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F1 Live
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Hasn't been updated since Feburary 2003!

WapJag
Down since 09/04

SqueezeNet
Down since 9/04

Switchboard
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White and Yellow pages. Reverse phone number lookup. Driving directions. 27-Oct-2008 - No longer a mobile site.

Zagat
Down 02/05

ZDNet News
Down since 12/04

Mobone
Not a wap site anymore 2/18/05

WXTC IP Tools
None of the tools actually work!

Toilet Locator
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Only covers 10 cities but when you gotta go this may help. Down since 6/17/2005.

Wapdows
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A small directory of links. Down 03-Oct-2008 - Returns a GeoCities 404 Page

Symbian Diaries
Hasn't been updated since 06/12/04

J2ME Software
Mobile edition down 2/16/05

GuruBooks
Down 02/18/05

MyPNA
Down 02/18/05

UFN
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A major Nextel user forum and download site. To use it, you must first register at www.hofoufn.com Down since 3/05.

MobileWeb
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links to around 300 Handheld Friendy sites divided by catergory 08/18/2006 Site Down!

WapBlogger
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Post and edit your Blogger or LiveJournal blog from your mobile. Down 5/14/05

Translation
Dead 12/11/04

Mobdex
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Huge collection of eBooks including many classics. Down 3/08/05

Connected Mobiles
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Windows mobile news (updated infrequently) and forum. Down (domain parked) 1/22/05

DJJeffA.com
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iDEN user forum. Tutorials, downloads, questions and answers. If you have an iDen phone and want to get the most out of it, this is a great site. (Read More...)

WiMatt Forums
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Another good iDEN (the cellular protocal used by Nextel, Boost, Telus Mike, Southern LInc, etc.) site. Discusions, tutorials, downloads. (Read More...)

London Taxi
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Information about London taxis along with phone numbers of various cab companies. No longer has a mobile version

Times Avantgo
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Apparently intended for offline reading using the the Avantgo.com service. (Read More...)

Times by Unified Mobility
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This is one of the "Mobilized by Unified Mobility" sites that I wrote about in Wow 31 New Mobile News Sites! This was a good site for a while with (Read More...)

Times WAP
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Launched in 2003, this is a strange caricature of a news site. (Read More...)

Nextel Homepage
Nextel's homepage is only available from within the Nextel network using a phone with a Nextel account. The Nextel network and this site have been shut down.

Go2 Entertainment Awards
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If the official site doesn't have live updates there is an alternative. Local search site Go2. (Read More...)

Mogg
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A collection of trailers from nominated movies at mobile video sharing site Mogg. (Read More...)

London 2012
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The Official Website of the London Games with latest news and photos, daily schedules, a searchable database of athlete statistics, photos and bios, (Read More...)

Ski Report
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InfoSpace Ski Report - If you're not in Europe and the state of your personal economy precludes jetting to Courchevel for a week of skiing, (Read More...)

sno.mobi
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Ski, snow and weather forecasts,  general and transportation information, guides to dinning and drinking establishments and user ratings for (Read More...)

Quicken Mobile
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The mobile edition of Quicken's free online personal finance management service lets you view all you bank accounts in one place. (Read More...)

Player23
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Rugby news, results, live scores and schedules. Premium content including videos, wallpapers and memorabilia for sale. Source: Mobility. (Read More...)

ROK Comics
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Large selection of comic strips in English and Hindi including many favorites like Andy Capp, BC, Popeye and Robin Hood. (Read More...)

Squeakyspoon
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Dine at the squeakyspoons and avoid the greasyspoons. (Read More...)

Untappd
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Called "A Foursquare for Beer Lovers" by Mashable, Untappd is a location aware mobile web app where you check-in with a beer. (Read More...)

MeeGo News
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Dhruv Bhutani's MeeGo News covers the latest news aboutthe MeeGo OS. (Read More...)

