WidSets is a simple service that brings you information normally accessed via the Internet by sending it directly to your mobile phone . Using mini-applications called widgets, it sends you the latest updates to your favorite websites. The system uses RSS feeds to push information from these websites directly to your mobile phone the minute they’re updated.

Just install WidSets on your phone, select the widgets that interest you and start using it. As soon as one of the websites you’ve chosen is updated (e.g. a news service, blog or weather forecast site), the widget for that website sends you an alert.

Widgets help you easily access information as soon as it's available on the Internet.

Widgets use RSS feeds which ‘push’ information to your phone in the form of short descriptive links. You can then either read the brief description or download all of the content.

New widgets are constantly being developed. Get news updates, know as soon as someone posts a comment on your blog, stay up to date on traffic, weather and the latest gossip, play games, chat, interact with your web communities and more.

Websites that constantly update their information, such as news wires, use a service that generates a special ‘feed’ containing just the headlines. You need a ‘client’ in order to receive this RSS feed. WidSets is a client. You tell WidSets which RSS feeds (we call them widgets) you are interested in and WidSets tells you when they’ve been updated.

Instead of wading through all those newsletters or visiting websites, you just open your WidSets client and scan the headlines from your chosen widgets. If something catches your attention, click on the link and the full story will be displayed.

WidSets is the service you access via www.widsets.com and use on your mobile phone. Widgets are the little boxes - or mini-applications – inside WidSets that get information for you from the Internet.

• Use widgets on your mobile phone
  Use WidSets to access your favorite RSS feeds, blogs, news or information – text and images. Or just play games and have fun.

• Browse the WidSets Library
  Discover the vast collection of widgets available in the WidSets Library.

• Create and personalize widgets
  Create, design, personalize and tweak your widgets to suit your style and mood. Then publish them in the Library

• Bookmark links from your mobile phone
  Use the Bookmark feature to create a link to the pages you’ve browsed with a widget. Use them later to find the website again.

• Share interesting stuff with your friends and rate widgets
  Found a widget you really like? Rate it and/or tell your friends about it!

WidSets is absolutely free, but your service provider may charge you for data transferred to your phone, i.e. for visiting websites or using data transfer services such as browsing the Internet. So keep in mind that whenever WidSets sends information right to your mobile, you may be paying for it.

The costs depend on the contract you have with your operator. Contact your operator for data transfer costs. Remember that roaming (using another operator’s network, e.g. when traveling abroad) data costs can be pretty high, so it’s definitely worth looking into.

You’ll need access to the Internet and a mobile phone that supports Java MIDP 2.0. If you are not familiar with Java MIDP 2.0, check your phone’s user manual or the manufacturer’s website.

You will need to ensure that your mobile phone can connect to the Internet, which usually requires a data subscription. If your phone does not yet have Internet access, contact your network operator for assistance.

The best way to find out if your mobile phone supports WidSets is to try it out. You’ll need a phone that supports Java MIDP 2.0 (most mobile phones currently on the market do) and is able to connect to the Internet.

We’re doing our best to make WidSets compatible with as many different phone models as possible. But with the constant flow of new phone models and new widgets, we are never going be able to test every single widget on every phone model and every operator’s network. As such, we’re really grateful for all feedback on how WidSets is working/not working on your particular phone model. Just go to the Forum and leave your feedback we’ll do our best to help you. Or, check to see if your question has already been answered.

A list of compatible phone models can be found at: www.widsets.com/info/compatibility.html.

WidSets currently supports Unicode (UTF-8 encoding). This means that WidSets works on mobiles with Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Hebrew or Greek character sets.

In order to make WidSets a pleasant experience for everyone, we have set up a few Dos and Don’ts. Basically, don’t offend anyone with abusive material or content that may be unsuitable for a public site.

Please read our Terms of Service at www.widsets.com. They'll give you a pretty good idea of what's allowed and what will get you banned.

WidSets can be installed either to a memory card or your mobile phone’s memory. There are three different ways to get WidSets running on your mobile. Here are the alternatives:

Download WidSets from www.widsets.com

• Go to www.widsets.com and select a few widgets that are of interest to you.

• Click the ‘Download the selected widgets to your mobile’ button.

• Create your user account (username and password) first and then enter your mobile phone number. You will receive a text message containing a link to the WidSets download page.

  This might take a while, depending on your operator. If for some reason you do not receive the link right away, please be patient and wait for your operator to send it to your mobile phone.

• Select the link in the text message and your mobile phone’s web browser will open the WidSets download page.

