Author Archives: Dennis Bournique

How Many Calories in a Big Mac? Find Out on the Mobile Web

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The Daily Plate is part of Lance Armstrong’s Livestrong.com site. It’s for anyone, active or not, who wants to lose or gain weight or maintain their current weight. A simple calculator lets you set up a daily calorie goal based on your current weight, activity level and weight loss (or gain) target. Registered users can track their calories by entering their meals on The Daily Plate desktop or mobile web site. In addition to the typical database of packaged and … Continue reading →

Found On The Mobile Web 180

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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 1908 mobile sites. Technology presetsheaven presetsheaven.mobify.me A tech news and tutorial blog for users of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. As the sites name suggests it is focused on Presets which are installable Lightroom filters for color corrections and special effects. presetsheaven has dozens of … Continue reading →

Coming very soon: The next generation in mobile browsing

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The  words “Coming very soon: The next generation in mobile browsing” and a map jigsaw puzzle image appeared on Opera Software’s “teaser” page at opera.com/next/. Opera used a similar page during the PR buildup leading to the release of Opera Unite. Five days before Unite’s release, Opera posted a page reading “On June 16th at 9 AM (CET) we will reinvent the Web” If Opera follows the same model this time we should expect something new in mobile browsing five … Continue reading →

Mobilize 09 – Moto and INQ With Android, Oh Boy!

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I attended yesterday’s Mobilize conference in San Fransisco and did a quick post about Motorola’s big announcement,  the Cliq with MOTOBLUR.  I wanted to follow up with a little bit more about the conference and my analysis about why I think Android is significant for mobile web browsing and mobile web services. Mobilize was very well done.  Kudos to Om and his staff and sponsors for sweating the details and making Mobilize a good experience for everyone.  Things like good … Continue reading →

Motorola’s First Android, the “Cliq” With MOTOBLUR

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Motorola’s first Android phone was announced today by Motorola CTO Sanjay Jha at GigaOm’s Mobilize conference in San Francisco.  The phone is Motorola Cliq MB200, which looks like the same phone that was widely leaked as the Morrison.  Thankfully the toy-like bright blue trim featured in most of the leaked shots has been replaced by basic black.  Specs include: 3.1-inch HVGA touch-screen display 5 megapixel auto focus camera with geo tagging, video capture and 24 fps playback 3.5mm headset jack … Continue reading →

Dick’s Sporting Goods QR Code Mobile Site Promotion

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Having a name that tends to make jocks snicker doesn’t seem to have hurt Dick’s Sporting Goods‘s business. The largest publicly traded athletic store chain in the country operates 409 brick and mortar stores in the US as well as a an online shopping site at dickssportinggoods.com. Dick’s just went mobile with an attractive mobile new Website at dsports.mobi.  It was launched with a 2D barcode promotion on what is allegedly the world’s largest HDTV video screen during the nationally … Continue reading →

Must Read Blog, MSearchGroove Is On the Mobile Web Too

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MSearchGroove (MSG), published by well known mobile industry analyst, consultant, author and lecturer Peggy Anne Salz, is one of my favorite sources for the latest news and commentary on mobile search, marketing and advertising. In addition to Peggy, the site’s authors include industry insiders Chetan Sharma, Andrew Grill, Andreas Constantinou and John Puterbaugh among others. This is one site that should be on every mobilist’s reading list. I’m not sure how long MSearchGroove has had a mobile edition. I discovered … Continue reading →

Southwest Airlines Adds Mobile Booking and Flight Status

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One of my readers suggested I take a look at Southwest Airline’s new mobile site. Back in 2006, Southwest was one of the first airlines to offer mobile web based online check in. Until recently however, check in was about the only thing you could do on the Southwest site. That’s all changed with the latest redesign. The new Southwest site not only lets you check in but also offers mobile users a full range of online services including flight … Continue reading →