Inside Sprint Now
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Frequently updated news blog covering US CDMA operator Sprint/Nextel. (Read More...)

iGoogle
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Google's personal homepage/portal comes in two flavors; a basic WAP page for legacy browsers (bottom image)  and a much richer version that's (Read More...)

WeatherOnline
Down 02/18/05

NY Review of Books
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Book reviews from the prestigious New York Review of Books. (Read More...)

Google Reader
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Six months ago I posted a piece entitled All I want is a good WAP RSS Reader comparing all the mobile web based rss aggregators that I could find at (Read More...)

TamsPalm
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TamsPalm-the Palm OS Blog is an interesting blog by Palm developer, Tam Hanna. (Read More...)

DiggPad
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Diggpad (wampad.com/digg/) is the work of Shawn Mccollum of Wampad. It takes a little different approach to Digg.com than the other mobile Diggs. (Read More...)

B'way Mobile
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A guide to New York City's Broadway theater scene. Brief plot synopsis, theater addresses, cast list, curtain times and theater phone numbers (not click to call!) . Parked domain.

BlackBerryTrade
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A relatively new BlackBerry news blog, user forum and download site. (Read More...)

Lightning Radar
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Lightningradar.mobi shows recent lightning strikes overlaid on a map of Europe. Now a "Health & Fittness Magazine" with no weather related content.

CTIA2009
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If you're at the big CTIA WIRELESS I.T. (Read More...)

Yahoo! Olympics
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Yahoo and Google's Olympic sites both popped up on the eve of the games. (Read More...)

Fast MSearch
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FAST MSearch is a WAP search engine that is not usually available on a public url. (Read More...)

TV Guide
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TV Listings for your market including broadcast, cable and satellite. Brief descriptions of each show. (Read More...)

CitiWiz
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Guide to Hotels, Shopping, Entertainment and Travel in hundreds of cities all over the world. Each catergory is sub-divided by price, type, etc. (Read More...)

Google Classic
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The WAP2 version of Google has four modes: 1) "Web" searches the main Google index for primarily desktop sites. (Read More...)

All About N-Gage
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Site devoted to Nokia's game deck. Replaced by ovigaming.mobi

ZeroIndex
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Download free games. 8/4/06 The games are gone, replaced by marketing blurbs for a mobile development house.

MyTreo
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I don't have any Palm OS devices anymore and hadn't visited MyTreo in quite awhile. (Read More...)

Skweezer
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All the buzz about Opera Mini must be frustrating for the 84 million users on US BREW carriers like Verizon, Alltel, US Cellular, Metro PCS or (Read More...)

PCS Intel
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Another news gosip site covering cellular networks and phones in the USA. The first pictures of unreleased phones often appear here. (Read More...)

ABQJournal
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Mobile edition of the Albuquerque Journal daily newspaper. (Read More...)

Planet-F1
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A great Formula One auto racing site. It's an 'exclusive' on the Vodafone network, but fortunately it's a public url so anyone can use it. (Read More...)

Official FIFA Site
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The Official FIFA World Cup mobile site, hosted by Yahoo, is attractively designed and makes good use of color and images. (Read More...)

Htcfans
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Htcfans. (Read More...)

SpacePDA.net
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This mobile site features NASA and industry news and press releases plus profiles of aerospace companies. Gone.

VeloNews Live
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VeloNews.com's 2008 live coverage of Professional Cycling. (Read More...)

Oscars.com
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The official Oscars site at m.oscar.com was created by Netbiscuits for The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and ABC, Inc. (Read More...)

Alexandria MN Echo Press
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Mobile edition of a bi-weekly print newspaper published in Alexandria, MN. (Read More...)

Sprint Gurus Forums
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SprintGurus is an active forum for "Sprint users who "...enjoy tweaking their Sprint phones and account. (Read More...)

BeerGuide
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Mobile version of Gallaghersbeerguide.com. (Read More...)

ABL Boats
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Mobile edition of American Boat Listings, the largest US "For Sale By Owner", site. (Read More...)

ShellsuitZombie
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Blog showcasing outstanding work by students and recent graduates in the fields of design, illustration, photography, fine art, (Read More...)

