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MSN Direct now on Windows Mobile

by Nilay Patel posted Feb 11th 2008 @ 12:22PM

Although MSN Direct has popped up in all sorts of devices over the years, we've always thought it belonged on cellphones, and it looks like Microsoft finally agrees -- it's announced a WinMo version of the auto-updating information system at MWC. The client uses your phone's data connection instead of the SPOT network to grab data -- but unlike other widget apps, the info is presented directly on the homescreen and auto-updates. Microsoft has got a technology preview of the app available now, no word on when or if it'll ever be standard fare.

MSN Direct for Windows Mobile on the way?

by Chris Ziegler posted Feb 10th 2008 @ 8:53PM

Microsoft's MSN Direct FM-based data network is alive and well, thanks in no small part to Garmin's commitment to using the technology in many of its modern nav units. Word on the street is that Microsoft may be prepping a Windows Mobile-based version of the MSN Direct client, a tip o' the hat to one of the service's original complaints when it original launched on wristwatches: everyone wants to get news, sports, weather, and stock information on their phones, anyway. No details are available yet -- how much the service might cost, how the data will get sucked down to the devices (our guess is FM's out of the picture), or why we might use this instead of the sites we currently use -- but we might be hearing more at MWC this week if it turns out to be legit.