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The folks behind Pikkoo, the company which presented its offering at the recently ended Mobile 2.0 Europe in Barcelona, sent me an email to inform me about the official launch of their Live Screensaver concept, which allows streaming of information to mobile devices without ever pushing a button.
Their first live screensaver is launched in partnership with Foreca, Finnish digital weather service company, with which they’ve developed Foreca Live Weather Screensaver. The application/screensaver brings up-to-date, geographic-specific weather information of 140,000 locations worldwide to mobile screensavers.
Personally I find this kind of screensaver extremely useful, as I check for weather conditions about once a day. Using Foreca Live Weather Screensaver, I would be reminded on the weather even when I’m not doing anything on my phone.
Finally, in case you’re wondering, Pikkoo’s live screensavers rely on Adobe Flash Lite technology, which works on quite a few phones today…
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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.
