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Why The Mobile Web Had Such A Terrible Start I've been thinking a bit about the recent history of mobile Internet access lately because I was wondering why it had such a teribble start. In the mobile world, the web had a much more difficult start compared to the fixed line world for a number of reasons. First attempts by mobile phone manufacturers to mobilize the web were a big disappointment for quite a number of reasons. In the fixed line world the web got an incubation time of at least a decade to grow, to be refined and to be fostered by researchers and students at universities before being used by the public who already had sufficiently capable notebooks, PCs and a reasonably priced connection to the Internet. In the mobile world, things were a lot different when first web browsers appeared on mobile phones around the year 2001: Mobile Internet access was intended straight for the public instead of first attracting researchers and students to use and refine the services. As always, comments are welcome!
Stephen's Lighthouse: 30 Mobile Trends in Libraries 5 Essential Mobile Web Apps This week we ran a contest asking you to tell us your favorite Mobile Web apps. We got over 50 comments and there were 5 Mobile Web apps that clearly stood out, with multiple mentions. Here then is the top 5, which will be useful to people new to the Mobile Web and wondering what all the fuss is about! We've also listed all the other Mobile Web apps mentioned in our contest post, at the bottom of this page. 1. Gmail Java app for mobile phone: this was noted by 18 people in the comments of our original post. Commenter "mr white" said of the Gmail java app: "This *is* clearly the path of the future. Nathan commented: "A very nice frontend onto a very nice service, and it does a rather nice job of reformatting files for the tiny screen. 2. Phil commented: "...my favourite app has to be Google Maps for mobile (on my Sony Ericsson k800i). Simon uses Google Maps on his N95, noting that "it's fast, plays nicely with GPS and I hope it really pushes Nokia's own mapping." 3. 4. 5.
12 Future Apps For Your iPhone - ReadWriteWeb With the new iPhone SDK, it's just a matter of time before we see a wave of new applications. We expect a lot of popular web 2.0 apps to offer an iPhone version. Native Twitter, Facebook and Flickr clients for iPhone will run faster than their in-browser versions and will take advantage of the impressive Apple UI libraries. But there is an entirely new breed of applications also coming to iPhone. These apps simply would not be possible without a device like iPhone. The major theme of this new wave of apps will be blending of the physical and digital worlds, using iPhone as the bridge. 1. Tagging reality is not new, but will be much better done with iPhone. 2. Even better than tagging landmarks, you will be able to use iPhone to tag people. 3. Reality recognition will be fueled by reality tagging and advanced image recognition. 4. Today's social networks exist on the internet, but mobile technology is going to bring it to the physical world. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Conclusion
Dial2Do - Home TechSoup Symbian dismisses Google Android /BBC By Darren Waters Technology editor, BBC News website Symbian powers more than 165 million phones John Forsyth, vice president of strategy at Symbian, the platform that powers many of the world's phones, said Google lacked experience. Google has formed an alliance with 33 firms to develop an open platform for mobile phones, called Android. Meanwhile, the head of Nokia in the UK said the firm was in discussions with Google about using the platform. Simon Ainslie, Nokia UK's managing director, said: "We are always open to discussion and debate on that. "We are having ongoing discussions with Google." Mr Ainslie said the time was not right to make any announcement as to "how we can work with them". He also said that Nokia was very happy with its partnership with Symbian. He said: "It's the world's most used platform. John Forsyth, Symbian, on the Open Handset Alliance Mr Forsyth said Google had to be aware that making a "mobile OS is a very specialised form of rocket science.
Mobile Web Sites from Academic Libraries and Universities Tuesday, 6th November 2007 Mobile Web Sites from Academic Libraries and Universities: A New ResourceShelf Collection #1 This new collection will list, on a regular basis, and we learn about them, web sites optimized for mobile users from universities, colleges and academic libraries. Here's the first round of links. In most cases, you can get an idea of what the sites loo like using a non-mobile browser. Many more to come. Universities + Coppin State University + University of Florida + The Ohio State University + Penn State University ||| or iPhone Version + Stephens College + University of Texas at Austin + University of Virginia + Virginia Tech Libraries + American University Libraries + Ball State University Library ||| More Info + Boston University Medical Center Mobile Library + Cal Poly Pomona University Library + Hanover College, Duggan Library + Harvard College Library + University of Illinois Library (Grainger) + New York University (Bobst) Libraries + University of Richmond Library + St.
Why libraries should care about mobile phones What do your library users use more often, their PC connected to broadband or their mobile phone? What do more of them own? What do more young people have exclusively for their own use – a mobile phone or a PC? According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, in March 2007, 67% of Australian household internet subscribers had broadband, up from 59% in September 2006. (8153.0 – Internet Activity, Australia, Mar 2007 ) Mobile phones? More than 88% of individuals own at least one mobile phone, 10% have two phones, while few (1.4%) have more than two. I was initially surprised by the lower uptake of mobile broadband services: There is a very high awareness of mobile broadband (3G), with 86% of males and 73% of females saying that they are aware of the technology. So – how shouldn’t we do it? The clip, Why You Should Build Mobile Specific Websites for Mobile Devices, was created by Sue Waters, using Nick’s original slides and audio recorded by the Co-Pilot at Webjam.
The 55 Piece Mobile Search Tool Kit Written by Charles S. Knight, SEO and edited by Richard MacManus Last week I saw the following ad in Radio Shack for the Kronus 55 Piece Home Repair Tool Set: Molded case (1) Bits (20) Bit holder (2) Claw hammer (1) Level (1) Pliers (1) Wire stripper (1) Long nose pliers (1) Utility knife (1) Wrench (1) Hex keys (sae & metric) (18) Hex key holder (1) Tape measure (1) Ratchet (1) Screwdrivers (4) All for just $29.99! As I was reaching for my credit card, the thought occurred to me: why not offer a 55 Piece Mobile Search Tool Kit... and not for $29.99, but for free! The Mobile Search field is going to be "huge", but right now it's growing in fits and starts. With this tool kit in hand, you'll be ready to tackle whatever mobile project comes along. As usual, we encourage you to tell us about any mobile search application that we missed - here in the comments of Read/WriteWeb.