Vodafone 360 Internet Service Suite For Mobiles & PCs Unveiled [Vodafone (Samsung) 360 H1 Handset Launched in Sync]

Vodafone have just unveiled a new internet service suite for mobiles and PCs, going by the name of Vodafone 360, as well as a new Vodafone branded Samsung made handset, known as the Vodafone 360 H1 to celebrate what the company term as ‘set of internet services for the mobile and PC which gathers all of a customer’s friends, communities, entertainment and personal favourites (like music, games, photos and video) in one place’.

The new Vodafone 360 service, which is set to commence live status in Europe by Christmas and expand from therein, apart from offering a single portal for music, photos and games additionally offers what Vodafone’s press release terms as ‘the most personal address book available’ in not only bringing together all your mobile and PC based contacts but in also allowing end users to add their social network contacts and, interestingly, not only will it sync all contacts (including contacts in Facebook, Windows Live Messenger, Google Talk with Twitter pending) the service will be open to anyone regardless of their network allegiances. So, in other words, you won’t have to be a Vodafone mobile customer in order to access and use the service.

“Vodafone 360 is the first service of its kind to offer customers the benefits of a truly integrated mobile internet experience that gathers all their contacts and content, all around them, in one place,” said Pieter Knook, Director of Internet Services at Vodafone Group. “The beauty of Vodafone 360 is that all the services work together and they are easy to use. Vodafone 360 enables customers’ digital lives. Customers can stay in touch and share experiences through social networks, instant messaging, email, apps, maps, music and buying digital content on their mobile bill, with the personalised address book at its heart.”

Vodafone 360 Key Features:

• bringing together all contacts and content in one place and allowing customers immediate access to their various contacts across different networking sites – all the latest information updates including Facebook status updates and the ability to chat through Windows Live Messenger and Google Talk
• the ability to create different contact groups across social media networks, allowing customers to organise their contacts the way they want and manage how they share different information with different groups
• the ability for customers and friends to share locations, tag and share pictures and favourite places
• confidence that your connected address book is synchronised between your phone and the web and you can easily recover your phone contacts if you change or lose your mobile
• access to the service through a variety of handsets and operating systems from multiple manufacturers – the ultimate experience being through a custom-built device
• a catalogue of over one thousand Apps at launch available to different handsets, downloadable through the Vodafone Shop
• the ability for non-Vodafone customers to access some of the range of services, linking them to their social networks via mobile.

On and above announcing their new Vodafone 360 internet service suite for mobiles and PCs Vodafone have also unveiled their first 360 handset in the form of the Samsung made Vodafone 360 H1 which, whilst offering full integration with the service, comes with a 3.5” multitouch OLED touchscreen, 16GB or memory and integrated WiFi (we await a full spec sheet and will bring you further details the moment we have them).