Mobile Handset Makers, Carriers Pushing Social Nets Beyond Smartphones

imageSocial networks are some of the most popular sites on the mobile web, and while its easy to access them with a smartphone, it gets a whole lot harder using a standard feature phone. According to comScore (NSDQ: SCOR) M:Metrics, 15 percent of the 25 million US smartphone users access social-networking Web sites “almost every day,” compared to a much smaller 3.6 percent of feature phone users. But given their popularity, both handset makers and carriers are trying to make it easier for consumers who can

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