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Goojet: Interact with Favorite Websites from Mobile

Kaly — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:05:31 +0000

Goojet turns your favorite websites, web apps, RSS feeds and widgets into small pretty icons (called Goojets), nicely aggregates them in one place and lets you easily access them from any computer and mobile phone. If you need a one click access to your favorite websites and web services from a single place then Goojet is a nice place to start with. Here is how it will look on your mobile phone.

Once you sign up you will be able to access your Goojet page both from a PC or mobile device. If you’re not sure what to add to your page you might want to go through ‘Top Ranked’ section in Gooject gallery and see what are the most popular Goojets among site users. There are over 4000 Goojets already.

Features:

Follow up on your favorite websites (MakeUseOf) and internet services (Gmail) all on one page.
Access, organize and manage your Goojets from a mobile device.
Check out the most popular and highest ranked Goojects among site usres.
Create as many Goojets as you like.
Keep your Goojets private or share them with friends.
Interact with other Goojet users: send messages, rate their Goojets, etc.

Note for mobile users: Goojet is a free service however if you want to access the website from a mobile phone make sure to check with your service provider for data usage fees. Otherwise it can turn out to be quite costly.

Goojet Intro Video:

Tech Tour 07: Interview with Marc Rougier, CEO of Goojet
Uploaded by ChristopheLanglois

Check out Goojet @ www.goojet.com

WireNode : Create your Own Mobile Startpages

Kaly — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:45:06 +0000

WireNode is a web-based mobile page creator where you can quickly put together your own mobile startpages. Create as many mobile websites as you like. Each site gets its own location and can include multiple RSS feeds, links, images, custom text, etc. Want to mobilize your blog? No problem, WiredNode can help you with that as well. Though for that purpose MUO recommends MoFuse.

Features:

Create attractive mobile websites with minimal effort.

Take your favorite websites/feeds and put them on one mobile-friendly page.

Highly customizable: Add custom headers, change background colors, add feeds, add images etc.

Access your mobilized page at page_name@wirednode.mobi

Create as many mobile pages as you want.

Mobilize your existing blog and allow your readers to access it from a mobile.

Track how many people visit your mobile website.

WireNode: Site editor

WireNode: Site preview

Check out WireNode @ www.wirenode.com

Mippin : Online Startpage for Mobile Users

Kaly — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:51:21 +0000

Mippin is web-based startpage for mobile users. Access your favorite websites, latest news, weather reports, Youtube videos, etc. all on one page. Plus all of the content is perfectly tailored for the size of your cell phone screen. Customize your Mippin page further by adding Mippin applets (weather, horoscope, etc.). There is also a social aspect to it, you can see what’s popular among other Mippin users and share stories you like with others.

Features:

Follow up and organize your favorite websites on one mobile-friendly webpage.

Feedreader: Read latest articles from selected websites on your Mippin page.

Personalize your Mippin page with applets/widgets (latest news, weather, stocks, horoscopes, etc.)

Stream and download web videos to your mobile.*

Publish and share your favorite stories on Facebook, Twitter and Flickr.

Share stuff you like with others via email or text messaging.

See what’s popular among other Mipppin users

iPhone version supported.

No download required.

* Recommended only for mobile users with unlimited data plan.

Mippin Intro and Demo

Check out Mippin @ www.mippin.com

RocketShotz: Custom Startpage on your Mobile

Aibek Esengulov — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 18:52:59 +0000

RocketShotz is a simple service that lets you create custom iPhone-like browser startpage and forward it to your mobile browser. Works with any web-enabled mobile phone and device (PSP, iPod Touch, etc.). Nothing to download or install.

RocketShotz.com: “… An easy Internet site that allows you to add, delete and organize all of your favorite sites, then instantly have them available on your mobile web browser.”

Feature Overview

Choose favorite websites and get them in an iPhone-like attractive startpage.

Experience faster mobile browsing.

Hundreds of popular websites to choose from.

Add, delete and organize selected mobile websites.

Update startpage by sending selected websites to your mobile browser.

Got Questions? Check out RocketShotz FAQ page.

Check out RocketShotz @ www.rocketshotz.com

Plusmo : FeedReader for Your Mobile

Aibek Esengulov — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 14:56:52 +0000

Plusmo is a feature-rich RSS reader for your mobile phone which automatically downloads content in advance. Subscribe to your favorite websites, and/or choose from 20.000 + widgets in Plusmo gallery (i.e. nearest Starbucks, cheap gas nearby, movie reviews, top iTunes tracks, and more). By downloading content in advance Plusmo lets you go through your daily read without any loading wait times and delays.

User Testimonial: “I been using Plusmo from last few days and I am getting addicted to it. Basically, Plusmo is a RSS reader (at least for my need) which downloads content in advance.”

Plusmo Features

RSS reader: Read you favorite blogs/websites from your mobile.

Save articles or forward to with friends.

Over 20.000 widgets (Games, Clock, Calendar, Top YouTube videos, Flickr pictures, etc) to choose from.

Browse widgets by category (Fun, Technology, Fashions, Sports, News, etc.)

Create your own widgets by combining several feeds into one.

OPML Import: import subscriptions from other RSS readers (MyYahoo, Bloglines, etc).

Works with most mobile phones. iPhone optimized.

Bloggers: Option to mobilize you blog into a mobile widget.

Note: Plusmo is completely free, however depending on your carrier data connection charges may apply.

Plusmo video demos:

Go to Plusmo (www.plusmo.com)