INQ launches Chat and Mini 3G Social Mobiles

INQ today launches the Chat and Mini, two new 3G social mobiles which now incorporate internet-based Twitter along with Facebook, Skype and instant messaging. These handsets represent a new direction for INQ as the phones are designed from the ground up for mobile internet, where popular internet applications are embedded into the underlying software to enable easy access. The Chat 3G is INQ’s first QWERTY device which comes with free push Gmail, removing the cost borne by operators or consumers, while the Mini 3G provides an entry-level social mobile at the fraction of the price of application-rich devices. Both phones come with HSDPA modem for high-speed wireless broadband on PCs and Macs, Brew 4.0 and Java MIDP 2.0 for application development multitasking, and presence-enabled active address book to let the user select how to initiate communication. Seems that best things do arrive in small packages.