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March 22, 2007
MobileLabs Seeded To Launch Mobile Messaging Services
German startup MobileLabs has just launched Blu Mobile, a new mobilephone service for mobile data (GPRS) users. Its solution offers support for messaging and email, instead of SMS and MMS.
It is enabled by its Java (J2ME) app but has some deeper hooks into the phone's OS so you can access your internal addressbook, according to what we read on the website.
It also lets you send longer SMS messages (500 characters instead of 160). The user interface is nice too as you can see with the screenshots.
The company thinks that this kind of functionality is worth something and is charging rent to use the application.
We're kind of old-fashioned that way and say, if they can charge money for their application, they should.
MobileLabs just raised seed capital from the High-Tech Gruenderfonds, and like its other investments, the founders bring experience to the venture - e.g. Rüdiger Premm, founded Intercom, which launched an e-loading terminal business in Germany and was aquired by Alphyra.
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Posted on March 22, 2007 07:08 AM | Posted to News And Updates | Permalink
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