Blackberry Gets Widget-y With Zumobi
Finally, an app for Windows Media phone and now Blackberry users to rub in the face of those smug iPhone guys. Zumobi is a slick widget driven interface, giving access to a variety of widget-style information tabs called ’tiles’.
Similar to the popular Widsets, it boils down popular websites into 16 tiles which can then be organised allowing for a constant stream of personalised content to the phone all on one screen. Each of which can be interacted with, offering additional information just by using the keypad. Think of it as a pretty RSS feed for mobile phones, full of the usual news, games, gossip and entertainment stuff.
Providing a nice alternative to surfing, it autoupdates the content on tiles whether zoomed in or not, allowing for a one stop screen for new content. It also allows quick access to all your favourite social Web 2.0 sites like Facebook, so you can change your interesting and witty status updates even more frequently!
They have had a good relationship with WinMo handsets for some time, and are now branching out into taking advantage of the Blackberry boys, a device crying out for really great apps. Yes, enterprising minds have discovered Zumobi as a good way to target adverts at you based on your choice of tiles, but it is a small price to pay for a very useful service, so small that the app is free.
Try it now, just sign up to their site here.
Tags: BlackBerry
