I wrote about zumobi back in January when they passed from beta to version 1.0 if i recall correctly and i remember having thought it was a cool app only limited by the support it had at the time and because it was still not as swift as it could be.

Half a year changes everything because Zumobi now fully supports WM from 5.0 to 6.1 and now it also offers support for the latest generation of blackberry devices:

From zumobi support:

Zumobi runs on Windows Mobile and BlackBerry phones.

Zumobi currently runs on phones featuring Windows Mobile 5 or 6. While Zumobi is compatible with most phones running Windows Mobile 5 or 6, we find the application runs best on Windows Mobile 6 or higher phones given their faster processors and higher memory capability.

For BlackBerry, Zumobi is currently optimized for Pearls (81xx) Curves (83xx), , and 88xx series phones with operating systems 4.2 and above. Phones produced since approximately June 2007 and later are likely to run better, given their faster processors and higher memory capability.

This is of course a very good boost to Zumobi and i think it was just the push it needed to gain more traction. one could are that it still needs Symbian support but that is relative, i think it would be could if it could support the latest palm devices instead.

The software was not the only thing that got better. Zumobi now also got a better selection of Widgets (tiles) to offer and a more fool proof way to make sure you get the widget you want.

You can also develop Widgets for Zumobi if you want because they offer a SDK and documentation in case you want to try Zumobi as a way to get into mobile widget development. there is also a simple rss tile creator so you can add any rss feed and make it a tile

Pretty much the only direct competition that Zumobi got in the mobile space is Goojet but goojet aspires to more than just offering a service to mobiles and it is a mix of what zumobi offers with a mobile web widgetized  webtop. but Zumobi is a lot more refined than goojet because it has been in development for even longer than Goojet (in theory) and because it originally had the backing of Microsoft at its side.

One could say that Goojet is the right choice for all kinds of lower end and medium range phones and zumobi would be the right choice for those with Windows Mobile and Blackberry Smartphones.

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