Found On The Mobile Web #69

Found on the Mobile Web is a weekly WAP Review feature listing newly added and updated sites on the YesWAP.com mobile portal and WapReview mobile site directory. With these latest additions the directory and portal now list 1762 mobile sites.

Shopping

Sears2go Mobile Web Site

Sears2go sears2go.com Shop big U.S. retailer Sears Roebuck’s online catalog for tools, appliances, clothes, fitness equipment, lawn and garden supplies. Order on line for delivery or in store pickup. Stored credit card option. Optimized for smartphones, the site’s 150 KB catalog pages are too large to load on most feature phones. Source: Mobility.mobi
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Technology/Internet

johnchow.com mobile.johnchow.com Personal blog of John Chow, publisher of gadget and tech deals blog TechZone. John shares tech, writing, “getting-things-done” and money making tips for bloggers and would be internet moguls. Mobile view by Mobify
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Technology/Tech News

CIO mobile.cio.com/device/index.php Mobile edition of CIO, a big controlled circulation (free to qualified subscribers) print magazine targeting Information Services managers. The site carriers mobile formatted text-only versions of a subset of the magazine’s high level articles on the latest tech trends with analysis of their impact on enterprise IS.
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Travel-Transit/Destination Guides

California Academy Of Sciences Mobile Site

CA Academy of Sciences m.calacademy.org The California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, California is a world-class aquarium, planetarium and natural history museum with a 4-story rainforest. It’s housed in a striking new environmentally sustainable building by Renzo Piano. The museum’s mobile site has daily program listings, ticket prices and public transit, driving ad parking information.
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Technology/Mobile/News – Reviews

David Carrington blog.davidcarrington.co.uk Blog by Dabr (the best mobile Twitter client) creator David Carrington. He’s a long time Windows Mobile user, now an Android  fan who writes about mobile and web development, phones and the mobile web.
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Technology/Mobile/Mobile Social

Storyz m.storyz.com/ Forum style social network built around storytelling. Start a story and add to other’s stories. Source: Oh! Mobile Directory
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Sports/Winter Sports

SNO.mobi Screenshot

sno.mobi www.sno.mobi Ski, snow and weather forecasts, general and transportation information, guides to dinning and drinking establishments and user ratings for hundreds of ski resorts around the world. Source: Tappity
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News/US Local by State/Alabama – California

Fort Smith AK Ch 40/29 wap.4029tv.com Fayetteville, Fort Smith and Northwest Arkansas News, News, Weather, Sports and Entertainment – from Northwest Arkansas’ KHBS Ch 40, Fort Smith and KHOG Ch 29 in Rogers. Source: Oh! Mobile Directory
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Search/Local/City Guides

360Tulsa 360tulsa.com Business directory for Tulsa, Oklahoma. Listings include description, address, click to call number, an email contact form and a map. There are also coupons for some businesses and Tulsa job listings. Two column layout renders poorly on many S40 phones, Source: Oh! Mobile Directory
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