Irish firm develops mobile phone greetings

Mobile phone users will be able to send and receive multimedia greeting cards that have animated colour images and audio clips…

Mobile phone users will be able to send and receive multimedia greeting cards that have animated colour images and audio clips using a technology provided by Irish firm Alatto Technologies.

The wireless firm has introduced Zipcards - a library of greeting cards that take advantage of multimedia messaging service standards, which are available on next-generation handsets.

Zipcards can be sent from handset to handset, from Internet sites to handsets or as e-mails between users. In addition, they are available in culturally localised formats for the British, Spanish and German markets.

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