Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Pingie: HTTP:: Introducing Microsoft OneApp

HTTP:: Introducing Microsoft OneApp
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With OneApp Microsoft is working to democratize web-based applications and access to social networks with a focus on feature phone users in emerging markets. Popular mobile phone applications are generally restricted to smartphones, but OneApp is designed to break the limitations associated with the mobile phone versions of apps including Facebook, Twitter, Windows Live Messenger and Mobile Wallet. OneApp has been designed with mobile phone users in developing countries in mind, in an effort to provide them with access to the same applications and services as smartphone owners. Amit Mital, corporate vice president of Microsoft’s Unlimited Potential Group and Startup Business Accelerator, applauded the move. “OneApp is a technology that is going to help people do things they couldn’t do before â€" anything from paying their bills to helping diagnose their health issues or just staying connected with friends and family,” Mital stated. Just watch the video embedded !
at the bottom of the screen in order to get a more accurate idea of what OneApp is capable of bringing to feature phones. According to Microsoft, OneApp spans across both server and client, and the lightweight component for feature phones weighs in at just 150KB, with the web apps themselves at just 30KB. However, phone users don&rsqu...
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