Tag Archives: Tools
Server-side predictive text
May 13, 2008, by ronan
We've decided to try an experiment on find.mobi: server-side T9: if you type in a purely numeric query we will try to see if it maps to any common words in the English language, and offer you a link to the search. Thus searching for 46835 will ask you if you meant "hotel" and "7464 8663 " will suggest "ring tone"... Read More
DeviceAtlas: proposed new properties
May 5, 2008, by atrasatti
We have prepared a list of proposed properties for addition to DeviceAtlas. The list was built based on the requests we received in the last couple of months. Your feedback and suggestion is requested. See our forums: Proposed new properties... Read More
Follow mobiForge on Twitter
April 29, 2008, by James Pearce
Having trouble keeping up with all the new articles and forum posts on mobiForge? If you're a Twitter user, here's another alternative for doing so. Simply follow the Twitter user "mobiforge" and you will be subscribed to all our new blog, article, and forum posts... Read More
Mobile search: what are people looking for?
April 28, 2008, by ronan
One of the great things about running a mobile search engine (find.mobi ) is that it gives you a direct line of sight into the behaviour of normal users, and their expectations of what is available on the mobile web. One interesting insight we've gained from find.mobi is that the majority of search phrases are navigational in nature... Read More
Dev.mobi update
April 23, 2008, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
A quick heads up on a couple of changes to dev.mobi. We've been talking about upgrading the forums for a while, and well, we've done it (at least in part, consider it a work in progress). We've tidied up the thread layout a bit. In particular we now display your user stats: when you joined, how many times you've posted, and whether you are online or not... Read More
