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.

by Brett Derricott Are you a writer, passionate about this or any other topic? Join Blogcritics!

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “mobile Web”

• Entrepreneurial Brainstorming Session: Augmented Museum Experience iPhone App

  
  Tech IT Easy — Authority: 100
  Hi, Vincent here. I have neither the intent, nor the talent to develop this application, but it was a thought/pain I experienced at a museum today and an iTunes search didn’t reveal an app like it. A brief background. I’m pretty a-cultural, but I find audio-tours in museums generally a must, which means I usually ...
  8 hours ago

• Google Search for Mobile Now Complete With Movie Trailers

  
  Technology Info — Authority: 158
  Google has just launched a mobile version of its search results for movies integrated in the Google Search. This makes it easier to find info and trailers for the latest motion pictures, straight from your mobile web browser on the iPhone, Android device or Palm webOS.Just search for “movies”, tap the “more ...
  14 hours ago

• It Looks Like A Year At The Opera Mini

  
  Small Business Mavericks — Authority: 130
  The people behind Opera Mini, a web browser for cell phones, reports that Opera Mini users have saved billions of dollars just by using the popular web browser. Furthermore, usage of Opera Mini has gone up 238% since October 2008.The lesson here for web marketers is that the age of mobile web marketing has begun. [...]
  14 hours ago

• A Guide to Mobile Web Design Tips and Tricks

  
  Mashable! — Authority: 874
  Having a mobile-optimized web site can really make your site stand apart from the pack. Even though smartphones like the iPhone and Google Android devices can display “the full web,” having a web page formatted for smaller screens and with features that can take advantage of a touch screen, geolocation, or address ...
  18 hours ago

• Internet in China: 3G brings mobile porn, China launches cleanup

  
  { design@tive } information design — Authority: 130
  Beijing has called for a cleanup of mobile porn Web sites nationwide on recently, with government officials blaming their rise on high-speed mobile data services enabled by the launch of new technology. Earlier this year, China issued third generation (3G) mobile network licenses to its three mobile carriers – ...
  20 hours ago

• Free mobile internet from Vodafone isn’t all that free

  
  GoMo News — Authority: 581
  So Vodafone is running a promotional campaign tomorrow, allowing users to use the mobile internet for free. It’s calling it Free Mobile Internet Friday . And claims like that always make me highly suspicious. There’s no such thing as free. What’s the deal? According to the Vodafone website and ...
  22 hours ago

• Opera Mobile 10 – beta

  
  Ink and Virtue — Authority: 456
  
  1 day ago

• Cell Phone Entertainment Pushes ARPU Higher In India

  
  State of Telecom Industry in Pakistan — Authority: 433
  Lesson from emerging telecom market – when revenues per user from voice is going down, find creative ways to encourage users to spend on other (data) services. And that’s what Indian cell phone companies have done by offering radio, sports and other entertainment and religious services over cell phones to rural ...
  1 day ago

• 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 ...
  1 day ago

• 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 ...
  1 day ago

• Mobile Web traffic increasing rapidly for non-smartphones

  
  Family Learning Center — Authority: 161
  [IMG: http://www.family-learning-center.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/156f2_opera_mini_cell_phone-thumb-230x130-10108-f.jpg]
  1 day ago

• 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 ...
  2 days ago

• 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 ...
  2 days 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 ...
  2 days 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 ...
  2 days ago

• The Fine Art of Mobile Statistics, and when to question them

  
  mopocket — Authority: 124
  Share this story: [IMG: http://www.mopocket.com/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/twitter.png][IMG: http://www.mopocket.com/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/digg.png][IMG: http://www.mopocket.com/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/delicious.png][IMG: ...
  3 days ago

• 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 ...
  4 days ago

• 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 ...
  4 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 ...
  4 days ago

• Bridgeway Tackles eDiscovery Trends from a Business Perspective

  
  Blogging — Authority: 150
  When we reported about the top 5 eDiscovery trends for 2010, we were of course synthesizing the issues affecting the industry and predicting as best we could, with the help of Clearwell Systems what the new year may bring.However, those five trends, as astute as they are, represent a perspective of eDiscovery that ...
  4 days ago

Comments about mobile Web