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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• Acrobat.com gets revamped and gets a mobile app

  
  money news blog — Authority: 144
  Filed under: Office , Web services , Adobe , BlackBerry , iPhone , Mobile Adobe’s Acrobat.com service is getting a huge update tonight, followed closely by a new mobile app for iPhone and BlackBerry . The name “Acrobat” goes hand-in-hand with the PDF file format, and Acrobat.com grants you to ...
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• Great results from mobile marketing campaign for Dr. Parnassuss

  
  GoMo News — Authority: 580
  A movie that has had some extraordinary bad luck has been seeing great results from a mobile-integrated outdoor marketing campaign. The trailer for the Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassuss saw over 200,000 downloads over the mobile channel inside three weeks, through a campaign run by Blismobile Media . Who is ...
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• Acrobat.com gets revamped and gets a mobile app

  
  Download Squad — Authority: 764
  Filed under: Office , Web services , Adobe , BlackBerry , iPhone , Mobile Adobes Acrobat.com service is getting a big update tonight, followed closely by a new mobile app for iPhone and BlackBerry . The name "Acrobat" goes hand-in-hand with the PDF file format, and Acrobat.com allows you to convert ...
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• 60% of Consumers Accept Mobile Advertising

  
  State of Telecom Industry in Pakistan — Authority: 434
  As is often with new technologies, it takes a while before new technologies settle in and consumers get comfortable with it. Mobile ads are no different. According a recent survey on US consumer’s preferences about mobile ads, four in 10 consumers don’t want to see ads on their phones. The other six are ok with ...
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• Six Apart Launches TypePad Micro, Free Microblogging Service

  
  Blogging — Authority: 150
  This week Six Apart (news, site) launched their very own microblogging service to complement the burgeoning family of TypePad conversational media hubs. TypePad Micro aims not to compete, but to work in tandem with popular services like Twitter. a2a_linkname="Six Apart Launches TypePad Micro, Free Microblogging ...
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• GIPS Helps Android Developers Create HD VoIP Enabled Clients

  
  Blogging — Authority: 150
  Voice over IP is an ever-growing feature for phones, and is now a lot easier to implement thanks to Global IP a2a_linkname="GIPS Helps Android Developers Create HD VoIP Enabled Clients";a2a_linkurl="http://www.frenzyblogging.com/2009/11/20/gips-helps-android-developers-create-hd-voip-enabled-clients/";
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• ADAM 4.5: Focus on Interoperability, Developer Support

  
  Blogging — Authority: 150
  The latest edition of ADAM Software’s (news, site) digital asset management suite aims to remove the drudgery of managing assets and improve how it plays with other software.Read full story… Follow us on Twitter Go here to see the original: ADAM 4.5: Focus on Interoperability, Developer Support ...
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• Webtrends Churns Out Updates, Says Hello to iPhone

  
  Blogging — Authority: 150
  Saying there’s been a lot about web analytics of late is an understatement. After several fresh sandboxes, shocking acquisitions and curious new approaches, we think it’s safe to say that 2009 will go down as the year that jump-started our understanding of these data.Webtrends (news, site) is taking the delivery ...
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• Digital Reef Adds New VP Sales, Prepares for 2010

  
  Blogging — Authority: 150
  In July Bob Lentz became Digital Reef’s CEO, while Digital Reef’s founder Steve Aker took over product innovation. This week they’ve added Larry D’Angelo as the Vice President of Sales.Having served as the vice president of business operations for Makana Solutions, Larry D’Angleo brings more than twenty ...
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• Microsoft Details Plans for Internet Explorer 9 (IE9)

  
  Blogging — Authority: 150
  After a return to some sort of form with IE8, can Microsoft (news, site) transform its browser for the lean and lite generation?Read full story… Follow us on Twitter See more here: Microsoft Details Plans for Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) a2a_linkname="Microsoft Details Plans for Internet Explorer 9 ...
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• Open Text Beefs Up SAP Solutions Including Compliance, Retention Management

