Author Archives: Dennis Bournique

Carnival of the Mobilists #163 at Golden Swamp

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This week’s Carnival of the Mobilists (COTM) is hosted by Judy Breck at Golden Swamp.  Judy’s not only the host this week, she’s also the dynamo that keeps the Carnival running smoothly with a new edition appearing every Monday. She schedules hosts, reminds each week’s host when it’s their turn,  promotes the Carnival on the COTM mailing list and on Forum Oxford and maintains the Carnival’s website.  Thank you Judy for your great work, you have made the COTM one … Continue reading →

Found on the Mobile Web 52

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Found on the Mobile Web is an 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 1416 mobile sites. Search Mosio Mobile m.mosio.com Mosio is similar to Yahoo Answers but for mobile. You can text any question from your phone or enter it on the site and have it answered by real people (other Mosio members).Source: Oh! Mobile Directory … Continue reading →

Copy Webpage Text With Opera Mini, S60 and Blackberry

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The ability to copy text from a web page is one of the most requested features by users on the Opera Mini Forum. It’s such a basic and useful function that’s available in all desktop browsers, yet hardly any mobile browsers support it.  A clever coder who goes by the handle “Cousinisaac” has found a way make web text copying possible not only in Opera mini but with several other mobile browsers too. Cousinisaac created a simple web form at … Continue reading →

Official Release of UCWEB 6.3 For Java ME

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Thanks to tips from a couple of readers, I can report that the official English version of UCWEB 6.3 for Java ME phones is now available. You can read the release announcement on the UCWEB forum here. Download the new release from http://www.uc.cn/English/download.shtml (PC) or  http://wap.ucweb.com (mobile). New features in this release are listed as: Brand new UI Optimization of page layout Intelligent input of address Optimization of download management and flow. Number keys for main menu and context menu. … Continue reading →

USGovXML – Big Government Data Mobile Mashup

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The US government makes an enormous amount of data available for free as downloadable XML files and through Web based APIs .  There’s a comprehensive listing of government data sources and tips for using them at usgovxml.com. Many of these data sources could easily be turned into useful web and mobile web services. USGovXML.com  has created a collection of sample mobile mashups using a small subset of the available US government data services at  usgovxml.com/mobile. There’s a huge amount of … Continue reading →

Buzzwire Wants to be the Mobile Digg

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There have been numerous attempts at duplicating the success of Digg on the mobile web.  Mobile sites like Admob owned TapTap along with bMarks, Mobilised and Tappity copy the basic Digg model of a crowd sourced URL sharing recommendation engine.  These sites seem to be getting a fair amount of traffic although none of four has anything like Digg’s name recognition. Buzzwire, a new service at m.buzzwire.com which was launched today, aims to change that.  Buzzwire, as a  company, is … Continue reading →

Found on the Mobile Web #51

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Found on the Mobile Web is an weekly WAP Review feature listing newly added and updated sites on the YesWAP.com mobile portal and WapReview.mobi mobile site directory. With these latest additions the directory and portal now list 1377 mobile sites. Sports NCAA tnsgroup.mobi/ncaa.htm Just in time for March madness, here’s a  directory of links to over 275 NCAA Division I University sporting websites. That’s over 80% of all Division I schools. The links are arranged by conference so it’s easy … Continue reading →

Mobile Guide to the Hollywood Walk of Fame

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In LA for the Oscars?  Don’t miss visiting the Hollywood Walk of Fame, 2500 pink and bronze stars set in three and a half miles of sidewalk beginning at the corner of Hollywood and La Brea. Each star is dedicated to a great performer or fictional character from  motion pictures, live theater, radio, television or recording. You can buy overpriced maps of the Walk of Fame at tourist traps all over the LA area but there’s a better way to … Continue reading →