Momail announces Tele2 partnership

We hinted that this would be an exciting Q3 for Momail, and we won't let you down. We're now excited to announce our official launch with Tele2 Latvia! This partnership further strengthens our footprint in E. Europe... but the train is just leaving the station. Stay tuned!

Momail launches a User Forum

Ask questions, find answers, provide tips and learn how other users are making the most of Momail!

It's now even easier to ask questions and learn more about Momail from other users! We've just launched a User Forum to make it easier for our customers to both connect to other customers and to the Momail team.

In the Forum you can learn more about using Momail on different handsets and platforms, provide feedback and make suggestions on what you'd like Momail to develop next. The more feedback you provide, the more we can improve the service to best suit your needs!

Of course you can also continue to send your questions to support@momail.com if you'd prefer.

Is the Gmail mobile app really that good?

Momail's customers don't think so.

As most familiar with us know by now, one of the key features of Momail is that we enable users to consolidate their email into one easy to access mailbox, both on the mobile handset and web. According to our statistics, users forward their Gmail mail into Momail many, many times mor than any other major webmail service. The primary reasons:

- Usability: Momail is easier to use, and is available on more handsets
- Data optimization: Momail minimizes the amount of data delivered to the handset by up to 99%
- Attachment handling: As Momail works on the native platform of the handset, it is much easier to save attachments to the phone, as well as attach photos stored in the phone

What is your experience? We'd love to hear!

Zmail of China partners with Momail

Momail recently announced its cooperation with Zmail, China's largest provider of email solutions for SME's. This is a great start for our Asian operations, and further proof of the ease of working with Momail for extending current email platforms into the mobile space.

Facebook lite - simpler, faster

... sounds familiar to Momail users!

Facebook recently rolled out a new version of its service, called "Facebook lite", which is designed to be easier to use, and provide faster download times.

Momail has already been following this policy since our launch - ie, simple, fast with a strong focus on customer usability. While Facebook lite is targeted to developing countries, Momail's email service is available to all users - on most handsets, with any email account.

Momail nominated for TechCrunch: The Europas

Speeding into summer, Momail has been nominated for another award: The TechCrunch Europas, for Best Mobile Application! Needless to say, we're thrilled with the recognition the Momail email service has recieved lately. It's an exciting time both for the company and for the development of the Momail product.

The Europas will be presented on 9 July in London, and users are able to vote for their favorite service. So, please be sure to vote for Momail! :)

Djuice Hungary launches Momail solution

Summer in Scandinavia usually means holiday, but not for Momail. We are launching a number of partners and products, about which we are quite excited! The biggest of these so far is our launch with Djuice in Hungary. Djuice is the youth brand of Telenor - and thus our solution for providing mobile email for people on the go is a perfect match! Check it out here!

More information is upcoming on the new products and partners - so keep watching this space!

Consumer mobile email going mainstream

As more and more people rely more and more on their mobile handsets, there is increasing evidence that consumer mobile email is becoming mainstream. If nothing else, the fact that RIM - the manufacturer whose Blackberry handsets have become synonymous with mobile email for business - has begun developing handsets specifically for the consumer market. Why? you ask. The answer: the market is "virtually untapped".

But not only RIM has release encouraging reports. Nokia has also seen great success with its Ovi product - and now has over 250,000 subscribers in just a few months.

While this news is great for the industry, the solutions mentioned above are restricted to either Blackberry or Nokia hansets. So, what do you do if you don't have either of these brands (or want something better) - try Momail. Not only is the service handset agnostic, but our optimization technology also helps to greatly minimize your data costs.

Tips on collecting mails to Momail from PC Praxis

The German magazine PC Praxis recently provided a quick an easy guide for collecting your webmails, eg, GMX into your Momail account. Check it out to see how easy it is to be able to read and reply to mails from your GMX, Gmail, Hotmail, and other webmails!

The advantages are many - not only being able to stay in touch quickly and easily while on the go, but also saving money over other mobile mail services due to Momail's patented optimization technology.

Momail is interested in your opinion!

We are currently in the process of surveying our customers to learn more about what they think about Momail. Therefore, if you have not yet received the survey, we'd greatly appreciate you taking just a couple minutes to answer a few questions. The survey may be found here.

Thank you in advance, and we look forward to hearing from you!

Momail recommended by Aftonbladet (SE)

Momail's band of loyal followers continues to grow... we've now been recommended by Aftonbladet as a top service for mobile devices. (For those outside Sweden, Aftonbladet is one of Sweden's largest daily newspapers, so we're happy ;)

Check it out yourself and tell us what you think by writing an email to support@momail.com!

Momail at ArcticStartup event

The gang at ArcticStartup put on a great event in Stockholm recently. It was a productive event in all perspectives - from listenting to interesting panel to networking to just enjoying catching up with other colleagues in Nordic Startups (we're all so busy, it's not an easy thing to do)!

Read the follow up interview about Momail here!

Top 10 Handsets of Momail Users - March 2009

Even through manufacturers released quite a few new phone models since the New Year, the most popular handsets of Momail users remained rather steady when March figures are compared to January. The state of the economy could be one cause as users hold onto their current models, and upgrade them with services such as Momail instead.

