Found on the Mobile Web #10

Found on the Mobile Web is a weekly feature on Wap Review listing new and updated mobile sites. All sites listed are included in the yeswap.com mobile portal and WapReview.com mobile directory.

Entertainment/Music-Nightlife

B'way.mobiTuned.mobi: (tuned.mobi) Mobile friendly directory to streaming internet radio stations. Searchable by callsign this site is very comprehensive with hundreds of links to stations in the US, Canada, UK and Australia. These streams are in wma, mp3, real and ogg formats and are playable on Windows Mobile, Palm, Linux, Symbian and most 3G feature phones with a compatible player. Warning, you don’t want to try this unless you have an unlimited data plan!

Entertainment/Theater

B’way.mobi: (bway.mobi) Mobile guide to Broadway plays, plot synopses, cast list and curtain times for current on-Broadway shows.

News/US Local by State/NY-OH

Coshocton Tribune: (http://m.coshoctontribune.com/) Gannett, which owns around a hundred mostly small town newspapers in the US continues it’s march to mobilize all of them. The latest is the Coshocton, Ohio Tribune.

Zanesville Times Reporter: (m.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com) Another Gannett paper with a mobile edition the Times Reporter,  is also in Ohio.

Portals

dir.mobi: (dir.mobi) An ambitious new portal, dir.mobi features three types of content. At the top of the page are links to more than 340 mobile sites. Below that are mobile front ends to several internet directories that are part of the Open Directory Project, like the ChefMoz restaurant review directory and a large song lyric database. There’s a tremedous amout of content here although response can be very slow and some links lead to non-mobile sites. Finally there a section of news, weather, stocks and directions, etc. which links to major sites like USA Today, Yahoo and Mapquest. Zedge Mobile

Shopping

xpBargains: (xpbargains.com/pda.php) Listings of current hot deals on electronics gear. Wml version at xpbargains.com/wap.php

Technology/Mobile/Downloads

Zedge Mobile: (mobile.zedge.net) Zedge (review), one of the highest traffic mobile file sharing sites, has a new and much improved mobile site. No longer limited to just downloading content you’ve queued on the PC site, the new version lets you browse and search Zedge’s huge collection of wallpapers, themes, picture messages, ring tones and videos. The social aspect of Zedge is well supported too, finally you can access your inbox and guest book as well as message with your to your Zedge friends directly from the phone.

Technology/Aerospace

 SpacePDA.netNASA 2 Go: (nasa2go.msfc.nasa.gov) The official NASA mobile site carries news from the space agency. Infrequently updated (:

SpacePDA.net Mobile: (www.spacepda.net/mobile) This mobile site features NASA and industry news and press releases plus profiles of aerospace companies.

Space Future Journal: (spacefuture.com/channel/avantgo/journal.shtml) Focused on civilian and commercial space travel, this site is for “anyone who wants to go to space.” The site is text-only, unfortunately for a topic that really deserves images and even video.

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