Mobile version of RSS is in the making

THERE IS OBVIOUSLY a need for a version of RSS news feeds that will work on mobile phones. Ideally it would be a news ticker that scrolls across your handset's default (idle) screen.

That would make it easier for news organisations to port their existing feeds to mobile devices. Don't forget, there are way more mobile phones than PCs out there.

Typically, Japan's DoCoMo has set its own standard in this area - called i-channel. Working to that spec would be an ideal way of trialling a ticker service.

Guess what? It's re-run of QR codes all over again. Japan has been using QR style barcodes for ages. But here in Europe we've gone with a different standard - Datamatrix codes as offered by the likes of mobiletag.com.

The INQ would dearly love to provide developers with details of i-channel's workings. However, the relevant page appears to be entirely in Japanese. µ

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i-channel. It's all Geek to us.