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In case you like sending the e-cards, you’ll be glad to know that one of the most popular e-card services AmericanGreetings.com launched a new mobile e-card service to allow users to send special mobile-optimized e-cards via cell phones.
Developed in partnership with provider of media solutions for mobile messaging – Image Semantics, the new service will initially be available at no additional charge in U.S. to AmericanGreetings.com subscribers. The “no additional charge” goes for sending, while for receiving one, carriers may charge anywhere from zero to 30 cents depending on the recipient’s current messaging plan.
The scenario goes something like this: 1) You pick the card, personalize and send it; 2) Recipient receives a handset discovery message on their phone that detects the capabilities of the phone and carrier and requests permission to send the e-card; 3) When the recipient responds back, the service delivers the mobile e-card in the best available format for the phone and the network of the destination carrier. While it may sound complicated, it actually requires just a few clicks.
At the moment, the mobile collection consists of 11 birthday and 9 anytime e-cards, but AmericanGreetings.com promised to add more of them throughout the fall and winter — to include content for Halloween, Christmas and other holidays.
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
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