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Telecoms.com: "O2 to offer eBay service over i-mode

UK operator O2 and marketplace website eBay announced yesterday they closed an agreement allowing O2 subscribers to access the eBay web site through the operator's i-mode service. The service launched in the UK yesterday and allows O2 subscribers to bid for goods, track the progress of an online bid or sale and access the usual eBay services through an i mode handset."

I've recently seen i-mode and I got to say I like it. Okay, it's ring fencing it's content but it's got "push" email technology.

The cool thing is you can email 4000 character emails for the price of a text. At present - it's free. The other cool thing is if you like your ringtones or games and you actually pay for them now, on i-mode you can join a portal and get so many free downloads. I spotted some atari games there as well. So if you get 2-4 free games for the max price of joining that community - you're still quids in!