MSNBC.com Announces Free Mobile News Service

[Darius Wey]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://gomobile.msnbc.com/' target='_blank'>http://gomobile.msnbc.com/</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Award-winning news site MSNBC.com announced that it has joined forces with Action Engine® Corporation to launch a beta mobile news service featuring an advertising business model. Unlike paid subscription services, the beta launch of MSNBC.com Mobile is provided free of charge to consumers by incorporating video and banner advertisements within the service. The service gives consumers access to MSNBC.com news, videos, and pictures using their wireless device. Microsoft's Windows Mobile and Embedded Devices Division is the exclusive advertising sponsor for the launch of this new service."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/wey-20060405-MSNBCMobile.jpg" /><br /><br />Those of you in the US of A can sample the newly-launched free beta MSNBC.com Mobile service which delivers news videos, articles and photos to your mobile device. News articles stem from popular categories such as Top Headlines, US News, Business News, World News, Entertainment News, Sports News, Tech/Science News, and Health News. To access the service, visit the <a href="http://gomobile.msnbc.com/">MSNBC.com Mobile portal</a> and follow the instructions for download.

[David Hettel]

Well on a hx4705 upgraded to WM5 I get;

The Action Engine Server is alive.
4/5/2006 5:56:36 AM

and on a i-Mate JasJar I get;
Sorry! Your device is currently not supported. We are adding devices on a weekly basis, so check back soon for updates.

What's with this program? Why does it need to be fine tune to run on each device?

[crimsonsky]

Only works with phones? This convergence thing is going too far. Some of us still use plain old PDAs! Is this a push type thing and why is it only for phones?

[jngold_me]

When asked, I downloaded the t-mobile MDA which is probably the closest choice to my K-JAM on Cingular. When I attempt to run, it tries to update my "resources" and I get a "Failed to connect to server".

Oh well, so much for this beta....

[ddevilx2]

They seem to be a bit picky about which devices work, or is it possibly they don't like the latest kjam/qtek rom on the 9100/8125s? Either way, seems like a decent app and the fact that companies are starting to write apps for our devices is great, just hope they work out the kinks soon

[Mick]

Works fine with my Sprint Vision PPC-6601, using the T-Mobile PPC app.
Mick

[Darius Wey]

Bear in mind that the service is still in beta, and that more devices will be supported in the near future. Of course, the question is when and what, of which I haven't the slightest clue about at the moment. :(

[bigray327]

Spiffy. Works well on my XV6700. Can't wait to see how it progresses.

[that_kid]

Works fine on my 6700 and treo 700. I haven't tried it with the jasjar yet but so far I like what I see.

[jalm1]

on my treo 700 it works fine except for veido, i keep getting an error about not enough memory.

[that_kid]

that's because the treo has limited program memory. After I did a soft reset everything was fine.