Zumobi,
Windows 7 Key, a cellular browser depending on technologies developed by Microsoft Investigation, is now available in beta type.Zumobi — a startup formerly known as ZenZui,
Windows 7 Home Basic, which is headed by of a number of former Microsoft employees — released on December 14 a beta of its Zooming User Interface and mobile-widget platform. Zumobi;s product is according to mobile-browsing technology created by Microsoft Research and licensed to the company from Microsoft;s IP Ventures unit.(IP Ventures licenses Microsoft-developed technologies to other companies so that they can commercialize them. Skinkers, Wallop and other companies have built products on top of Microsoft-developed IP via this program.)Zumobi is working with a variety of partners, ranging from Amazon.com,
Discount Office 2007, to MTV Networks,
Microsoft Office Professional 2010, who are developing widgets, or “Tiles,” with which consumers can access on their mobile phones and other devices. The Zumobi interface does not allow users to browse the entire Web; it lets them browse via the tiles only.The Zumobi interface works on Windows Cellular 5 and 6 devices, the iPhone,
Office 2010 Home And Business Key, Blackberry and other mobile platforms. The Zumobi beta is currently for U.S.-based customers only and can be downloaded from Zumobi;s site.