Nokia is to sell a ‘mobile newspaper’ in India on its GPRS-enabled handsets.
The vendor has teamed up with Malayalam Manorama, India’s south-based publication group, to launch a ‘vernacular news portal’ offering news, sports, travel, music, astrology, and movie information in one news portal.The mobile newspaper service will be offered in 10 languages, including Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali, Oriya, Assamese, Mararthi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada. The application supports search and mobile advertising functions too.
After sending an SMS with the message “MM” to 5555, users will receive a URL to download the mobile newspaper icon and access the service. The news will be refreshed every 30 minutes.
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