Social mobile networks are inspired by the established social networks found on the Internet. Social networks try to connect people who are known or unknown to each other with different goals. Social networks such as Linked In focus more on business-oriented people trying to extend their network for business reasons such as Face-book, on the other hand, focuses more on friendship-oriented networks. Finding old friends or creating new relationships is the most important part of it. Of course, these social networks can be used on any mobile devices with a web browser. However, social mobile networks are more than just a wireless extension.

Social mobile networks connect people who are within each other’s proximity. The short-range technology is used to discover other mobile phones in the range. First solutions are on their way, which enriches a social network such as Face book with collected information by short-range technology. Users can look at different profiles on the web and add connections they have made in their mobile life. The connections are collected by a mobile application running on mobile phones. The application uses Bluetooth technology to identify known or new Bluetooth contacts. Mobile users can use the application to get in contact right away or to connect up later on the web.

As soon as Bluetooth detects other mobile phones in its proximity that are also running the spider application, more characters fill the room. Each mobile user can now steer his/her own character close to other characters and start actions such as chatting, exchanging profiles, or just looking at the real photo image. The spider approach is based on a concept developed some years ago at Walberg University called SMARTEX. The idea behind SMARTEX is to exchange digital content among mobile phones, introducing a new concept of digital ownership. Again, Bluetooth technology is used here to form the mobile peer-to peer network