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Category Archives: Found on the Mobile Web
Found on the Mobile Web #251
Found on the Mobile Web is a regular 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 2361 mobile sites.
Tech/Internet/Web Design & Development
Move the Web Forward movethewebforward.org A "Responsive Web Design" promoting web developer community involvement in open standards. Links to web design and development resources and places where you can contribute to creating and promoting open standards.
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Nokia Places m.nokia.me/p?nord Local search engine powered by Nokia Maps. Results include address, a small map and click to call phone numbers
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Tech/Tech News Sites and Blogs
AfriGadget afrigadget.com Bamboo laptop cases, generating biogas from cow manure; boats, airplanes and soccer balls made from recycled materials. These are just a few of the hundreds of the amazing creations found in Afrigadget, a blog celebrating the ingenuity of African inventors and tinkers.
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jQuery Mobile Gallery www.jqmgallery.com A gallery and directory of mobile sites and apps built with JQuery Mobile.
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Tech/Mobile/OS - Brand Specific/WebOS/Palm OS
webOS | Getting started www.hpwebos.com/us/products/software/webos/gettingstarted... It's probably a little late to post this, but I just discovered these mobile friendly Getting Started video tutorials and tips for new webOS users from HP. The well made videos do a great job of demonstrating the largely unrealized potential of WebOS.
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MarketingProfs m.marketingprofs.com Tips, advice, and news for marketing professionals from a team of PROFessors and PROFessionals. Some content is behind a paywall but the majority of articles are free.
There's currently a bug in the mobile template that causes every other headline on the front page to link to the desktop version of the article rather than the mobile one to the consternation of users with a slow connection or metered data plans.
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Nokia Maps m.maps.nokia.com Nokia Maps beta mobile webapp for Android and iOS is location aware, and supports paning and zooming.
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Entertainment and Leisure/Life Style/Women's Interest
Real Beauty m.realbeauty.com Mobile edition of Hearst Publishing's online magazine, Real Beauty. Features hair, makeup, skincare, and fitness tips. The site's mobile template design is by Crisp Wireless
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Entertainment and Leisure/Games
Braineez braineez.mobie.in Braineez lets you win virtual trophies, shields, cups, medals, badges etc. by participating in competitions like quizzes or an essay writing contest.
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AGRICH agrich.mobi An illustrated online mobile seed catalog . Shop for seeds and plants. AGRICH sells vegetable, herb and flower seeds and plants, trees and shrubs in retail and wholesale quantities. Pay with PayPal or set up a wholesale account. US based company ships seeds worldwide.
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Found On The Mobile Web #250
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 the directory and portal now list 2365 mobile sites.
jwz www.jwz.org/blog/ An entertaining and popular blog by Netscape and Mozilla.org, founder and developer(XEmacs) turned nightclub operator/restaurateur Jamie Zawinski. On his blog, Jamie covers everything from techie conundrums to hardware hacking to all the weird and wacky stuff he finds on the web and in real life.
jwz is a Responsive Web Design (RWD) site that adapts itself to fit narrow mobile browser viewports.
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Tech/Tech News Sites and Blogs
@akumar overflow b.akumar.me An interesting and mobile friendly blog from Amit Kumar, former product direct for Yahoo Search and founder and CEO of Lexity, an online marketing for small businesses startup. A self described hacker, Amit blogs frequently on topics ranging from web design to tech trends to iPhone apps. I especially liked his recent piece on Google's Search+ changes A layperson’s explanation of rel=nofollow: Twitter’s stuck, but Google’s being coy.
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HTML5 for Web Developers developers.whatwg.org The HTML 5 spec in a responsive web design from WHATWG that works well in modern mobile (and desktop) browsers.
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cellular-news www.cellular-news.com London based online trade publication that has been covering wireless telecommunications since 1998. The site publishes an average of 50 items a day.
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Pro Football Reference m.pfref.com Comprehensive NFL statistics for each player, team, coach and league in pro football history including award winners and all-time, season and team leaders for passing, rushing, etc. Also schedules and box scores back to 1940.
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Entertainment and Leisure/Life Style/Women's Interest
Cosmopolitan m.cosmopolitan.com Targeted at young women, Hearst's Cosmo emphases articles on relationships and sex along with beauty, fashion and lifestyle tips.
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Entertainment and Leisure/Games
Chess Elo www.mobile.chesselo.com This site provides a simple explanation of the Elo chess rating system works. It also provides chess puzzles for intermediate players and chess beginners.
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Tech/Internet/Web Design & Development
AddyOsmani.com addyosmani.com/blog/ AOL Web developer Addy Osmani's popular blog covering jQuery, CSS, Javascript, User Interface design and other topics of interest to developers and designers. The site is built using responsive design techniques and adapts itself to work well both on the desktop and in modern mobile browsers, including Opera Mini.
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net magazine m.netmagazine.com Online mobile edition of the world's best-selling print magazine for web designers and developers. Based in London .net was founded in 1994.
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Say It Ain't So Already sayitaintsoalready.com A lively and frequently updated blog from ex-reporter and professional gardener @melaniekv wherein she looks at US politics, pop culture and more.
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Tagged Chess, Entertainment, mobile tech, NFL, Tech News, Web Design
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Found On The Mobile Web #249
Found on the Mobile Web is a regular 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 2367 mobile sites.
LiveSide.net liveside.net A news and information site focusing on Windows Live. Features interviews with Microsoft product team members and news on Windows Live and the Windows Live Platform, Bing, Silverlight, Azure and Windows Phone.
