Found on the Mobile Web #247

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 2359 mobile sites. Tech/Linux OMG! Ubuntu! m.omgubuntu.co.uk Launched in 2009 and targeted at mainstream users, OMG! Ubuntu has quickly grown to be the most popular and fastest growing Ubuntu-specific website. Updated daily, it features the latest Ubuntu news, application updates, and releases along with … Continue reading

Found On The Mobile Web #232

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 2356 mobile sites. Movies IMDb m.imdb.com Finally! IMDb: The biggest and best movie and TV site has its own mobile version. Full text search of the iMDb database. Listings include star rating, plot summary, critic and user reviews, trailers, photos, full cast list … Continue reading

Found On The Mobile Web #203

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

Found On The Mobile Web #194

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 2063 mobile sites. Technology Virus Removal Guides comprolive.com/rem/ Mobile friendly side listing common Windows PC virus with guides for their removal. Content: Usability: Technology/Mobile/OS/Brand Specific/Microsoft WM6Software.net www.wm6software.net/mobile.php Collection of free app and games downloads for Windows mobile devices. Lacks a search function but … Continue reading

Found On The Mobile Web 179

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 1896 mobile sites. Sports Planet-Rugby planet-rugby.mobi Planet-Rugby’s mobile site has the latest Rugby Union news, fixtures and results. Covers all major tournaments  from the Guinness Premiership to Super 14. Source: Mobility.mobi Content: Usability: Technology/Internet kristarella m.kristarella.com The personal blog of Australian designer and … Continue reading

CHOW For Mobile Foodies

CHOW is probably the largest and liveliest gourmet site on the mobile web. It’s the mobilized version of the full web CHOW.com which was created in 2006 when CNET acquired the popular foodie message board Chowhound.com and the high end print magazine CHOW and combined them into online only CHOW.com CHOW Mobile seems to be targeted at high end mobiles, the 99KB front page is too large to even load on most feature phones.  If  your handset is capable. you’ll … Continue reading

Supermarket Stalwart Woman’s Day is now Mobile

US shoppers are familiar with Woman’s Day magazine which is found on a rack at the checkout counter of virtually every grocery store, a marketing technique that Woman’s Day pioneered. The 72 year old magazine, which covers topics of interest to homemakers of both sexes such as food, entertaining, health, childcare and home decorating, has a new mobile edition.  Browser detection on the main womansday.com URL should deliver the mobile optimized version to phone browsers or you can go directly … Continue reading

Zeer – Food information and Shopping Lists

This is an archived 2008 blog post describing the Zeer mobile webapp. Zeer shut down in late 2011. Zeer is a new web (zeer.com) and mobile  (m.zeer.com) site dedicated to groceries.  It’s full of information about branded food products. With Zeer you search for a product like “Corn Flakes” or “Green Beans” and get listings with  ingredients, nutritional information and user reviews.  Just about any branded edible or drinkable item seems to be indexed including alcoholic beverages. You can also … Continue reading