Hong Kong, 9 December 2009 ─ 3 Hong Kong, the mobile operation of Hutchison Telecom Hong Kong, today announced its exclusive launch of INQ Chat 3G, the third social mobile developed by INQ Mobile, a Hutchison Whampoa Limited’s company, on 11 December 2009. Following the success of the award-winning INQ1, the new INQ Chat 3G comes along with unsurpassed functions like Push Gmail, upgraded Twitter and Windows Live Messenger and a full QWERTY keypad, in addition to its existing social networking applications like Facebook and Skype. INQ Chat 3G is an ultimate social tool making texting much easier than ever.

INQ Chat 3G boasts a full QWERTY keypad enabling typing on phone as easy as on computer. Speedy email exchange, texting and messaging via Windows Live Messenger, Facebook or Twitter can all be enjoyed on the move with great ease. Input of website or email address is also more convenient with the pre-defined shortcut keys like “@” and “. com” on the keypad. INQ Chat 3G is an indispensable tool for the social networking community to get the easiest connection.

With the popularity of accessing emails on mobile, the new INQ Chat 3G is customized with Push Gmail feature, enabling customers to get instant notifications when receiving emails in their Gmail account. Simply key in the account name and password, and  the Push Gmail function can be set up easily.  INQ Chat 3G is a showcase of INQ’s unqiue  “ProHuman” design concept.

Evolving from INQ1 with Facebook to INQ Mini 3G with Twitter, INQ Mobile always stays at the frontier of social networking trend. The new INQ Chat 3G is seamlessly integrated with popular social networking applications like Facebook, and upgraded version of Twitter, Skype and Windows Live Messenger. With upgraded Twitter, customers can update their Tweets, keep track of their Following and Followers latest update as well as upload photos to their own Twitter account on the go, same as using a PC..In addition, the in-built Facebook and Twitter Widgets fetch friends’ status updates straight to INQ Chat 3G without the hassle of login.  What’s more, users can keep close track of friends’ status updates on Facebook, Skype and Windows Live Messenger via an integrated phonebook.

INQ Chat 3G supports the playback of music and video. The Double Twist Software makes downloading of music and video simple and fast. Simply connect INQ Chat 3G to PC and download the Double Twist Software, all multimedia data in the iTunes can be seamlessly synchronized with the mobile, bringing unprecedented social music experience on the go.

INQ Chat 3G supporting 3.6Mbps of HSDPA transmission speed can serve
as a USB modem for mobile Internet access. With 3 Hong Kong’s best-value INQ monthly plan and data package, customers can connect INQ Chat 3G with PC to surf the Internet anytime anywhere.

To enable more users to experience the fun of social networking, 3 Hong Kong now offers preferential data packages for INQ Chat 3G customers. Upon signing a 18-month contract, customers can purchase INQ Chat 3G at $633 plus $300 prepayment.  An additional set of 3-colour (Yellow, Black and Pink) handset back casings (Originally Priced at $190) will also be offered to the first batch of customers for free.

Monthly plan for INQ costs only $88, which includes 100MB local data usage, 1,000 basic voice minutes and 200 heart-to-heart voice minutes. Thereafter charge of the local data usage is $10/30MB and capped at $290. Moreover, customers can subscribe for the “Social Unlimited” Package or “Buddy Unlimited” Package at only $20 per month, which include local data usage of 50MB. The “Social Unlimited” Package enables customers to use the Skype and enjoy unlimited usage of Twitter, Facebook and YouTube via 3Xplorer. “Buddy Unlimited” Package offers unlimited usage of 3messenger (Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, 3 Community), MMS Mail and 3gmail.

For more details on INQ Chat 3G, please contact 3 Hong Kong sales hotlines on 3162-8888, visit any 3Shop or surf www.three.com.hk.

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