Zumobi to be adopted by Windows Mobile

The makers of Zumobi have entered into an agreement with Microsoft that will see their novel, tile-based mobile browser appearing on WIndows Mobile 5 & 6 handsets.

Zumobi is a sort of combined portal-cum-rss reader that fetches web pages and massages them to mobile-friendly dimensions, browsable by a unique tile-based interface. When we last took a look at Zumobi here at Pocketpicks we were impressed by its looks and ease of use but worried about a lack of content and customisability.

There is no word yet on whether Zumobi will be appearing as just another bundled app or if it will end up being a major part of the future Windows Mobile interface. The fact that it looks a bit ‘iPhoneish’ at first glance might point towards the latter, if you were a cynic.

When we took a look at the beta version of Zumobi, they were touting its targetted advertising ‘features’ - fingers crossed Microsoft don’t decide that ads are the killer app that WinMo needs to take on Symbian and the iPhone.
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