(4 November 2008 4:00 pm)

MUMBAI: Rocketalk, a mobile 2.0 provider of easy-to-use, mobile social applications, and LG Electronics India have announced a partnership.

Rocketalk mobile social networking application will be pre-loaded on all new LG KT610 and KF750 mobile phone models.

The partnership agreement also includes pre-loading of the Rocketalk application on several other LG mobile handsets in India throughout 2008 and 2009.

The latest version of the Rocketalk application to be pre-loaded on these LG mobile phones includes a multiple Instant Messenger (IM) chat feature compatible with Yahoo, Google Talk, MSN, AIM and ICQ.

LG Electronics India head (mobile, PCs) Anil Arora says, “LG mobile phone users will be the first in India to benefit from easy access to the rich mobile social networking, messaging, IM chat, community, and content capabilities of RockeTalk.”

Rocketalk president and CEO Jim Greiner says, “Rocketalk is now the only application in India that provides both mobile IM chat and a full-featured end-to-end mobile social network with voice, photo, and video messaging, communities, and user-generated and professional content.”