, you would be greeted with the Facebook login screen. Here you can enter your login details instantly. HTC and INQ, notably, had both launched similar phones some time ago.

In terms of its physical appearance, you are likely to confuse the 555 Blue with the HTC ChaCha. The Blue, however, comprises a dedicated Facebook key on the full QWERTY keypad. Sans any sharp edge, the 555 Blue looks good and carries an almost premium-like finish.

Under the 12 mm chassis of the phone, there's a MTK6235 processor chip which clocks 200 MHz speed. This undoubtedly makes the device somewhat slow and sluggish compared to any other smartphone. The handset has a 2.4 inch LCD display which supports QVGA 320 x 240 color pixel resolution. This is considered to be enough for any entry-level non-touch screen phone.

Though the proprietary OS of the cheap Facebook phone is based on the Java platform, one can still download all the Java based applications and games for running on the handset. All 320x240 resolution supported Java games can be downloaded on the handset. The cheap Facebook phone, unfortunately, comprises a mere 40 MB of internal memory, of which over 11 MB is eaten up by a screen saver. When you delete the screen saver, the lock-screen repeatedly flashes the "failed" warning. You can't disable the screen saver. This is one bug you have to cope up with. The micro SD slot of the phone is located below the back cover panel. It supports up to 16 GB of additional memory.

The numbers are printed on silver keys with blue icons. The keypad's grip feels good though the pad has a more mechanical feel. The handset consists of a call key and an end key as well as an optical directional track-pad in the middle.

The cheap Facebook phone has a decent sound quality and not as loud as similar entry-level phones, which in fact, is a big put off. The supplied music player supports all common music formats like WMA, MIDI, MP3 etc. The phone supports H.263 and MPEG4 format for video playback.

While the 2 mega pixel camera might not capture great pictures, it serves the purpose nevertheless. You can upload the pictures directly on to your Facebook profile or share it via the Bluetooth.

The cheap Facebook phone is attractively priced and is available with an exclusive offer for one year free access to Facebook. It's aimed at those who are hooked on to social networking.

All in all, the 555 Blue qualifies as a decent gadget. It would be perfect for those who want a polite parity between style and substance.


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