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Turning cheap cell phones into smarter phones

iSkoot is trying to make cheap cell phones smarter.

The company, which provides mobile Web services, announced Wednesday that it is offering a software development kit to mobile handset manufacturers so that they can turn their inexpensive feature-phones into Web-enabled devices that can access and get live updates for popular Web services like Facebook, IM, e-mail, Twitter and other social media sites.

The iSkoot KalaidaLive SDK will be available to any handset maker, such as LG, Samsung, Motorola or any other device maker. The purpose is to provide more Web services for these inexpensive devices at a low cost. The … Read more