Tag Archives: Weather

Found on the Mobile Web #224

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Welcome to Found on the Mobile Web, 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 2286 mobile sites. Web Design & Development Travis Berry m.travisberry.com Web designer/developer and video production specialist, Travis Berry’s blog has loads of good articles on web development techniques and a portfolio of his designs and videos. Mobile view by Mobify. Content: Usability: … Continue reading →

iPhone Only Web Sites Are Bad Business

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Houston TV channel KRIV recently launched FoxRad.mobi. It’s a standalone mobile weather site that isn’t linked to the channel’s  main mobile news (including weather) site at wap.myfoxhouston.com. FoxRad provides very comprehensive weather information for Houston area residents with national, regional and local forecasts and radar maps.  At the local level FoxRad.mobi provides a separate forecast page and radar map for each of the 18 counties making up metro Houston.  It’s a great resource for anyone who needs detailed, timely weather … Continue reading →

Found on the Mobile Web #191

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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 2036 mobile sites. Weather Weatherzone (AU) m.wz.com.au Australian and international weather information site with satellite images, weather radar, forecast charts and a full range of Australian forecasts and current observations.It’s a “Middle-web” site optimized for the iPhone, Pre and Android but doesn’t require … Continue reading →

Found on the Mobile Web 53

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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 1430 mobile sites. Search/Local/City Guides Minneapolis St Paul Mag mspmag.mobi Restaurant guide, restaurant reviews, shops guide, arts and entertainment calendar, nightlife and bars guide for Minneapolis St Paul, Minnesota. Source: Oh! Mobile Directory Content: Usability: Travel-Transit CN Traveler Tipping Guide m.cnt.acumob.com Conde Nast … Continue reading →

AirWX – Free Mobile Tools For Pilots

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AirWX Mobile ( m.airwx.com) is a free mobile site that gives U.S. pilots instant access to weather and other aviation related data on their mobile phones. Services include current and forecast weather maps, pilot reports (PIREP), distance between US airports, airport maps and information, listings of Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs), conversions between miles/knots and °F/ °C and flight tracking by tail number number. A similar site  is  Aeroplanner at  aeroplanner.com/mobile (free registration at aeroplanner.com required). Source Oh! Mobile Directory Filed … 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 →

AccuWeather Mobile Site Update

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AccuWeather has updated their mobile site AND changed the URL. It’s now just accuweather.com. Browser detection is used to render mobile or full content based on device capabilities. You better hope that the detection works properly as there doesn’t seem to be a dedicated mobile URL. The site Includes satellite and radar images as well as current and 15 day forecasts for locations anywhere in the world. Users can save their favorite locations. Animated radar and satellite maps are centered … Continue reading →

AskMoby – Custom Weather Forecasts

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AskMoby (askmoby.com) is a new mobile weather service with a couple of clever features. When you request a forecast you also pick your planned activity from a list of Golf, Walking, Surfing, Sailing, Football and a few more. Supposedly the results are customized based on your proposed activity. I suspect that this feature isn’t quite finished yet. The only difference I could see is that with sailing and surfing the results include wave and swell data. All activities get the … Continue reading →