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A new SMS news alert service has been launched recently. It’s called matchalert and it’s aimed at those dedicated football/soccer fans who want to keep up with their team while on the go.
Although similar services already exist on the market, matchalert says their advantage is in the flexibility and “sophistication of web-based subscription management.” Meaning that users can customise their alerts using the matchalert website, and easily stop the service via the usual “stop” text message.
As I said, it’s customization that’s matchalert’s main strength and in that sense users can:
- receive only the final score, or a single SMS per game;
- subscribe to a whole league – all goals and/or final scores;
- follow a wide range of leagues and teams, including the Barclays Premiership, the UEFA Champions League and the Europa League. Subscription to a particular team means the user receives alerts for that team across all competitions.
Each SMS alert costs 25 pence, plus standard network charges, and users are limited to receiving a maximum of 18 text messages per week…
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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.
