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Instead of buying ringtones, wall papers, games, and videos, there are a variety of services that allow you upload any of these items and send it to your phone.  One of the more popular services is Mosh, which unfortunately, is about to be shut down by Nokia because of some bad apples. 

What in the world is Mosh?

In case you never heard of this service before, you might regret not using it after you hear about all the things it could do.  Basically, you would start off by navigating to their mobile site on your cell phone (phones are not restricted to Nokia) and search for what you want.  If you don’t want other people’s creations, you can opt in uploading your own masterpieces and having it on the go.  Any file that is supported by mobile phones can be uploaded to their service.  Now let’s say you created a game that you want others to enjoy.  With Mosh, you are able to upload it to their main page and people can search for it and download it onto their phone. 

If you can’t or don’t want to download it straight to your phone, you have the ability to download it onto your computer and then transfer it to the cell phone via USB or Bluetooth.  Best of all, the service was free. 

Sounds pretty cool, so why is Nokia shutting it down?

Like I said before, the service is being canceled because of a few bad people.  Well not a few bad people a lot of bad people.  They were bringing in enough ad revenue; the main problem was that users took advantage of the uploading interface by uploading pornography and illegally obtained music.  As you can imagine, not only were people upset by the large amounts of porn, but music labels were upset to see illegally obtained music being promoted and shared even more. 

I imagine it wasn’t an easy choice made by Nokia, so only time will tell whether they made the right choice or not.  Let us know if you used Mosh often and how you feel about the service being shut down.

Check it out [Mosh] Via [NYT]