Newspaper on mobile phones appears

China has launched a new mobile newspaper which will be available to cellular phone users at the press of a button.

Not only can they make phone calls and send and receive short messages, but now they can read daily newspapers from a single handset.

The new mobile newspaper was introduced by China Women Daily, a newspaper mainly targeting female readers.

Major articles in the paper will be simultaneously be available on subscribers' mobile phones.

A single handset can store a whole year's worth of the newspaper.

Subscription fees are around $2.5 per month, about the same as the price of the printed edition.

Source: CRI