• Install WidSets - follow the instructions given by your mobile phone.

• You're ready to start using WidSets!

Download from your mobile browser

• Download WidSets by entering ‘get.widsets.com’ in your mobile phone’s web browser. Then download the WidSets client directly to your mobile phone.

Transfer download files from your PC to your mobile phone

• Download the WidSets installation files (JAD and JAR) to your PC by going to get.widsets.com. JAD can be downloaded directly, but JAD download link can be found when you open the JAD file.

If you installed WidSets via ‘get.widsets.com’, you received a default user name such as D83920009. We recommend that you register to the service and change your default user name and password to something that you can easily remember.

You can register from your PC by going to www.widsets.com or from your mobile phone by going to the 'My Profile' widget.

After downloading WidSets to your phone, open it from the folder you stored it in. Finding the WidSets application on your phone may a bit tricky, as different phone models save it in different locations! It might be in one of the following places: My Own, Applications, Installed, Games, or Java Applications. If the newly installed WidSets application asks you for permission to access the Internet, select ‘yes’.

Running WidSets for the first time will activate your account and allow you to start using WidSets right away.

When you open the WidSets application on your phone, you’ll either see the widgets you’ve chosen on www.widsets.com, or a default set of widgets. This depends on how you've chosen to install WidSets. You’ll also see two other widgets. The ‘Start Here’ widget is a user guide to help you get to know WidSets. After you have opened it for the first time, it’s also where you’ll find your Inbox, Traffic Monitor and Bookmarks. The ‘Library’ widget allows you to browse hundreds of widgets by category or tag. Just find and upload the widgets you’re most interested in and you’re good to go!

Although you can start using your widgets right away, we recommend that you check the settings first to make sure they’re configured to your liking.

It’s easy! Just open the Library widget and select ’Create a new widget’. Type in the URL and select a layout from the ready-made templates. You can also create your own widgets under My Profile > Create your own widgets on www.widsets.com.

If you have some web development skills, you can also create a widget for your own web service. Go to dev.widsets.com for more information on SDK for WidSets.

All published widgets can be found in the Library. Browse all available widgets and select the ones you like best. You can also comment on, rate or recommend the widgets you’ve used. Search by category or tag, or use one of the convenient shortcuts: Top Rated, Latest, Most Popular, Editor’s Favorites, among others.

Think your friends might like WidSets or a particular widget? Select the widget and press Options – Widget - Share. Enter your friend’s phone number or add it from your list of contacts and send the widget will be sent right to their mobile. If they’ve never used WidSets before, they'll also receive a link to the WidSets client.

Choose the widget you want to move, select Options – Widget and Move. Now just move it to wherever you want it to be on the dashboard and confirm by selecting the middle softkey.

You can also move widgets at /">www.widsets.com. After you have logged in to the website, open the My Profile page and the Dashboard Manager view. Then just drag and drop the widgets as you like.

It’s easy! Choose the widget you want to remove and press Options – Widget – Remove. Removing idle widgets enhances the performance of your WidSets client.

If you don’t want or need to be connected, just disconnect from the network. Press Options – Application – Go offline. You can still use WidSets when you’re offline, but there won’t be any data traffic. You’ll also see an offline sign in the upper right corner of your screen.

Widget alerts can be set for each individual widget. When the alert is set to ‘on’, you’ll be informed as soon as the content of that widget has been updated.

To set an alert, go to 'Options' -> 'Widget' -> 'Settings' and select one of the seven ‘alert’ choices. The appearance of the widgets change when new content is available.

There are a total of six audio alerts and one vibrating alert. The ‘vibra' alert only works if your phone supports vibrating alerts.

If you see a green plus sign on one of your widgets, it means that there is new content available for that particular widget. The plus sign disappears once you’ve opened the widget.

Use the + key on your mobile keypad to move between widgets with a green plus sign.

Choose the widgets you want to add using the Library widget, press the ‘pick’ button and the widgets will automatically appear on your mobile dashboard.

If you are using WidSets on your PC at www.widsets.com and your WidSets client is connected (on your phone), select the widgets you're interested in from the Library. Then click on 'Update' on the top right corner of the page to transfer them to your mobile phone. The service updates the chosen widgets over the air to your mobile phone.

You can rate widgets on each widget’s homepage. To access the homepage, choose a widget on your dashboard, press Options – Widget – Homepage. Press Options on the homepage and rate the widget ‘excellent’ or ‘poor’. You can also access widgets’ homepages via the Library widget.

