November 6, 2003
FunMail Unveils Mobile Comics Network
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Posted of note today, FunMail, a wireless applications company, has launched a new wireless service called Mobile Comics Network (MCN).
"MCN, launching December 1st, will enable mobile phone users to read daily comics starring characters such as Dilbert, Beetle Bailey, Dick Tracy, Herb and Jamal and Rose Is Rose.
MCN will let subscribers clip their favorite comics in a mobile scrapbook, and an intelligent "comics inbox" will save daily comics until the subscriber is ready to read them. MCN will cost approximately $1.99 per comic character for daily comics delivery".
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