Who access The Wall Street Journal through cell phone applications in the iPhone, BlackBerry and others already began to receive the warning: starting from October 24 it will be necessary to pay to read all of the news. According to the newspaper, the mobile signature will cost two dollars per week.

Who also signs the version printed will pay one dollar for the period. And who chooses so much for the printed as for the online will be able to access the mobile version free. The idea of The Wall Street Journal is to mix closed and open content, as it happens in its site.

The users registered today in the mobile service, that it is still free, will have one more period to accustom (or not) with the charge. They can continue to read the integral content of the newspaper for three months.

Differently of the internet, where the publicity is proceeding as businesses model, in the screen of the smartphone the challenge is way bigger. There is no doubt that the The Wall Street Journal application for iPhone is good. Difficult it is to believe that there will be, at this time, critical mass to pay 8 dollars a month to access it.

Via: Yahoo!.