Plusmo Announces Widgets for S60 Devices

Plusmo to Showcase Web Run Time Widgets at S60 Booth During Web 2.0 Expo Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco 2008

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Plusmo (www.plusmo.com), the leading mobile widget service provider, today announced support for the widgets on S60 devices.

Plusmo will be demonstrating the S60 Web Run Time widgets at the S60 booth during the Web 2.0 Expo April 22-25, 2008 at San Francisco. On display are live sports widgets; utility, search and tools widgets; and user-generated widgets that link to blogs and other user-generated content.

"Plusmo widgets utilize S60 Web Run Time capabilities for users to get one-click access to personalized content," said Ganesh Sivaraman, product marketing manager, mobile software sales and marketing at Nokia. "Plusmo has proved to have a strong technology capability for developing Web Run Time Widgets for S60. Companies like Plusmo are instrumental in creating the ecosystem that will enable the mass adoption of widgets on mobile."

Plusmo's S60 Web Run Time widgets make it possible to enable instant access to the latest news, sports scores and other Web-based information. Plusmo widgets offer a simple user interface, one-click access to content and automatic updates, eliminating the need for constant Web page refreshes and long waits.

"The browser on S60 devices is full-featured, allowing for smooth rendering of complex web content to the mobile device," said Srinivas Mandyam, CTO, Plusmo. "For example, Plusmo's sports widgets allow sports fans to track live games on a play-by-play basis, and can also do things to alert the user such as buzz the phone or ring the speaker, when a touchdown or a goal is scored. Publishers can easily widgetize their content for S60 devices using Plusmo's easy to use wizards.

About Plusmo
Plusmo is the leading mobile widget service provider. Plusmo delivers standards-based mobile widgets that dramatically enhance the mobile web experience for users. With a rich push-based user experience, always-on access and personalization, Plusmo widgets provide users with one-click access to exactly the information they need, when they need it. Plusmo provides simple tools that enable publishers, developers and end-users to create rich, interactive widgets in minutes. Using these tools, over 20,000 publishers have already "widgetized" their content for mobile phones, generating over 15 million mobile page-views per month. These services are currently being delivered globally across 120+ operator networks. Plusmo is a Silicon Valley-based venture-financed company.

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