Mobile internet is still crying out for a killer application and, almost a decade after WAP, it might finally have arrived. Nokia's WidSets is combined Java application and service that puts widgets, or mini applications, on phone handsets. Mini applications and mobiles are match made in heaven - limited in scope but designed specifically for one purpose. The widgets rely on web based services to supply information such as stock price alerts,RSS style headline readers and weather forecast. News fiends could select a series of widgets ( BBC and Technorati search wizard, say ) from their PC and use a mobile phone to view the information that's delivered.WidSets is the first such service to arrive,but mobile operators and software developers such as Opera are also working on variations of the idea.Could these little widgets be the tonic that removes the frustration of mobile internet?
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