News & Comment
Fennec Delivers!
May 21, 2009, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
We've all been eagerly anticipating the entry of the Fennec (Firefox Mobile to the uninitiated) into the mobile browser space. A couple of days ago we were given our first taste of the future with Fennec when a new alpha version was released for Windows Mobile devices. So how does it stand up? Well, initial testing seems to indicate that Fennec will certainly be a contender. The Fennec team have packed in support for a wide array of technologies... Read More
AutoTrader.mobi is 1Mth page tested by mobiReady
May 20, 2009, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
We're happy to announce a great milestone today: autotrader.mobi was the 1 millionth page that was tested by our mobiReady testing tool! We're super happy about this, and we're delighted to see some well known brands such as AutoTrader making use of our free testing tool. Check out their results here... Read More
Widget Investigation leads to a ‘Worst Practice’ Discovery
May 18, 2009, by Ronan_Mandel
Nokia just wrapped up their Developer Conference in Monaco last week. Sadly, I didn't have the budget to go. Maybe you were lucky and did (or maybe you live there, lucky you!). Anyhow, one of the technologies that they're pushing these days is their WRT (Web Run Time) or Widgets for the lay person out there. This whole mobile widget thing is nothing new, but what does appear to be new is that they're gathering a steam this time... Read More
Good enough to share: insights and tips on social-media marketing and Twitter
May 16, 2009, by mobiThinking
mobiThinking has been scouting around for an expert to write a primer on twittering. While asking our friends in the Mobility.mobi Forum for their recommendations, we were given some handy links to great articles and examples of Twittering in action. The links were so good, it would be rude not to share. Please let us know of any good twittering guides or brands who you consider to be masters of Twitter... Read More
Mobile Web Benchmarks: What can you do?
May 13, 2009, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
Yesterday, Gomez and dotMobi published a second set of mobile Web benchmarks. The metrics are taken across three key industries: banking, airlines, and search, each of which represents an exciting and important slice of the mobile Web. I don't want to analyse the results here (the mobile Web is getting slower apparently!) - instead, I'll take a brief look at what these benchmarks might mean for you as a developer... Read More
