Author Archives: Dennis Bournique

How Many Mobile Internets?

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I don’t mean “internets” in the sense of the George Bush’s “I hear there’s rumors on the, uh, Internets”. I’m thinking that while there is only one internet, there really are several separate unequal mobile webs. The inequality comes from the huge variation in capabilities of mobile phone browsers. I like to divide mobile browsers into 5 broad categories; full web, big page, advanced embedded, basic embedded and wml-only. At the top are the mobile “full web” browsers like the … Continue reading →

Carnival of the Mobilists 94 at Taptology

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It’s Monday and that means it’s Carnival time. That’s right the latest Carnival of the Mobilists has landed at Taptology – Taptu’s Mobile Chemistry Blog. This weeks theme is “The Worldwide Connected” and worldwide it is with posts on mobile payments and ingenuity in Africa, mobile reporting of the Myanmar protests, two US carriers restricting free speech and another promising a future of open access and mobile aided navigation in London. And there’s more too, everything from a mobile IRC … Continue reading →

Luca Passani Interview and Mobile Usability

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Just a quick post to point out a couple things I saw on the web tonight that I think make great reading for mobile web designers and developers. MobilOpen has an interesting interview with WURFL co-author Luca Passani. WURFL (Wireless Universal Resource File) is the OpenSoure mobile device database that has become the standard for identifying and profiling mobile browsers. Luca talks about how he was inspired to create WURFL, the future of off-deck mobile content and especially the crisis … Continue reading →

Read Gawker, Lifehacker or Valleywag on Your Phone

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Gawker is a hugely popular New York City gossip blog. Based on it’s success, founder Nick Denton has built a blog network called Gawker Media which includes some of the net’s most destinations like Gizmodo, Lifehacker, Valleyway, Wonkette and Defamer. There are 14 Gawker Media sites in all (list from Wikipedia): Gawker – New York City gossip Gizmodo – Tech Gadgets and technology Lifehacker – Personal productivity Valleywag – Silicon Valley gossip Fleshbot – Sex and pornography Wonkette – Politics … Continue reading →

Bloglines Mobile Beta

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There’s a public beta of the next version of Bloglines Mobile up at m.beta.bloglines.com . If you are Bloglines user give it a try. I’m really excited about this. I live in the Opera Mini browser running Bloglines Mobile. If there is a new version of either Opera or Bloglines I’m like a kid in a candy store. While Opera Mini gets updated often, Bloglines hasn’t had a significant upgrade in years. Although I use it more than any other … Continue reading →

Carnival of the Mobilists 93

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The Carnival of the Mobilists is one of the longest running and, in my opinion at least, best of the Blog Carnivals. Each week a different mobile Blog hosts the Carnival, a post pointing out and linking to recent blog items on mobile topics. This week’s Carnival is at Tomi Ahonen and Alan Moore’s Communities Dominate Brands. It features interesting posts on Blyk, the gPhone and mobile ads in general, the positive role mobiles are playing in the Burmese sitiuation, … Continue reading →

Found on the Mobile Web 25

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Found on the Mobile Web is an occasional 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 945 mobile sites. Entertainment/Lifestyle Playboy (wap.playboy.com) The home of the centerfold now has a mobile web site. It’s pretty tame with non-nude cheescake photos, jokes, the Playboy Advisor and reviews. The well-designed mobile layout is by Quatro Wireless which also did wap.stupidvideos.com, covered … Continue reading →

Wadja

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Wadja (m.wadja.com) Is a mobile focused social network that has been around for about a year. It’s very mobile centric, there is a desktop version of Wadja but you never really need to go there, everything can be done from the mobile web site. Wadja has the usual social networking features of profiles, friends, content (music, video, pictures) sharing and chat. The thing that sets Wadja apart is the ability to send free SMS text messages to any number in … Continue reading →