What is Plusmo?
Plusmo is a FREE service that lets you run cool mobile widgets on your phone. Mobile widgets are tiny killer apps that offer a much better mobile experience for a specific purpose. There are over 20,000 widgets on Plusmo, most of them created and shared by users like you.
Plusmo launched in June 2006 with funding from the founders, several ex-Googlers and valley veterans. Today, there are more thousands of widgets published on Plusmo and we average about 10 million mobile page views monthly. Almost all of the widgets are created and shared by users like you.
Some Screenshots
The Dynamic ticker cycles through all unread articles and widget update messages. On certain smarter phones such as Windows Mobile, this ticker integrates with the Today screen.
Instantly access bite-sized updates from your favorite web sites. Get your daily dose of celebrity gossip, jokes, puzzles, comics and news updates well formatted for your phone.
Enjoy several cartoon strips updated daily from websites such as Tapestry Comics.
Access over 50 search engines to search the Web, news, shopping or images and cache results locally. For example, keep tabs on Angelina Jolie using the Google News search widget or the local WiFi hotspots using the Yahoo Local Search Widget.
Get local! Local traffic updates, local weather conditions and forecast and local news from your zip code. Locate anything ATMs, flowers, gas stations or a coffee shop near a zip code. And even cheap gas!
Search for widgets by keywords and add them over the air right from your phone
Installing Plusmo
Plusmo runs on almost all J2ME, Windows Smart Phone, Windows PDA, Blackberry and Treo phones. There are also version that work in your own phone browser. Get it from here or if you want us to detect your phone and give the right version simply open your mobile web browser and enter:
http://plusmo.com
Whether you are bored, need your daily dose or need something now, Plusmo probably has a widget to satisfy your need.
Technology
Plusmo's patent-pending Widget Engine has a tiny XHTML based microbrowser with Javascript and a complete framework to install, provision, render and manage mobile widgets. Plusmo is packed with smart mobile features to enable instant access to all your personalized information. Background downloads, smart synchronization and local caching enable widgets to run offline even when there is no data connectivity. You will also save on network bandwidth with built-in compression and incremental updates.
Creating widgets on Plusmo requires no coding. Use our widget creator to create simple widgets that mash up incormation from your favorite websites here. We will add several such templates for popular widget categories. If you blog, you can instantly mobilize it so your readers can get to your blog on their phones. For widgets with more complex interactions, please stay tuned for our SDK.
By the way, one of our other pet projects is
Turnabout. It's like Greasemonkey for Internet Explorer. We love Greasemonkey - check it out if you haven't already. We haven't had a lot of time to update it recently.
We Love Feedback!
We are a young company and changing constantly. Whether you love the service, hate it or just want a new widget, do help us improve by letting us know
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