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Search/Local/City and Campus Guides
Dublin Bikes 2 Go! dublinbikes2go.com Dublin Bikes is an automated bicycle sharing sytem in Dublin Ireland. Dublin Bikes 2Go! is a geolocation aware mobile web app that lets users find the nearest Dublin Bikes' location where they can pick up or drop off a bike. It well with Opera Mini,and most modern smartphone browsers. This unofficial site uses info from the official dublinbikes.ie site.
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Tech/Tech News Sites and Blogs
Jeremy Visser jeremy.visser.name Tech blog by an Australian hacker, bassoon player and proponent of free and open source software. Updated regularly, the blog covers topics ranging from Linux, Ubuntu and Python to WordPress, Google, Tech Events and learning to drive a car.
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Gooplusplus m.gooplusplus.com Mobile portal and multi search engine with a very compact layout composed of over 100 tightly packed links per page. Includes various Google category searches as well as general and targeted searches from other search engines. Requires JavaScript and iFrame support. Interesting idea but hard to use on touch screen devices.
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b-initials bapoumba.wordpress.com Longtime Ubuntu community contributor and Ubuntu Forum moderator Isabelle Duchatelle's (bapoumba), blog featuring Ubuntu news and tips and tutorials for free and open software users.
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following Real Madrid unamadridista.wordpress.com Sports blog for fans of the Real Madrid soccer football team with photos, videos and gossip about the team and players.
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NewsDze-Zimbabwe newsdzezimbabwe.wordpress.com Latest Zimbabwe political, social and entertainment news written by and for members of the Zimbabwean expatriate community.
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Entertainment and Leisure/Games
My Nintendo News mynintendonews.com News blog with reviews, rumors and product announcements for and about Nintendo games, the Nintendo Wii and U game consoles and Nintendo 3DS handheld gaming system.
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Intuit Jobs jobs.intuit.com/m Job search site for Intuit Inc., a large US financial services and software company (Turbotax, Quicken, QuickTax, QuickBooks). Intuit hires for positions at numerous locations in the US and Canada as well as Bangalore, India and Maidenhead, England.
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Tech/Internet/Web Design & Development
brad frost web bradfrostweb.com/blog/ New York City-based web developer, designer, musician and artist Brad Frost's well crafted site adapts to all screen widths. It features his portfolio, drum and bass music tracks and his blog on web and mobile design.and development topics.
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Tagged Linux, Local, News Sites, Nintendo, portals, Soccer, Tech
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Found On The Mobile Web #248
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 2366 mobile sites.
Tech/Mobile/OS - Brand Specific/Microsoft
WP Central m.wpcentral.com Formerly WMExperts, WP Central is a news blog covering Windows Phone. Hardware and software reviews, news and rumors. Part of the Mobile Nations network (Android Central, Crackberry, TiPb and PreCentral).
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Metra Mobile metrarail.com/metra/wap/en/ Schedules, fare information, maps, nearest station finder and travel advisories for Chicago's Metra commuter rail system.
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CTA Mobile www.transitchicago.com/mobile/ CTA (Chicago Transit Authority) official site. Schedules, live arrivals, trip planner, fares and maps for Chicagoland transit bus and "L" train services.
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UK Mobile Review www.ukmobilereview.com UK Mobile Review is a consumer oriented blog covering mobile handsets. Content includes product launches and announcements, rumors, industry news and phone reviews. The site is updated frequently, several times a day on most days.
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Gadjade gadjade.com Jade Bryant's tech blog covering mobile gadgets, apps and industry news. Jade is also a frequent contributor to Nokia Innovation and Nokia World, but he covers all platforms on Gadjade.
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The Handheld Blog thehandheldblog.com Vaibhav Sharma's The Handheld Blog grew out of the merger of hisThe Symbian Blog and The MeeGo Blog. As the name suggests, The Handheld Blog covers all platforms with a current emphasis Android, Windows Phone, Symbian, and what's left of MeeGo. It features news, device and app reviews and tips for getting the most from you phone.
The mobile version of The Handheld Blog uses WPtouch, which supports Webkit based smartphone browsers. If you have trouble loading or using the site with an unsupported mobile browser try the Mippin mobile version.
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DPD UK m.dpd.co.uk Track parcels sent from the UK via DPD, a large European based express parcel delivery service.
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Xubuntu Blog xubuntublog.wordpress.com Guides and tips for users of Xubuntu, a lightweight version of Ubuntu that uses the Xfce Desktop Environment.
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the new topyli standard www.siltala.net Juha K. Siltala's blog covering Linux and Ubuntu. Content includes news, software and UX reviews. Juha (@topyli) is a long time member of the Ubuntu project and chairman of The Finish Linux User group. He describes himself as; "I am a Free Software enthusiast, an electronic civil rights fist-shaker, an armchair tree-hugger, a geek, and a pretty good drummer. I’m a great drinking buddy but not much of a craftsman."
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Newshunt m.newshunt.com Indian news aggregator NewsHunt lets you browse top stories from more than 50 leading newspapers in India.
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Travel-Transit/Hotels/Hotel Chains
Loews Hotels loewshotels.com/m/ View current specials, check availability and book rooms at Loews Hotels in the US and Canada. Hotel listings include description and amenities, photos, street address, maps and click to call numbers.
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Tagged FOMW, Hotels, Linux, Microsoft, mobile news, News Sites, Pacjage Tracking, Transit
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