The top handsets of Momail's European customers in March are:

1. Apple iPhone 3G
2. Nokia E71
3. Nokia N95
4. Nokia 5800 XpressMusic
5. Nokia 6300
6. Samsung F480
7. SonyEricsson K800i
8. Nokia 6500 Slide
9. SonyEricsson C905
10. SonyEricsson C902

Consumers seek simplicity

Over the last number of years, we have been bombarded with ever-more complicated electronics - from TVs to cameras to mobile phones - which the great majority of consumers never bother to figure out how to use fully. For example, even though most most mobile handsets in the market today have features galore - everything from cameras and videos to pre-installed games - the majority of consumers still just use them primarily for voice and some messaging (SMS, MMS, email).

The tech industry seems to be finally taking notice. Among other signs, Cisco's aquisition of Pure Digital Technologies, the maker of the super-simple Flip video camera, highlights the recognition of consumers' desire for products that are inexpensive, easy to use and work easily with online storage and social platforms.

The same can be said in the area of mobile handsets. Up to now, products have been too complicated, too expensive, and targeted to the fancy high-end and smart-phone segments. Going forward, it’s about who can make the mobile web the most accessible, the easiest to use, for the largest amount of phone owners.

Thus, Momail's strategy is on target - simple mobile email, working on the majority of handset models, easy to understand features and functionality - and saves data costs.

Top 10 Handsets of Momail Users

During the January 2009, the preferred handsets of Momail users were:

1. Apple iPhone
2. Nokia N95
3. Nokia E71
4. SonyEricsson K800i
5. Nokia 6300
6. LG KU990 Viewty
7. Samsung F480
8. SonyEricsson C905
9. SonyEricsson C902
10. Nokia 6500 Slide

iPhone continues to lead the pack, as it has for the last number of months. According to our users, Momail is preferred over Apple's own email application due to the ease and ability to handle Hotmail and attachments. SonyEricsson's C905 is new to the list - having just been released late last year. As shown by this list, even owners of "media" handsets are interested in having email easily on their phones.

iPhone users love Momail

Over the last 6 months, iPhone users have signed up for Momail at a much higher rate than for other handsets. As the feedback on the native iPhone mail client has been positive, this sign-up rate has surprised us at Momail - so we'd love your feedback as to why you - as Momail on iPhone users - prefer Momail over the native application.

Thus far, feedback we have received from iPhone users on why they prefer Momail include:

- better access to Hotmail on iPhones
- minimized data usage
- overall ease of use

Do you have additional suggestions? We look forward to your feedback! Leave a comment, or email us at support@momail.com.

(other top phones of Momail in Europe users include the Nokia N95, N73, 5200 and 6300, the SonyEricsson K800i, K750i, W200i, K550i, and the Samsung E250).

Citizen Reporters becoming more integral to News

As the recent news reports from Mumbai and Bangkok have shown, "citizen reporters" and mobile handsets are becoming ever more important - both for reporting news, and for those involved to find out more information.

The process for providing details to news organizations is as easy as sending an email to a specific address - either from your handset or your computer. Below are a few addresses:

BBC: yourpics@bbc.co.uk
CNN: ireport@cnn.com
Reuters: pics@reuters.com
Expressen (Sweden): 71717@expressen.se

Our thoughts are with those affected by these recent events on this Thanksgiving Day.

Airline Boarding Passes via Mobile Email

Per this note on MocoNews, American Airlines has become the 5th US-based airline to accept boarding passes from your mobile phone. All you need to do is request that your boarding pass is sent to the email address on your phone, and then open the link, which includes a 2D barcode, for scanning by security and gate personnel at the airport.

One doesn't need a PDA or Smartphone to be able to use this solution. Consumer focused mobile email solutions, like Momail, will also work for those of us on a budget. Registering for Momail takes just a few minutes - and will help you both keep in touch, but also minimize the need for extra paper to keep track of while on the road.

Interest in consumer mobile email continues to grow

Recent news in the mobile industry raises expectations that email access for consumers on their mobile handsets will soon be as commonplace as webmail. For example:

- Nokia recently not only completed its acquistion of Oz, a consumer focused messaging platform, but also announced the release of a number of new handsets focused on the lower-end market, and all including email from its Ovi platform.

- Blackberry continues its push into the consumer handset market with the Pearl, the flip-Pearl, and its iPhone competitor, the Storm.

- In another platform play, it appears iSkoot will also be developing a messaging platform for AT&T, which will include Skype, email, instant messenger, and social networking functionality for lower-end phones.

As Mary Meeker mentioned at the recent Web 2.0 Summit, these developments continue to prove that mobile is increasingly turning into a Web-centric model, ie, more and more of what consumers know from the Web will become easier to use and more widely available on mobile handsets.

No Java required

While it is great to see Gmail continuing to improve its mobile mail service - and its recognition of the growth of consumer email - there are some drawbacks to its updated service. Mainly, Google continues to rely on Java, which (as even they admit) can only work on Java enabled handsets. Relying on Java not only limits the handset models on which the service is available, Java apps also requires alot of memory, and not all handsets have the amount needed - especially if you want to also have photos, music, videos, etc. on your handsets.

Momail has a better solution! As we work on the native platforms of the majority of handsets in the market today, no Java, Symbian, Android, etc. is required. And, for all the mobile Gmail users - Momail supports Gmail - as well as Yahoo!, Hotmail, and your favorite ISP and webmail services. Just set it up under "Email Accounts" within your Momail account.

And... just in time for Christmas, Momail works on upcoming "iPhone killers" - thus increasing the number of supported handsets to 1200 different models.