Rogers gets down with MySpace Mobile

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Alex @ Aug 25th 2007 11:28AM

Could someone explain to me again how a carrier can charge to access a single website?

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Because there is no MySpace Mobile website. Carriers have to build their own front-end to the MySpace database, and use if that front-end is what they charge access for. Well, all but Helio anyway, since MySpace Mobile is free for Helio members.

Carriers go about this in different ways. Helio first built a WAP front-end in early 2006, then released a dedicated, standalone application with increased functionality in 2007. at&t (then Cingular) built a generic Java application that more or less tries to replicate the Helio experience - but it delivers less functionality and users incur a monthly charge. It looks like Rogers is using a Java application, too - it might even be the same one originally built for at&t.

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