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 Websites with the Typo3 CMS and WURFL
September 7, 2006, by kindlerm
With the advent of the mobile internet web site designers face a new problem. They have to design sites which work well on the "normal" desktop system as well as on mobile devices. Mobile devices, typically handsets, smart phones, or PDAs, are not only restricted in their features, they also vary a lot in their individual capabilities as screen sizes, supported markup languages, 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
Introduction to WURFL
August 10, 2006, by admin
Complying to standards is not always easy, but it is very important so that browsers will display your contents as you envisioned them and that search engines can interpret your pages correctly. The W3C started the Mobile Web Initiative in 2005. The initiative wants, among the other things, to provide a set of best practices to make sure that web developers can produce sites that are mobile friendly... Read More
XHTML Mobile Website Templates
August 2, 2006, by admin
The dotMobi mobile website template is an XHTML template for a complete static .mobi XHTML website. This template is designed to act as a starting point for web developers to create their own sites. The template is coded in fully validating XHTML Mobile Profile and there are extensive comments within the code to help guide those unfamiliar with XHTML... Read More
