[1] Facebook, the social networking site beloved by college students everywhere, is now mobile. Users can interact with the site, post messages and “poke” other users via SMS text messages.

Sending Facebook messages via cell phone, to me, isn’t that great. Why not just text-message the person directly? No, the real benefit is that the new service effectively puts all the contact information for your social circle online. With just a text message, you can look anyone up.

It’s funny, but as mobile devices and services get more and more powerful, they act more and more like dumb terminals.