News & Comment
Wanna be a .mobi case study?
January 16, 2007, by James Pearce
We here at dotMobi are always keen to hear about your mobile web successes. Together with one of our investors, we'll shortly be running a series of case studies. Basically, we want to talk about how the .mobi domain has helped various mobile web sites to get off the ground and succeed... Read More
What does the iPhone mean for dotMobi?
January 14, 2007, by James Pearce
A quick word of introduction: I'm James Pearce, the new dotMobi CTO. I've been working with the mobile web for over seven years now, and I'm excited about this. 2007 feels like it really could be the year that the mobile web starts to build up momentum.A number of people have discussed the impact of Apple's iPhone announcement on the purpose of the .mobi top-level domain. For my first post, I thought it would be an intriguing topic to tackle... Read More
Mobile browser advances do not remove the the need for mobile-friendly sites
November 27, 2006, by ronan
The argument goes as follows: phones are becoming more capable all the time and already some high end phones can handle existing desktop-focused sites without a problem. So why is a mobile-friendly site necessary?... Read More
mobileOK Basic – it has teeth!
November 13, 2006, by Jo Rabin
The W3C announced today the second public draft of the mobileOK test document (the first of mobileOK Basic as it is now known). The document is has changed a lot since the version of the 12th July and I thought I'd take some time to look at some of the ways in which it has changed and to give some personal thoughts about its significance to the development of the Mobile Web... Read More
If not now, when?
November 10, 2006, by Jo Rabin
Growth of the Mobile Web and Operator Bashing This week saw another very well received Mobile Monday London, on 6 November. This time at Google's London office where we were treated to splendid hospitality. The topic this month, it being the first anniversary of MoMo London, was "Trends in Mobile" - aka what's changed in the last year? Tireless Tom (Hume) who was a speaker at the event posted a synopis of the event so I won't repeat it here. Other speakers were Helen Keegan from Beep Marketing, Ajit Jaokar from FutureText and Paul Goode from M:Metrics. This could have turned into a serious operator bashing session. But I'm pleased to say it didn't... Read More
