Mobile Web

The mobile web refers to the process of accessing the Internet from a portable device other than a typical desktop or laptop computer. Typically, the mobile web is accessed while in a location other than the home or office. Web-enabled cell phones are the most common mobile devices used to access the mobile web, although other gadgets like MP3 players and e-book readers are increasingly offering Internet capabilities.

Usage of the mobile web has been hampered in the past by several factors, including inadequate devices, slow wireless network speeds, and poorly developed web content.

Device manufacturers have redoubled efforts to improve web browsing, lead in large part by Apple's iPhone which features their Safari web browser in an almost-complete form.

Wireless network speeds are also improving with 3G coming of age and 4G in the works.

Marketers, web designers, developers, and copywriters are making efforts to ensure that mobile web users are treated to content that is optimized for small screens as well as the users' mobile context.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Mobile Web”

• Google mobile updates hit movies and coupons

  
  GoMo News — Authority: 581
  If you’re working in any area of mobile or on-line services, the presence of Google in your market is as constant as death or taxes. It’s always worth keeping an eye on what it’s up to - and this week Google has advanced its mobile platform in both search and coupons. Movie Search: Back in the olden ...
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• Nokia and Infineon mobile 4G challenge to Qualcomm comes down to openness

  
  GoMo News — Authority: 581
  Coming very soon after Qualcomm announced it was working on combined 3G/4G chips for mobiles , another competitor has entered the chipset ring. Nokia and Infineon Technologies have announced that they will be working together on 4G chips with an open interface - which they claim will improve product roll-out and ...
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• Mobile Web traffic increasing rapidly for non-smartphones

  
  Family Learning Center — Authority: 161
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• Google Mobile Search for Movies Revamped

  
  IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — Authority: 749
  Google ( NSDQ: GOOG ) searches for movies on Android, iPhone, and webOS are about to get a little more helpful today.  With a few taps, you can find showtimes, theatres, ratings, and category sorting. Throw in a dash of GPS integration to keep the results local, reviews, and streaming trailers, and you’ve got ...
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• 40 Million Reasons You Need a Mobile Web Presence

  
  WebProNews Feed — Authority: 701
  Opera is reporting that usage of its Opera Mini mobile browser has jumped 11% in just a month, around the world. In addition, they say data transfers have gained 16%. About 40 million people used Opera Mini in October, according to the company. Thats an 11.3% increase from September 2009 and more than 155% compared ...
  14 hours ago

• iPhone Now Leads the Mobile Web Traffic

  
  PhoneReport v2.0 - latest news, specs, reviews, interviews, and analysis — Authority: 432
  GLOBAL - Mobile advertising giant AdMobs latest monthly report shows that the iPhone is now responsible for almost 50% of the web traffic on mobile devices, reassuring the dominating stature of the Apples sole entry in the smartphone segment. However, the methodology used by AdMob is not exactly representative of ...
  15 hours ago

• Web Developers Are Stupid and Arrogant

  
  Programming and politics — Authority: 408
  The past couple of days has seen an amusing rant by PPK , that then turned into a retraction and call to action . The original rant included a condemnation of iPhone developers as being stupid and arrogant. Others have adequately refuted PPK, so I wont bother with any of that. His post made me realize that it is ...
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• The Fine Art of Mobile Statistics, and when to question them

  
  mopocket — Authority: 124
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• It’s not Apple. It’s you.

  
  Tiffany B. Brown — Authority: 430
  Peter-Paul Koch responds to recent claims that Apple is damaging its brand with its archaic iPhone App Store approval process. He says, quite plainly, iPhone developers are stupid. Why? In order to release an iPhone application without having to submit it to Apple’s insane App Store process, developers could ...
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• Apple And Android Dominate U.S. Smartphone Web Traffic

  
  IP Carrier — Authority: 482
  It is starting to look like just two smartphone platforms "matter" where it comes to use of the mobile Web: the Apple iPhone and the Android devices, a new analysis by AdMob suggests. AdMob’s October, 2009 measurements show that the iPhone/iPod Touch and Android phones account for 75 percent of mobile Web traffic ...
  2 days ago

• CloudBerry Manages CloudFront Content, Offers Online Backup

  
  Blogging — Authority: 150
  CloudBerry Lab (news, site), a young player in the cloud computing game, has just announced some updates for helping users manage and backup their files in their Amazon S3 accounts. a2a_linkname="CloudBerry Manages CloudFront Content, Offers Online ...
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• Bridgeway Tackles eDiscovery Trends from a Business Perspective

  
  Blogging — Authority: 150
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• Kapow Tech: New Tools Mitigate Content Migration Concerns

  
  Blogging — Authority: 150
  Are you staring down the deep end of a potentially messy CMS migration? It’s no enviable position, but yes, it happens. Your needs evolve, technology changes, vendors get acquired…something eventually inspires a change. And when this happens, it’s time to resign.We’re kidding of course.Old Ways Error Prone, ...
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• Changing markets – OS opportunities in retrospect

  
  Tech IT Easy — Authority: 100
  Whether or not to design a new OS is probably the wrong question to ask at this point. Gruber says that hardware makers should strongly consider going the Apple route and design their OS and hardware combined . I think that the iPhone vs. any other mobile OS battle, and any other standards-battle really, proves that ...
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• Who’s Who in Web Content Management Coming to #GilbaneBoston

  
  Blogging — Authority: 150
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• Poll: Most Important SharePoint 2010 Features?

  
  Blogging — Authority: 150
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• 5 Reasons Why Executive SharePoint Ignorance is Not Bliss (Part 1)

  
  Blogging — Authority: 150
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• Report: Amazon Fastest Mobile Retail Site

  
  AppScout — Authority: 655
  As if underpowered cell phones, expensive data plans, and clogged 3G data networks werent enough to turn people off from cell phone shopping, you can now add slow mobile sites to the list. Web research firm Gomez has issued a report comparing mobile site speeds for over a dozen large retailers ahead of the holiday ...
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• Skype is Saved and Ready for Action

  
  Blogging — Authority: 150
  Well guys, it’s safe to say that we’re finally in the clear.For awhile there things looked pretty bad for Skype (news, site), as eBay and the platform’s original co-founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis battled it out over legal issues.The whole sitch started looking up a couple weeks ago when the opposing ...
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• Manage Your Customers’ Time

  
  Blogging — Authority: 150
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