Good news for the few Disney Mobile subscribers out there. Looks like you’ll be getting some new features later this year. Some sound pretty useful actually, like a unique calendaring service that will allow parents to keep a web-based calendar that can push event alerts to family phones via SMS.
Another service called Scout will also be debuting this year on Disney Mobile. Scout will use GPS to find “points of interest” or Disney Stores near your current location. You’ll also be able to use Scout as a photo-sharing service. Take a picture with your phone then use Scout to publish it to a personal web album.
Though not many people subscribe to Disney Mobile, these features sound pretty useful for a family that wants to keep in touch and focus on doing activities together.
Disney Mobile To Add Features [TWICE via PhoneScoop]
Unfortunately in the list of “not too many people subscribe to Disney Mobile”, my family is one that does. Overall we are disappointed, to put it mildly. Unfortunately the cost to exit out of the 2 year commitment is extremely high and Disney will not waive the early termination fee, even though we have pages and pages of support calls and inumerable unresolved issues with the phones, service, programming and reliability. The service is good for Grade School kids, only. Parents can use the control and tracking features online without locking themselves into this service. Teenagers beware.