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Wednesday, April 26, 2006
The need for mobile IM is real
I think this is a good indicator: mobispine is currently the most popular download at GetJar (even more popular than Opera mini), with close to 30k downloads per week. This despite mobispine being completely proprietary and (in operator speak) a walled garden.
It's completely free and without ads, so I haven't been able to figure out the business model, yet if it reaches critical mass they could add opt-in services, and they would be a very likely acquisition candidate.
Free Java, Symbian, Palm and Pocket PC Software
It's completely free and without ads, so I haven't been able to figure out the business model, yet if it reaches critical mass they could add opt-in services, and they would be a very likely acquisition candidate.
Free Java, Symbian, Palm and Pocket PC Software
