Wadja (m.wadja.com) Is a mobile focused social network that has been around for about a year. It’s very mobile centric, there is a desktop version of Wadja but you never really need to go there, everything can be done from the mobile web site. Wadja has the usual social networking features of profiles, friends, content (music, video, pictures) sharing and chat. The thing that sets Wadja apart is the ability to send free SMS text messages to any number in … Continue reading
I’ve been waiting for this to happen. I know most of you are probably tired of all the hype around mobile location based services (LBS). Location is not a panacea, it’s just another technology that can enhance a limited number of mobile services. As Russell Beattie said, “Most LBS applications are a black hole of wasted time, effort, money, and opportunity.” I generally agree, but as even Russ in one of his better rants admits, an area where location really … Continue reading
Check it out at mobile.myspace.com. It’s amazing how how the internet giants are rushing to the off-portal mobile web. It took AdMob to show that there’s real money in mobile advertising. Next Microsoft, Nokia, Google and DoubleClick jump into the business of delivering mobile ads. That seemed to trigger News Corp, which had limited MySpace’s mobile presence to exclusive carrier deals, to open it up to everyone. MySpace may be late to adopt the mobile religion but there’s very little … Continue reading
Found on the Mobile Web is an occasional Wap Review feature listing newly added and updated sites on the yeswap.com mobile portal and WapReview mobile site directory. With these latest additions and directory and portal now lists 932 mobile sites. Travel-Transit/Air Travel Orbitz (mobile.orbitz.com) A significant upgrade to Orbitz’ mobile site is the addition of OrbitzTLC Traveler Update which includes official reports of conditions like flight delays, security wait times and traffic accidents at US airports along with real time … Continue reading
Vodafone rolled out a new transcoding proxy a couple months ago in the UK, their home market. Its stated aim is to make the full web available to Vodafone customers by reformatting web content designed for PCs – making it usable on mainstream mobile phones. This is not a new idea, Google has been doing this for six years. There are many other mobile transcoders, I compared 6 of them two years ago. I’m in the US so I have … Continue reading
I’ve been using the Opera Mini 4 Beta as my primary mobile browser lately. I have no problem putting up with its minor rendering issues and propensity to lose cookies because it loads pages much faster than version 3.1 and is just as stable. One thing I noticed though was that the mobile version of this blog didn’t work very well in Mini 4. Many pages required horizontal scrolling which I absolutely hate. Although I ‘d chosen the “Fit to … Continue reading
Nokia has launched a mobile content sharing network called MOSH. There’s a PC site at mosh.nokia.com and the mobile version is at mosh.nokia.mobi. MOSH is an open network. Anyone can browse the site with a PC or phone and download videos, images, ringtones, games and applications. Registration, which can be done on either the PC or mobile site, is only required to upload. Registered users can organize content into collections, create a profile page and comment on each other’s content. … Continue reading
Multiply (multiply.com/m/) is a social networking site which claims 6 million members. Multiply’s mobile edition comes in two forms, one for the iPhone and the other for all other mobile devices. The two share the same url with browser detection serving enhanced Ajaxized content to iPhones. Multiply is a relatively closed network. Without a Multiply account you can’t do anything on the site. You can register right on the mobile site or on the Multiply desktop site at multipy.com. Registration … Continue reading