A Microsoft spinoff plans to release <A HREF="http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/11/13/Microsoft-spinoff-opens-mobile-beta_1.html?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/11/13/Microsoft-spinoff-opens-mobile-beta_1.html">an open beta of a new mobile browsing user interface</A> in mid-December. ZenZui, the Seattle spinoff, was also set to announce on it is changing its name to Zumobi.
Zumobi is offering a piece of software, currently only compatible with Windows Mobile phones, that works in connection with a back-end server and is designed to make mobile Internet use easier. The user interface is made up of 16 tiles on which users can easily zoom in and out. Each tile represents a Web page.