World Cup 2006 in Germany this summer will feaure mobizines by Refresh Mobile . Subscribers in the UK and other countries will be able to contribute latest news images and commentary directly from their phones while receiving content back in the form of special mobile zines or "mobizines." For a small fee, the phones will download the latest editions and subscribers will be able to interact with content as it arrives. All input will be generated via mobile devices making it a "first" for mobile blogging and sports.

The partnership between Mobizines™ and Shiny Media is the first to take citizen journalism to the mobile platform. This will allow contributors to find an audience via mobile phones in the same way as they can via traditional blogs. Just like blogs, Mobizines™ offer a new communication channel for aspiring journalists as well as businesses. Mobizines™ also give the reader a portable method of receiving the latest news and views.

Bloggers invited to contribute content:

“Mobizines™ give a mobile audience to people with something to say – and everyone has an opinion on the World Cup. By becoming the first blogging network to go mobile, Shiny Media is enabling fans to stay in touch with the latest news and views from Germany 2006 wherever they are. In the long-term, the Shiny Media and Mobizines™ partnership is the first step towards the uptake of widespread mobile citizen journalism.”

Symbian and Flash Lite based technology:

"Refresh Mobile has worked carefully to ensure that content, no matter how rich and colourful, is highly compressed in order to ensure fast download rates and hence to give maximum value to customers. Unlike WAP where the customer can never be sure what the service is costing and where simply finding your way to the operator’s home page may cost 20p, Refresh Mobile works to ensure that the customer can receive a Mobizine™ for minimal costs.  Mobizines™ operate on Symbian (using Macromedia Flash Lite technology) and Java-based mobile handsets. Each handset can store multiple Mobizines™, and some handsets can store up to 50 individual Mobizines"

What a great idea! Score one for citizen journalism.  Just imagine all those soccer fans able to share their thoughts and images and contribute to coverage of the event at the same time. Although I would love to see how articulate one can get over SMS!  See Mobizines for more info. New ones are being added daily!

Source: Response Source PR NewsWire

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