Author Archives: Dennis Bournique

Mobile Firefox Best On The W3C’s New Mobile Browser Test

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The W3C’s Mobile Web Test Suites Working Group has released their Web Compatibility Test for Mobile Browsers Version 2.  It’s at www.w3.org/2010/01/wctmb2/. This is a forward looking test that is designed to test HTML 5 capabilities that will drive the next generation of mobile Webapps including XmlHttpRequest, <canvas>, <input type=’date’>, contenteditable, Appcache,  <video>, <audio>, Web Workers, localStorage, sessionStorage and @font-face. Most mobile browsers don’t support many of these capabilities yet. I tried the new test with all the mobile browsers … Continue reading →

Urbanspoon – Mobile Webapp Version Of An iPhone App Hit

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Urbanspoon is one of the success stories of the iPhone appstore phenomenon. The self-funded three man start-up began as a web based, crowd sourced guide to dinning out in  major metropolitan areas in the US and Canada.  Urbanspoon  launched a location aware iPhone app shortly after Apple opened the platform to third party developers in 2008. The app quickly became one of the 10 most downloaded apps on iTunes. Then Urbanspoon really hit it big after Apple featured it in … Continue reading →

Found On The Mobile Web #203

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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 2136 mobile sites. Science and Technology GEN Mobile – Biotech genengnews.mobi The mobile edition of Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, a leading publication in biotechnology which offers tutorials and articles on bioprocessing, assays, drug discovery, emerging technologies, product roundups and reports from key … Continue reading →

For Home Brewers and Beer Lovers – CraftBeer.mobi

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This weekend wouldn’t it be great to sit back and enjoy a pint or two of delicious home brewed beer? Of course you do have to brew it first. CraftBeer.mobi is a great resource for the home brewers and beer lovers with detailed beer recipes, brewing tips and beer style guides. The site also offers several free spreadsheet based calculators designed to help home brewers determine ingredient quantities and boil times to achieve the desired specific gravity, bitterness, color and … Continue reading →

So Long N900, Thanks For The Good Times!

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I have to send the Nokia N900 loaner back to Nokia’s WOMWorld tomorrow. It’s a great phone or as Nokia likes to call it, “mobile computer” and I’m going to miss it. I’ve covered the browsing capabilities of the N900 quite bit here on WapReview but to summarize, the built in MicroB  browser is the best browser available today on any pocketable device.  The combination of 800 x 480 resolution, 3.5 inch screen, high performance JavaScript engine and full desktop … Continue reading →

Foursquare Competitor Gowalla’s Location Aware Mobile WebApp

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Gowalla is a location based social networking “game” that is very similar to the better known Foursquare. But it’s not a copy or clone. The two services were created independently and both were launched essentially simultaneously at SXSW last year. Gowalla players compete for “Pins”, the equivalent or Foursquare’s badges, by checking in at physical locations around their neighborhood, city and the world. Gowalla has always allowed checkins anywhere, unlike Foursquare which was restricted to 100 major cities until recently. … Continue reading →

Use Google Buzz In Opera Mini, Bolt, MicroB and Firefox Mobile!

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Google’s Buzz has certainly generated a lot of negative reactions around the web over privacy issues and the fact that many Android users were denied access to it. Google has been in damage control mode ever since the Buzz launch and has made some changes that go a long way to answering both criticisms. The privacy issue was obviously the more serious.  A lot of  Gmail users felt that their privacy had been violated by Buzz’s auto-follow feature that defaulted … Continue reading →