Thanks to SMS.ac Thumbly is now available on most WAP-capable phones.

According to the SMS.ac corporate website they have built a subscriber network via hundreds of mobile service providers such that they currently reach out to over 1.5 billion cell phone users world-wide.

The core of their service is the interconnectivity of a community of users who interact with each other in and around pods like Thumbly from Mobile Home Pages.

I don't know if any of you have ever looked at Google's 'Personalized Homepage' or played around with any of the settings but I wrote a Google Module that was one of the first ones to be included in the shiny new Custom Module Directory... check it out

From your Google Homepage http://www.google.com/ig?hl=en

Click 'Add Content' up there in the top left corner

Follow the 'More Content' link at the bottom of the left column

Scroll down to the bottom of the page (you should be here http://www.google.com/ig/directory ) and tremble in awe as I did when I first saw 'Lady Thumbly' enshrined there above my name. (One of my daughters helped me design this)

Lady Thumby, the dynamic emoticon and personal assistant currently comes equipped with a notepad, RPN calculator and some seasonal regalia..

The hit count and bandwidth usage from http://thumbly.com/ is probably going to get me kicked off my service provider's network but * gosh * this is cooler than getting slashdotted. I'm currently sipping a glass of 2005 Yellowtail Syrah and basking in the glow of the moment.

Life can be good in spite of ex-wives. 8-)

The dynamic emoticon is now available as Google Home page content...

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To try it out, go to http://www.google.com/ig and add the module 'http://thumbly.com/thumbly'