Bluesquare launches iPhone App
As a part of its mobile phones sportsbook offering, the online bookmaker Bluesquare has launched an iPhone web application which has been enabled by its mobile partner mkodo. The application offers live prices that refresh automatically within the page.
According to the sources from the company, live prices have been offered to allow customers to place bets faster than ever before. A user can easily get accustomed to its pop-up log-in system. The application also features the ability to add the blue square icon to the iPhone homescreen. The application is easy to handle and can be accessed anytime and anywhere at the touch of a button even while a customer is on move.
According to the Mobile Product Manager for Bluesquare parent company Interactive, Simon Woolf, the iPhone has revolutionized the mobile industry and in turn, the mobile gaming industry- it’s already five times more popular than other handsets on their existing mobile betting site.
This product complements the iPhone’s ability to get a customer’s bet on quickly with the ease of use on the increasingly popular ‘Betting-In-Running’ markets.
According to Woolf, the aim of the company is to offer its customers a brand new platform or quick and easy betting on-the-go.
Microsoft announces Windows Mobile 6.1 (USA)
As our trusty source had informed us would be the case, Microsoft has unveiled the rumoured update to its mobile phone operating system with the announcement of Windows Mobile 6.1.
Microsoft says Windows Mobile 6.1 will help people stay better connected to the individuals and information they need most, anywhere and anytime.
Its features will make for “simpler smartphones” with quick phone setup with a “Getting Started Centre”, one-tap Bluetooth and Wi-Fi and tools for better socialisation such as threaded SMS and easier email management.
The other big change, as we previously reported, is a much more “intuitive” experience and a new homescreen design.
Microsoft says updates and new phones are expected to be available beginning in the second quarter of 2008.
The software giant also revealed that they are to offer a new and improved browsing experience for mobile users, with a “desktop-grade” experience promised for Windows Mobile phones thanks to an upcoming version of Internet Explorer Mobile.
IE Mobile will be available to mobile phone partners in the third quarter of 2008 with the first Windows Mobile phones using the new version to be available by the end of 2008.
Confirmed new Windows Mobile phones partners include: Alltel Wireless, AT&T Inc., ASUS, HP, HTC Corp., Intermec Inc., Motorola Inc., Orange, O2, Palm Inc., Pantech Group, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, Spring, T-Mobile USA Inc., T-Mobile International, T-Mobile Germany, TELUS, Toshiba, Verizon Wireless and Vodafone.
