Squace is a mobile browser that enables you to easily use and share mobile services, content, and information. Squace is based on an innovative user interface technology, that creates superior usability and greatly facilitates mobile navigation. With Squace you are not more than three clicks away from the content you need. Squace is a (very thin) freeware client. Through the client or on your personal page on www.squace.com, you create your own user interface by adding links to interesting sites, games, widgets, services, etc. and by sharing these with others. Squace offers a selection of mobile services, such as Squace-adapted Internet sites, RSS feeds (news, blogs, or travel guides), and yellow pages. Squace also contains simple tools for creating your own mobile site with unique background images, billboards, articles, and links to RSS feeds and other mobile services.
The intuitive, simple, and adaptive user interface is an important Squace feature. Experts agree that a user must be able to reach desired content with less than six clicks. With Squace, you are three clicks or less away. One minute is all you need to understand how Squace works and how to create an interface. Another important feature is that Squace is freeware for content providers and users. Any company or person can easily create a personal Squace site for the mobile world to freely access a freeware mobile service perfect for all kinds of mobile content.
The Squace client is a light-weight Java MIDlet software installed on your mobile phone. The client communicates with the Squace server that enables the client to show pages.
RSS is a format used for web feeds, which is a
standardized way of publishing content that is frequently updated,
such as news, blogs, or podcasts. Using a program called feed reader,
you subscribe to RSS content from a particular feed (source), for
example, news from a daily newspaper. The feed reader then regularly
checks the feeds you subscribe to, and if there is new content since
last time it checked, that content is retrieved and presented to you.
RSS delivers its information as an XML file called an RSS feed, web
feed, RSS stream, or RSS channel. On web pages, feeds are typically
marked with the word Subscribe, or the orange rectangle shown above.
Many news aggregators also publish subscription buttons for use on web
pages to simplify the process of adding news feeds. An address to a
feed typically looks like this:
http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/Sports.xml (New York Times
- Sports).
Squace is free of charge for content providers and users. As a user, you only pay your operator?s regular data traffic fee.
We recommend using UTF-8 encoding for all SquaceML documents. ISO 8859-1 works as long as you don't use unauthorized characters.
We are working to adapt Squace to as many phone models as possible. Currently, Squace works fine on most Nokia, Sony Ericsson, and Samsung phones (see the list of mobile phone models that were tested and supported). Squace is independent of mobile telephony standard and can be used with 3G and GSM phones; the higher data speed of the 3G phones decreases surfing costs.
Yes. Mobile 2.0 refers to a perceived next generation of mobile Internet services that leverage the social web, or what some call Web 2.0. The social web includes social networking sites and wikis that emphasize collaboration and sharing among users. Mobile Web 2.0? — emphasis on web — usually means bringing Web 2.0 services to the mobile Internet (accessing aspects of Web 2.0 sites from mobile Internet browsers).
To run Squace on your mobile phone, you must:
Ensure that you:
Now try to download Squace again. If it still doesn't work, go to m.squace.com with your mobile phone browser or contact Squace support at support@squace.com.
How do I download and install the Squace client to my cell phone? Ensure that your mobile phone is turned on. On a computer or on your mobile phone:
On your mobile phone:
This is normal. Select Yes, only this session. Then click Continue. A MIDlet is simply a type of Java program, typically a game or an application that runs on a mobile phone, for example, Squace. Phone manufacturers try to protect users from accidentally downloading malicious software by warning users if an application is not registered with them. We guarantee that Squace is completely harmless and that it will not harm your mobile phone in any way.
Just download a new Squace client from www.squace.com. Same procedure as before.
Take a closer look at the application and all the developed features by clicking here to access the Squace user manual.
To use Squace on your mobile phone, you must have an Internet connection set up with your mobile phone operator. Most operators offer to set it up for you, automatically and free of charge. Check your operator's web site for more information; most mobile phone manufacturers offer this service free of charge.
To check if an Internet connection is installed, open your phone's browser and (for best results) go to an Internet site adapted for mobile phones, such as m.squace.com. If the site opens, but you still have problems, please see "I have correct Internet settings, but Squace still doesn't work on my phone, why?".
I have correct Internet settings, but Squace still doesn't work on my phone, why?
With a few phones, simply downloading the regular Internet settings might not be enough to get Squace to work. If this happens to you, you must adjust your phone's Internet settings.
We store only the bookmarks you save to your account and any profile information you choose to enter.
When providing us with your contact information, it will only be used by us in connection with you and your site. We will not pass any information to a third party without prior permission from you.
No, we will not place advertisements on your site.
Creating a site in Squace is very easy. You need:
Try to create a site now. Use the Create a site tool, or refer to the SquaceML manual (download link) for more information.
From your Squace web page, you can search for interesting sites under Add stuff. Select Add to my Squace to add all the sites you want to have in your Squace. On the phone, find new sites under Discover content, or Tags/Popular, or Tags/My/Global. Or, use the Search function to find information you're interested in. To add newly discovered sites to My stuff, select Add to My stuff or Add to garage in the pop-up menu.
Previous versions of Java Runtime have errors, and MAC doesn't automatically upgrade Java Runtime. Please upgrade your Java to version 1.5.0_13 manually, and you should be able to use the phone preview without problems. The link for downloading the latest Java version is below the phone preview.
If you are experiencing problems, or have ideas on Squace functionality and what you would like to see on Squace, please email us at support@squace.com. We will reply as soon as possible.
Squace gives you easy access to your account from a mobile phone or the web. You can access the same account via phone or web page, and as a result, all the changes you do on the phone are seen on the web page.
When you return to the Squace web page on the same computer, you see that the link package you created is saved (if you don't delete your cookies). If you want to access Squace from another computer, click on Save this account and select user name and password.
If you want to enable web access to an account that you have only used on your mobile phone, then log in using a temporary web access code that is retrieved from your phone.
Next time you can use these credentials to sign in to your account, from any computer.
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