Google recently released Gmail Mobile. Given the buzz around Gmail and the fact that Charlie Schick is wondering what my take is on Gmail, I HAD to take a look a it. First of all, I had no luck getting Google to send me an SMS invite. Supposedly, anyone with a US mobile phone capable of receiving text messages can have an invitation sent to their phone by visiting this page with their desktop browser. Well, it didn’t work for … Continue reading
I added Bloglines to the Directory and Portal. I know I panned the poor usability of the mobile site, a week ago, but I find myself using it daily nonetheless. Here’s why – synchronization. I want my mobile reader to only show me items I haven’t read already on the desktop and vice versa. Along with a million or two other folks, I use Bloglines on the desktop, it’s simply the best aggregator around. The main problem with Bloglines Mobile … Continue reading
I fixed some bad links on the Yeswap.com mobile portal and the Wap Review Directory: In the /Home/Technology/Tech News section, the link to Wired News is working again. In /Home/Technology/Internet/RSS Readers, the links to Bloggo and Feedalot did not work on WAP1 phones. You could view the login pages but the ID and Password text fields were missing. It should be OK now. If you find any more bad links in the Directory or Portal, please drop me a comment.
Avec Mobile has posted a Review of mobile search engines. There is also a PDA format version (21 KB in size) here. Nice screenshots and an interesting discussion. Here at Wap Review we have covered most of these sites and some others in the Search and Reference sections. I hope Avec Mobile continues to review mobile sites, it’s nice to have a second opinion.
Photo: Richard L. BlissThis week’s Carnival of the Mobilists is very special. For the last Carnival of 2005, Russell Buckley at MobHappy has asked everyone writing on mobile telephony to nominate their best item of the year. And did he ever get some great stuff. The list of authors reads like a Who’s Who of the blogosphere; Russell, Howard Rheingold, Mike Masnick, Om Malik, Emily at textually.org and Carlo Longino to mention a few. Visit the Carnival here.This is the … Continue reading
I’ve added several more local news sites to the /Home/News/US Local section of both the Wap Review Directory and to the YesWap portal. The directory contains all the wap site reviews organized by subject areas such as News, Sports, Entertainment or Technology. YesWap is a mobile portal containing links to all the sites in the directory arranged in the same subject area hierarchy for easy access on your mobile device. Mobile local news sites are a great way to keep … Continue reading
It’s time for the Carnival. Hosted this week by C. Enrique Ortiz at his Mobility W e b l o g, this is the tenth in the series of roving expositions known as the Carnival of the Mobilists. Each week a different host blogger showcases the best submitted items on any aspect of mobility. Be sure to visit this week’s Carnival. If you missed any of the previous Carnivals, you can find them at: Carnival 1 at MobHappy Carnival 2 … Continue reading
I ran across a neat little mobile site called i-Mode Webcams which has links to fifty or so webcams around the world – mostly cityscapes and street scenes. Handy if you want to check the weather across the world or across the city. The images are scaled down to 120 pixels wide by default so they should work on just about any WAP2 phone. You can also specify a different width if your phone has a larger screen. You can … Continue reading