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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• Novelties - Multiple Screens Built for Textbooks as E-Books - NYTimes.com

  
  Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check — Authority: 146
  Check the full article for more details Now there is a new approach that may adapt well to textbook pages: two-screen e-book readers with a traditional e-paper display on one screen and a liquid-crystal display on the other to render graphics like science animations in color. The dual screens are linked ...
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• App Store Is a Game Changer for Apple and Cellphone Industry - NYTimes.com

  
  Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check — Authority: 146
  See the full article for a detailed snapshot of the Apple App Store The way the industry once operated, “Each handset company would come up with its latest iterations and maybe have the hottest device of the season or not,” says Ms. Huberty, the Morgan Stanley analyst. “Enter apps into the equation, ...
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• Twitter New Mobile Web Interface Optimized For Webkit Browsers

  
  areacellphone.com — Authority: 435
  The latest web interface from twitter is Optimized for Android, iPhone, WebOS and Nokia S60 browsers, the new interface carries the ‘look and feel’ of Twitter website. The standard m.twitter.com will continue to function as is and for the Android OS, iPhone, WebOS and select S60 handset owners can head to ...
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• Twitter gives mobile page desperately needed update

  
  Boy Genius Report — Authority: 757
  Here at BGR we have been known to drop a tweet or two from time to time — we’re looking squarely at you @bettiol — and although we usually use a certain Twitter client since we’re rockin’ BlackBerry smartphones, we were still happy to hear Twitter’s mobile site has received a makeover. The previous ...
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• FCC Asks Verizon a Few Questions

  
  DisplayBlog — Authority: 489
  Copyright © 2009 Jin . Visit the original article at http://www.displayblog.com/2009/12/04/fcc-asks-verizon-a-few-questions/ . Verizon recently increased its ETF (Early Termination Fee) from US$175 to $350 . The FCC has some questions. A few of the more interesting ones: How can customers learn about the ...
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• Top 10 RSS & Syndication Technologies of 2009

  
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• FCC questions Verizon Wireless about its new $350 early termination fee

  
  Boy Genius Report — Authority: 757
  The FCC has taken notice of Verizon Wireless’ new $350 early termination fee that applies to all advanced devices purchased after November 15th, 2009. The governmental agency sent an inquiry letter to Verizon Wireless asking them answer several questions regarding this increased fee. The questionnaire focuses on ...
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• 5 Signs 2010 will be The Year of Mobile

  
  Website Magazine — Authority: 534
  If I had a nickel for every time Ive heard "this is the year for mobile," I would have many, many nickels. Probably enough to buy a new mobile phone. But tell people now that "this is the year" and you will likely get a much less skeptical response. The mobile phone has completely transformed how the human race ...
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• FCC gives Verizon the third degree over $350 advanced device ETF

  
  Engadget — Authority: 849
  Early termination fees have always represented the flipside of subsidized pricing -- the necessary evil that keeps free phones free. Thing is, they were tough enough to swallow at $175 or $200, but Verizons recently gone for the jugular in a hell-bent effort to keep subscribers locked in by upping the fee on ...
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• FCC gives Verizon the third degree over $350 ‘advanced device’ ETF

  
  F-Default — Authority: 469
            Early termination fees have always represented the flipside of subsidized pricing — the necessary evil that keeps free phones free. Thing is, they were tough enough to swallow at $175 or $200, but Verizon’s recently gone for the jugular in a hell-bent effort to keep subscribers locked in by ...
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• Go Mobile and Dooney And Bourke launches its Mobile version

  
  Startup Meme — Authority: 440
  I dislike those who don’t stay abreast with the latest developments and aren’t adaptive of new methods. Not so with Dooney and Bourke as it moves ahead with the mobile version of its site that has been the premium accessories and handbag retailer for over three decades. Now almost everyone is heading on towards ...
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• Utah Department of Public Safety Launches New First-of-its-Kind Mobile Application for the Media

  
  Cell Phone News and Cell Phone Reviews: HotCellularPhone.com — Authority: 144
  The Utah Department of Public Safety recently announced the launch of a new mobile Web application developed exclusively for communicating public safety-related news, information, and alerts directly to mobile devices used by media outlets. The mobile app will run in conjunction with the Public Safety Media Portal ...
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• MySpace Launches New Mobile Website with Built-in IM

  
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• Twitter Updates Mobile Site

  
  IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — Authority: 739
  For those who couldn’t be bothered with the plethora of mobile twitter applications out there, the official mobile website is undergoing an overhaul that incorporates exclusively their own APIs. The new site’s designer notes that anything with a Webkit browser (like the Android, iPhone, Symbian, and webOS ...
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• Dooney & Bourke Launches Mobile Web Site

  
  NYConvergence - A digest of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut digital media technology news — Authority: 529
  NYConvergence ORIGINAL The Connecticut-based luxury handbag and accessories retailer now has a mobile Web site where customers can browse and purchase products on the go.  According to the press release recevied by NYConvergence , Dooney & Bourke s mobile site is powered by Usablenet and can be accessed ...
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• Top 10 International Web Products of 2009

  
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• Branded Google Phone – Google set to take over

  
  PaulSpoerry.com — Authority: 112
  Images of the new ‘branded’ Google phone surfaced this week after months of rumors. This will be a branded Google phone, not one developed by the likes of HTC, that will use an even newer version of Android than that of the Droid?the only Android phone currently running 2.0. Most interesting is that this phone may ...
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• What Users Do on the Mobile Web

  
  IP Carrier — Authority: 138
  About 29 percent of mobile phone users logged on to the mobile Web at least once per month in 2009, up from 22 percent in 2008, say researchers at Marketer. So what do those people use the mobile Web? About 19 percent search for local products and services. About 16 percent say they get information about movies and ...
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• KnowledgeTree 3.7 Includes CMIS Interface

  
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• Social mobile gets its own “roadmap”

  
  Build it Kenny, and they will come... — Authority: 117
  After three workshops on three continents, conversations and meetings with countless NGOs, academics, researchers and technologists, and many hours of conference calls, W3C this week released their “Mobile Web for Social Development Roadmap”, a comprehensive document which sits at the heart of the wider work of ...
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