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Posted Mar 11, 2005 by The H2G2 Editors
Prepare to be excited...
For the last six months, the h2g2 team has been working on a secret project, which we're now able to reveal.
In April, we will be launching the h2g2 mobile / PDA service, which will allow you to access h2g2 entries from browser-enabled 'smart' phones and PDAs. In effect, Douglas Adams's dream of a hand-held electronic version of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy will become a reality. (We're also hoping to be able to add a lower-grade WAP version some time afetr the main launch for a more basic mobile service)
The service (which some of you might know as 'h2g2 On The Move') entered its testing cycle today - which by sheer coincidence is Douglas Adams's birthday, and we hope to be able to launch the full version some time before the release of the movie AND just in time for h2g2's sixth birthday.
We're sure you can imagine how utterly ecstatic we are to be able to announce this in the week of Hitchhiker's 27th anniversary, and we look forward to being able to release the all-important URL.
In the meantime...
Don't panic!
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Posted Mar 11, 2005 by Woodpigeon
 
Terrific news! Well done to everyone involved!
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Posted Mar 11, 2005 by the_jon_m - bluesman of the parish
would bounce in uber excitment, if I had a PDA / smart phone !
but yeay cause more popel will be able to read my entries.
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Posted Mar 11, 2005 by  (Mahatma) 2legs - Resident loon and Cloud Cuckoolander -- Bliss is folding towels.
My new smartphone arrived at 9:42 AM today  yes how sad the main reason I paid out for one?  
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Posted Mar 11, 2005 by U94986
I'm glad I got a PDA now! I just have to work out how to make it do anything other than be a big 'to-do' list and a diary.
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Posted Mar 11, 2005 by Scandrea
Wow! An excuse to get a new toy!
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Posted Mar 11, 2005 by Smij - Formerly Jimster
Once this has launched we're also (fingers crossed) going to get a more basic version for older WAP phones. We really have to thank the BBCi Mobile team for some exceptionally hard work and long hours - and patience as we try to explain the basics of Hitchhikerdom 
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Posted Mar 11, 2005 by Skankyrich [?]
So.... anyone want to buy a 3210? Think I might have a reason to upgrade now
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Posted Mar 11, 2005 by Gnomon: ciabatta and mortadella
Does this mean we should structure our entries for the Guide any differently, or do we just carry on as normal?
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Posted Mar 11, 2005 by coelacanth
Well done to everybody involved!
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Posted Mar 11, 2005 by Natalie
Very good question Gnomon! This will have a relatively slight impact on the way things are structured, but we're happy to concentrate on those in-house for the time being, while we get the hang of how it can all work best.
We will be revising the writing guidelines slightly soon - the main thing concerns dividing some Entries, in order that scrolling through them is easier - but nothing to worry about.
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Posted Mar 11, 2005 by Gnomon: ciabatta and mortadella
When I saw this converation in my list first, I thought it said
11 March 2005: h2g2 Goes Wibble
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Posted Mar 11, 2005 by Skankyrich [?]
 That would be an even better story!
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Posted Mar 11, 2005 by (Mahatma) 2legs - Resident loon and Cloud Cuckoolander -- Bliss is folding towels.
*glairs at his new 6630 smartphone in a hope this will make the old mobile number switch over quicker  
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Posted Mar 11, 2005 by Traveller in Times >42 )^( _
Traveller in Time  on his bicycle
"But I do not even have a mobile phone
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Posted Mar 11, 2005 by Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic.
for everyone in The Towers involved in bringing The H2G2 to life!
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Posted Mar 11, 2005 by Ferrettbadger. The Renegade Master
I have a G3 phone, will that work?
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Posted Mar 11, 2005 by Traveller in Times >42 )^( _
Traveller in Time missing a tiny detail
"Where can we find the mobile site ? "
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