Author Archives: Dennis Bournique

iPhone iGoogle Now Works in Skyfire, Opera Mini, S60 Webkit

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When I covered Google’s resurrected IGoogle for the iPhone, I complained that Google’s overly aggressive browser detection and redirection  was blocking users of other advanced mobile browsers like S60 Webkit and Opera Mini from the site. Today, I noticed that Google seems to have made a subtle change to the way it handles unrecognized and unsupported browsers. It’s now possible to force the advanced mobile version to be delivered to any browser.  Visit google.com/m/ig?uipref=6 to try it. You need to … Continue reading →

New Carnival of the Mobilists at mTrends

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Just posted at mTrends , the latest Carnival of the Mobilists is now available for your enlightenment and enjoyment.  Host Rudy De Waele has highlighted 16 of the week’s best posts on mobile topics by bloggers from around the world. Topics include app stores, the impact of mobiles in education and social change, widgets, advertising, mobile statistics, Bluetooth marketing, feature phones vs. smartpones, Intel and Nokia’s new alliance and the launch of two new services promoting networking between mobile entrepreneurs. … Continue reading →

Skyfire Updated

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It seems to be raining mobile browser updates.  Yesterday Bolt issued a major update  and it looks like Skyfire did a bug fix release on Monday.  There are quite a few fixes in it.  Here are the release notes. Skyfire 1.0 update – Release Notes (Windows Mobile and Symbian) Released: June 30, 2009 Since our Skyfire 1.0 launch, we’ve fixed a few bugs and are releasing this new update. We encourage you to upgrade today by going to http://get.skyfire.com with … Continue reading →

Bolt Beta 3 Browser Review

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I’ve been using the new release of Bolt (V 1.04, aka Beta 3) for about a day now and I’m quite impressed.  This release represents a significant upgrade.  The new support for bold and italic fonts, file uploading  and copying text from web pages is particularly welcome. Bolt and italic support may seem like a small thing but it makes for a big improvement in the appearance and readability of many sites. Of all the server assisted Java based browsers … Continue reading →

New Bolt Browser Release – Beta 3

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Today Bitstream released a new version of their free, server assisted browser, Bolt.  The new release is billed as Beta 3 and  carries version number 1.04. Details of the new features are in this press release.  Highlights include: Copy and paste text Enter and edit text directly within online text boxes Upload files such as videos to YouTube or pictures to Photobucket Order favorites and arrange them into custom folders Toggle between viewing websites with or without images displayed Rendering … Continue reading →

Found On The Mobile Web #69

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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 1762 mobile sites. Shopping 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 … Continue reading →

MFWS – Big Collection of Mobile Webmaster Tools

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MFWS.ro “My Favorite Web Site” is the largest collection of mobile friendly web, SEO and mobile utilities I’ve found to date. I don’t know about that blue on black color scheme though, it can be hard to read on some phones. There are some tools here that are hard to find on th mobile web including link checkers, ping, whois, traceroute, a page rank viewer, SEO keyword suggester, favicon maker, image re-sizer, video downloaders, a web based FTP client, MP3 … Continue reading →