I think one future of social networking involves more robust contacts management systems and less robust communication tools. There are millions of people who simply want their contacts maintained and up to date without all the social networking intrusions.
www.Linksify.com today released to select beta users a downloadable program for Blackberry mobile phones that keeps your address book continuously up to date with your other Linksify users automatically and in sync between your phone and email. An Apple iPhone downloadable program is scheduled before the holiday. Linksify currently has more than 50,000 contacts in its system after 30 days in beta. Linksify is initially available for sync with Gmail and Outlook via the Linksify web application and the downloadable programs allow full functionality without a website –a “set it and forget it” (Ron Popeil) dynamic.
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