How to download and install
Mobile subscribers of Smart can download the Newsboy MIDlet by simply visiting the Smart WAP site. The Newsboy link can be found under the "What's New" category. Upon clicking the Newsboy link, details and information about the application will be displayed and the user just needs to click on "Download Newsboy" to start the download and subsequent installation process. Once installed, user can click on the Newsboy icon and select the Smart GPRS connection. This service will also be available soon for Globe and Sun subscribers.
Select your favorite newspaper and start reading the news
Newsboy starts by displaying the names of the different news partners. A user can simply highlight and click the preferred news partner to browse the articles titles for FREE. The full text of an article is then loaded when a user clicks on its title. Each downloaded article only costs P2.50.
Phone compatibility
The software engineers of MGI designed Newsboy to run on most MIDP 2.0 compliant phones from various manufacturers such as Motorola, Nokia, O2, Sony Ericsson and Samsung. It has been tested on several handsets the list of which is available on the Newsboy WAP site (wap.newsboyonline.com). MGI has a support hotline (632) 7514050 available to help users configure the application on their phone.
Newsboy WAP version
The Newsboy content is also accessible via a WAP browser. Users just have to open wap.newsboyonline.com and the same news content is displayed on the phone's WAP browser. This is ideal for handsets that are not able to run Java applications.