Plusmo (www.plusmo.com), the leading provider of mobile widgets, announced today the launch of free mobile widgets for this year’s NCAA basketball tournament. Using Plusmo’s widget service, devoted fans of NCAA college basketball will have instant access to the latest scores, schedules and news using their mobile device.
The NCAAB Plusmo widget will automatically update, eliminating the need for constant web page refreshes and long waits, and can be accessed at: http://ncaab.plusmo.com using a mobile device. Plusmo’s NCAA basketball service is supported on all the major mobile device platforms, including off-the-shelf feature phones and smartphones such as iPhones, Symbian phones, RIM Blackberry devices, Windows Mobile smartphones, Palm Treos and Pocket PC-enabled PDAs.
A live summary of all the games in progress at-a-glance is available on the Plusmo widget’s home page. From the home page, a simple user interface allows users to easily navigate and get one-click access to schedules, standings, breaking news and team rosters for any team, region or match. Fans can easily customize the widget to follow their favorite teams. With such in-depth and personalized coverage at their finger-tips, fans will never be out of touch with the latest developments of the tournament.
“With a high premium placed on immediacy, personalization and ubiquitous access, sports content is ideally suited for delivery through the mobile medium,” said Krishna Vedati, CEO of Plusmo. “Our NCAA basketball widget service delivers on this promise to die-hard sports fans by automatically - and conveniently - pushing the latest updates to their phones.”