WebMD Mobile
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WebMD.com is the leading US based health and health care information site based on Comscore's anaultics. (Read More...)

Posterous
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Posterous, the popular lifestreaming and instant blogging service,has mobile enabled all Posterous blogs using an attractive, one-size-fits-all (Read More...)

Asian Correspondent
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Calling itself a  "Huffington Post for Asia", the Asian Correspondent is collaborative news site aggregating the reporting of thirty-five top (Read More...)

Android Community Forums
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Mobile friendly forum for Android users. (Read More...)

LIFE
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Before TV and the Web, LIFE Magazine was the biggest thing in mass media. (Read More...)

Google Reader Touch
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Enhanced mobile version of Google Reader server by default to Android, bada, iPhone, WebOS and Firefox Mobile browsers. (Read More...)

Places To Visit UK
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A guide to the UK's major attractions and places to visit. (Read More...)

Wall Street Journal
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Business News. Navigation poor except on Openwave browsers. The Wall Street Journal has discontinued free public wap access. Available as a paid service using a J2ME application.

America West
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Flight Status and schedules Down: America West merged with US Air and no longer exists.

Treo Central
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News, reviews and forums for Palm Treo users. Updated daily. 12-2011, Mobile site is down, desktop site hasn't been updated in 6 months.

Variety
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Venerable Entertainment Rag. Some stories written in a unique style that may only make sense to industry insiders. No longer has a mobile or responsive web design version

Bloglines
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Bloglines is a great web based aggregator on the desktop. It has a lot of potential as a mobile browser. (Read More...)

Yahoo Mail (old)
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I been looking at the various mobile web based email providers. Previous posts covered Gmail Mobile and Microsoft's new Live Mail Mobile. (Read More...)

SeatGuru
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SeatGuru.com now has a mobile site. Thanks to Kevin Tofel at James Kendrick's jkOnTheRun.com for discovering this site and sharing it. (Read More...)

Original Signal
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SociallyGiven. (Read More...)

GameJump
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GameJump is a mobile (wap.gamejump.com) and web site (GameJump.com) offering free downloadable ad-supported Java games. (Read More...)

Weather Channel
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The Weather Channel's mobile site (xhtml.weather.com) has traffic maps for most US metropolitan areas. (Read More...)

Backstage
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Live Theater industry news magazine with industry news, reviews and listings of casting calls. Backstage.com no longer has a mobile formatted or responsive site

Live Search
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Windows Live Search Driving Directions. (Read More...)

CNN International
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I've criticized CNN in the past for their policy of blocking users whose carrier is not a CNN "partner" or if they are using Opera Mini. (Read More...)

BostonSucks
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This popular blog covering the Boston Red Sox MLB team detects mobile browsers and delivers a mobile formatted edition to them. (Read More...)

RollingStone on Avantgo
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My first experience with the web on a handheld device was 7 years ago on a Palm PDA using Avantgo. (Read More...)

rsWAP
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rsWAP (gatebot.com/rswap/) - Free ring tones for Sprint phones. (Read More...)

Wine Weekly
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Wine reviews and opinion in blog format. Mobile edition uses Andy Moore's WordPress plugin. 12-Jan-2008 Wine Weekly no longer offers a mobile edition

InfoGin
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InfoGin (m.infogin.com) is the company that provides transcoder technology to AOL and Yahoo and several mobile opperators. (Read More...)

GrandCentral
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GrandCentral (grandcentral.com/mobile) Google owned free call forwarding and voicemail service. (Read More...)

The Money Channel
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The Money Channel which produces Steve Crowley's American Scene financial news and opinions show on Business Talk radio network and WallStreetCast (Read More...)

Mmegi (Botswana)
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The mobile edition of Mmegi, the only independent daily newspaper in the African Repubic of Botswana. (Read More...)

Cloquet MN Pine Journal
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Cloquet, Minnesota's Pine Journal's mobile site carries local news, sports, weather and classifieds. (Read More...)

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