  
  Blogging — Authority: 150
  Only six weeks after Open Text (news, a2a_linkname="Open Text Beefs Up SAP Solutions Including Compliance, Retention Management";a2a_linkurl="http://www.frenzyblogging.com/2009/11/20/open-text-beefs-up-sap-solutions-including-compliance-retention-management/";
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• Chat with Carlos Taboada CEO Mobile Advertising Company Webmoblink

  
  GoMo News — Authority: 580
  webmoblink mobile advertising I met Carlos Taboada CEO Webmoblink at the GoMo News Blender in February this year at Moblie World Congress. He told me about his mobile advertising idea then and now Webmoblink has been launched in the US, Latin America and China. I sent him a few question via email for a ...
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• Google News optimized for iPhone, Android, and Palm Pre

  
  MultiCellPhone News — Authority: 134
  Following on the mobile-optimized version of Google News for other phones, such as Blackberry, Windows Mobile, and S60, Google has announced a completely new Google News offering for iPhone, Android, and Palm Pre users. Google News for mobile is now available in 29 languages and 70 editions.This new version provides ...
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• Web Goes Mobile 4 – The presentations

  
  Mobile Marketing & Mobile Internet blog - SMS solutions MobileWeb.be — Authority: 416
  You can view/download the presentations of Web Goes Mobile 4 on Slideshare: Comscore – Alistair Hill Microsoft – Didier Ongena London Calling – Andrew Grill Pecha Kucha session: Touring Mobilis – Steven Logghe Netlog – Louis Jonckheere Mobillion – Marc Schoutens Corelio – Joris De ...
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• Google Announces New Google News For Mobile

  
  App Advice — Authority: 155
  Google has announced that the company has rolled out a new Google News for mobile format for the iPhone, Android, and Palm Pre.  Most of you who visit Google News daily on your iPhone may have already noticed the change, but maybe this will make some of you non-Google News readers finally give it a shot. According ...
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• Mobile Google News Optimized for iPhone, Android, and webOS

  
  IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — Authority: 746
  Those with an iPhone, Palm ( NSDQ: PALM ) Pre, or any Android device will be happy to hear about some new changes to the mobile Google ( NSDQ: GOOG ) News. The new version allows you to add custom keyword, local, and recommended sections, as well as shuffle and move the sections as you like. That’s the main thing, ...
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• Web Goes Mobile 4 – Full house!

  
  Mobile Marketing & Mobile Internet blog - SMS solutions MobileWeb.be — Authority: 416
  Today was the 4th edition of the Web Goes Mobile seminar. A massive turnout of about 250 business people participated in the discussion on “Web or App?”! Check out some feedback on Twitter .   Tagged: andrew grill, comscore, corelio, microsoft, MobileWeb, mobillion, netlog, seminar, touring mobilis, ...
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• News24 Android App review

  
  Web AddiCT(s); — Authority: 426
  News24 released their app for Google Android handsets (HTC, OpenMoko available in South Africa and Samsung soon)Some of the features include…Up to the second news, sport, finance, motoring and entertainment news View current and 7 day weather forecastLocal restaurant searchCustomisable homescreen widget – select ...
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• Coders.mobi – A Blog for Mobile Web Developers

  
  Wap Review — Authority: 513
  There is a new blog aimed specifically at mobile web developers. Its Coders. mobi and offers tutorials, tips and tricks, code snippets and mobile site and toolkit reviews. I think that there is a real need for a site like this. Mobile web development is a subset of web development in general but it isnt ...
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• dotMobi is now a member of the LACTLD

  
  dotMobi — Authority: 104
  As youll see in this announcement , dotMobi has been admitted as a member of LACTLD -- a long acronym for the longer "Latin American and Caribbean ccTLDs Organization." The LACTLD is a not-for-profit organization of the ccTLD managers in LatinAmerica and the Caribbean.Its the regional equivalent to Europes CENTR ...
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