What type of mobile phone do you have? you can use a free Facebook mobile access if you have a wifi connection and install a facebook application but depends on your mobile phone. Some other network had free usage of Facebook depends on what plan you've choose but other are loaded.
But did you know that you could view, update and upload to the site on
your humble mobile phone? And all without installing a thing?
All you need is:
- A Facebook account
- An internet-capable phone
That's it. Read on to find out how to get up and running:
Point your internet browser to
Facebook's mobile section.
You might be required to sign in, after which you'll be shown to the
mobile page. Click on the "Activate Facebook Mobile" button on the top
right of the screen.
Input
your mobile number in the left hand box, remembering to add your
country code (+44 for the UK) in place of the first '0'. Then click on
your carrier, or operator, in the right hand box. Then click on the
Activate button.
You'll
receive a swift text from Facebook containing your Confirmation Code.
Bring it up and type it in to the box that now appears on your monitor.
Click Confirm.
That's
it, you're now signed up for Facebook Mobile. By texting a message to
32665 (if that sounds a little random, it's FBOOK on your keypad) you
can update your status for all your friends to see. You can also receive
texts when people poke, message, wall post, or befriend you. When you
next check your Facebook profile you'll see that the Facebook Mobile
application has been added.
You'll
now be shown to the customisation page, where you can set limits on
what you receive on your mobile. You can choose whose messages, comments
and status updates get sent to your phone and whether you should be
notified of friend requests. You can also set the maximum number of
texts you receive in one day and when they get delivered.
When
you look at the reams and reams of "friends" some people seem to have,
this is an important feature that shouldn't be skipped. You could be
checking your phone all day otherwise (you popular thing you).
Finally,
you should really point your mobile towards Facebook and keep it
bookmarked. There's a specially mobile-optimized page for speedy
updates. Go to m.facebook.com on your phone's internet browser.
You'll
be able to do most of the things you can on your PC from here, but it's
presented in a clear, simplified way that shouldn't hit your data usage
tariff too hard.
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