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MobiMate announced that its popular travel application, WorldMate Professional, is now available free of charge to users of the Symbian UIQ 3.x and Windows Mobile Standard based devices. Initially, we saw MobiMate testing its “Freemium business model” with the release of WorldMate for Symbian S60 based devices. Apparently, the test proved as a success and now they’re expanding their offering to other platforms.
WorldMate for the Symbian UIQ platform supports Sony Ericsson’s M600, P990, W950, P1 and W960 smartphones, as well as Motorola’s MOTORIZR Z8. Free services include world clocks, global weather, measurements, day/night map, currency converter and clothing size converter. Additional services offered for a paid subscription include flight status, flight schedule, area codes and an interactive packing list for $6.95 a month or $69.95 a year. The application for Windows Mobile smartphones supports Motorola’s MOTO Q and HTC Vox and features clocks, weather, measurements, world map, currency converter and clothing size converter at no cost to users. Premium-tier memberships are provided at $3.95 a month or $39.95 a year, and include flight status and weather satellite imagery.
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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.