The Edit Widgets function is a great way to personalize your own widgets. Just follow the simple step-by-step instructions. Login to the www.widsets.com from yourPC and choose 'My Profile' and 'Edit widgets'. You can change the visual appearance of your widgets, change the RSS feed and publish your widgets so other WidSeteers can enjoy them as well.

You can also promote widgets you’ve already created for your website or blog. All you have to do is select a short script for your website's source code. For more information, go to ‘Promote Widget on your site’ at www.widsets.com.

You can edit widgets by going to www.widsets.com and opening the ‘My Profile – Edit widgets’ view. Copy the RSS feed address to your widget by right-clicking the logo and selecting ‘Copy Shortcut’. If you want to change the feed of your private widget, open the widget you want to modify and right-click to paste the URL to the RSS Feed URL box.

If you want to update one of your published widgets, just create a private copy of the widget, make the necessary modifications, republish it and select to replace the widget you are updating.

If you are using an Internet browser with an RSS reader extension (for example Firefox with the Sage RSS reader extension), simply drag and drop the RSS feed from the RSS reader into the widget's URL field.

Found something interesting you want to check out later or keep for future reference? You can store or send information you find on your widgets by clicking on Options and then selecting Bookmark or Email when you open, e.g., a news item.

The ontent you've bookmarked from your mobile phone can be accessed at www.widsets.com – you must be logged in to access it. You can also create an RSS feed from your bookmarks and read them using your RSS reader.

Check the Inbox for updates, service announcements and new features. This is also where you’ll find private messages sent to you by other WidSets members.

The Traffic Monitor helps you monitor all the data WidSets is using and how much data each individual widgets is using. You can also limit the amount of data your widgets can transfer. WidSets will notify you when the limit has been reached.

Log on to www.widsets.com. Go to My Profile > Settings. Here you’ll be able to change your profile information, including your email address, phone number and password. If you want to re-install WidSets, just reload the WidSets client onto your phone or delete your WidSets account.

If you are registering via www.widsets.com, you'll need to provide your mobile phone number se we can send you the client download link via text message. Although you may have already done this, sometimes these messages are lost. If this happens to you:

• Be patient. It could take some time for the message to reach your phone.

• Make sure you entered the correct phone number. You don’t necessarily need to add the country code.

• Try other ways of installing the client (see the 'Getting Started' section).

If you try to send the text message more than five times, you will receive an error message telling you that you have exceeded the daily maximum number (5) of text messages.

If you need to re-install WidSets on your phone, just go to www.widsets.com, log on to your personal page with your username and password. Go to My Profile > Settings and click on the 'Reload' button. We will send you a text message containing the client download link.

Uou can also use your phone's web browser to download WidSets from get.widsets.com. Use your existing username to log in and you'll be able to install the same profiled client.

Once you have installed WidSets and you open it for the first time on your mobile phone, you still might not see any widgets on your dashboard. This is probably because you are offline and the dashboard has not been updated.

If this is the case, you should check the access point being used for WidSets. This will depend on your service provider, but basically you need to be able to access the Internet e.g. GPRS/Internet. The most important thing is that you are not using WAP settings, as they will not work for WidSets.

Another possible cause could be in your connection type. There are two options in your WidSets client under the heading Options - Application - Settings – Connection: Socket and HTTP. Try switching between the HTTP and Socket connections. The default setting is a Socket connection, but if your service provider doesn't support this form of connection, you may have to switch to HTTP.

You have probably selected more widgets that your phone can handle. You'll need to remove some widgets from the dashboard by going to www.widsets.com. JLeave a couple of widgets on your dashboard and try opening WidSets again.

In some cases, your mobile may not be able to handle the WidSets application even though it supports Java MIDP 2.0. The best thing to do is try to install WidSets and see what happens .

If you have problems with phone memory usage, try clearing cached data from the WidSets application. Start WidSets and select Options – Application – Clear cached data. The data will be cleared when you restart the WidSets application.

On BlackBerry devices, Q stands for the left softkey and P for the right softkey. For example, when you first start using WidSets, press Q to accept the Terms of Service. Later on, pressing Q will open Options. Use P to toggle between widgets with the latest updates.

Not all BlackBerry devices support WidSets. Go to the WidSets Forum for more information.

When looking for answers to any questions you might have in the Forum, it’s always a good idea to have the WidSets log file open to help with the investigation . To find the log file in your mobile phone, go to Options – Application – Settings – Developer mode – On, then click on ‘Done’. Then re-open the Options file and click on ‘Developer’, under which you will find the latest log.