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Monotype Imaging Holdings has enhanced its FlipFont™ mobile font download solution to support the Nokia 5800 and N97, and also the Samsung Omnia HD i8910. The three touchscreen phones, in addition to the Nokia E52, E63 and E65-NG models, bring the total number of FlipFont supported handset brands to 52.
Additionally, 10 mobile-optimized fonts have been added to the FlipFont collection, enabling users to choose from a total of 29 fonts to personalize the look of their phone’s user interface, menus and various applications. The full collection is available directly from supported phones through Monotype Imaging’s mobile e-commerce site, http://www.flipfont.mobi.
In case you are wondering what exactly FlipFont is all about:
Monotype Imaging’s FlipFont™ mobile font download solution allow users to personalize and enhance their phones, making them more appealing and fun to use. Users are able to select a font for use in their device’s user interface. Through the FlipFont application, users can easily connect to an online selection of fonts, choose the typeface, purchase the font and safely download and install it to their mobile phone. The FlipFont application also lets users browse fonts currently installed on their phone and select a typeface from the list to be used by the phone.
The new capabilities are the latest in a series of FlipFont evolutions, aimed at allowing more mobile consumers across the globe to use a growing selection of fonts. In June, Monotype Imaging expanded FlipFont availability to Europe and the Americas through direct access on supported phones from FlipFont.mobi. Prior to that, the product was available in the UK, first through Vodafone UK and its Vodafone Live!® multimedia portal, followed by mobile operator 3 UK, which allows users to access FlipFont from the 3 UK personalization homepage.
The complete list of Nokia phones on which FlipFont can operate includes the N71™, N73™, N75™, N76®, N77™, N78™, N79™, N80®, N81™, N81 8GB, N82™, N85®, N86™ 8MP, N92™, N95®, N95-3™, N95 8GB, N96™, N97, E50®, E51®, E52, E55™, E61™, E61i™, E62®, E63, E65, E65-NG, E66™, E71™, E75™, E90®, 5320™ XpressMusic, 5630™ XpressMusic, 5700™ XpressMusic, 5730™ XpressMusic, 5800 XpressMusic, 6110 Navigator™, 6120 Classic™, 6121 Classic™, 6210 Navigator™, 6220 Classic™, 6290™, 6650™, 6710™, 6720™ and V804NK™ handsets. FlipFont also runs on the GT-i8510™, GT-i7110™, SGH-L870™ and Samsung Omnia HD i8910 handsets from Samsung.
The FlipFont solution includes three trial fonts that can be used at no charge for up to two days. The trial fonts include the attention-grabbing Musclehead™ typeface, the classic Zapf Chancery® script font and the versatile Equinox™ design.
[Via: Monotype Imaging]
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Ben Robinson
Ben is a 10+ year veteran of the Mobile industry – starting his career when SMS was a still a relatively new concept for most people (!), he has now consulted on everything from bleeding-edge Mobile content, to the next-gen accessories you might view it on. As a result he has a broad and deep knowledge in numerous areas of Mobile – from network operators to device vendors, to infrastructure and middleware vendors (not to mention content delivery) – and has worked for companies in all of these areas! He is based in the UK, a hotbed of activity for mobile, and recently became a father for the second time – as oppose to in his younger years when he was happy spend time tweaking all manner of mobile devices to 'nth' degree, he now looks for services and hardware that provide the most efficient, compact, and reliable improvements to his already manic life! It’s his opinion that Mobile solutions should be there to help to make your life better – if a particular solution (be it service or device) isn’t doing this, he believes you need to ask the very important question of why you continue to use it... His focus at IntoMobile is mainly on Mobile content, services, and infrastructure, particularly as regards the UK market – and with the occasional look at devices. Additionally, using his extensive experience in the industry, he will provide commentary on the industry at large, with regular (and hopefully thought-provoking) articles.
