News & Comment
Best Practices becomes Proposed Recommendation
November 3, 2006, by Jo Rabin
The W3C announced yesterday that the Mobile Web Best Practices had become a Proposed Recommendation. This means it has passed a number of important milestones of review by members of the Working Group that created it, members of the W3C and the public. There's one more step to go before it becomes a full recommendation... Read More
One Web – Why does this stir up such emotion?
November 2, 2006, by Jo Rabin
The subject of "One Web" stirs up much passion, though in general it's not clear at all what people mean by it. There is a wide choice of meanings to choose from:... Read More
Mobile-Friendly Blogging with WordPress
September 19, 2006, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
Update: dotMobi has released an awesome new mobile pack. Get it here!. So you want your blog to reach as many people as possible, or you want people to be able to access and comment on your postings anytime, anywhere, then WordPress, coupled with the mobile extension is the tool for you... Read More
Thoughts on the Apple iPhone
September 8, 2006, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
It's been reported that Apple are ready to put the "iPhone" into production. This brought back memories of a day earlier this year when I first got my hands on a shiny 30GB video iPod. My first impressions of the video iPod were mostly of awe. It truly was something to behold. The thin design, audio and video playback etc etc... Read More
Mobile data charges: stifling growth of mobile internet?
September 6, 2006, by ronan
I believe that the mobile internet charges are severly restricting the growth of the mobile internet. I base this claim on empirical evidence from the behaviours of people I know. Almost without exception, whenever I mention the idea of browsing on a mobile phone to people, or whenever they see me doing it, they say the same thing: "Oh, that's really expensive, isn't it?" There are people I know who religiously avoid touching the Live! or iMode button on their phones, despite their prominant placement on the handset, based on the fear of a large bill. One person I know has had purchased a new iMode phone and in 2 months had conciously and deliberately avoided pressing the "i" button, despite the fact that this is the key selling point of the phone and associated service... Read More
