Consumers can choose to be notified by certain criteria, such as subject, sender and e-mail address. Consumers can receive national, international, political, business, entertainment and technology news using preprogrammed summaries or keyword triggers. Consumers can follow their favorite professional and college sports teams via their wireless device. Between games, they can keep up with news about their teams. Local forecasts can be tracked for most major U.S. and Canadian cities.
Users can receive quotes for U.S. and Canadian stocks and stock indexes.
They can also set up triggers for notification, including time of day and price movements. Daily horoscopes can be delivered directly to users wireless devices. Users of MSN Calendar can receive reminders for events and meetings scheduled on their online calendar while away from their PCs. Consumers can set up reminders for specific appointments or tasks with personalized messages. One-time and recurring alerts can be scheduled.