AdMob is out with their November 2008 Mobile Metrics Report. From there we find out iPhone requests grew again, this time for 52% month to month, reaching a total of 359 million. This in turn gave iPhone 6.3% of total requests or 9.9% of U.S.-based requests. with 42% of all requests coming in over WiFi…
Wikipedia gets an official mobile website
I’m not sure why it took so long for Wikipedia to optimize its website for mobile devices, but what the heck – it’s here now and we love it. Sure, there are bunch of other third-party apps that make Wikipedia render properly on mobile device, but this one comes right from the source. Note here…
Change.gov gets optimized for iPhone!
If he could have a dedicated iPhone app, why not an iPhone-optimized website of its transition team? That’s exactly what happened as iPhone and iPod Touch users will now see a version of Change.gov specially tailored for their devices. Here’s the official description from Apple’s Web apps page: Change.gov, the website of the Obama administration’s…
Fennec/Mobile Firefox coming to Symbian S60 in 2009
Until recently, Mozilla focused its energy to release Fennec i.e. Firefox mobile for Linux and Windows Mobile device. Now they said they’ll also release their browser for Symbian S60 platform. As a matter of fact, the development has officially started and the browser should be released during next year. From Christian Sejersen’s blog: Today we…
Skyfire mobile browser adds support for VGA screens
I’m not sure was this included in the latest beta version of Skyfire, which was recently released for the whole world and not just certain geographic areas (i.e. U.S. and Canada), but it’s worth mentioning nonetheless. Skyfire now works with VGA screen devices, too! We’re talking about Windows Mobile powered smartphones and guessing the HTC…
BlackBerry Mobile Homepage Revamped
mobile.blackberry.com just got a bit of a makeover today, making it easier to find answers to technical questions, poke around at free content like ringtones and wallpapers, and discover new services. Load times have been shaved down alongside a new navigation system, making the overall browsing experience that much better. This is about as close…
CNN Mobile on the iPhone… A Great Experience
CNN Mobile has been around for quite some time now, but it wasn’t till this morning that I actually had a great experience with it (not that I’ve ever had a bad experience with it). This morning, as I lay there half-awake, I recalled the tragic and horrible events of last night over in India.…
Sprint Instinct gets Opera Mini 4.2, too
If the T-Mobile G1 can have it, so can Sprint Instinct. I’m talking about Opera Mini, which is now available for the Sprint Instinct users and which is set to become one of their [Instinct users] most-used apps because of the simple fact that the pre-installed browser sucks. To be fair, the last firmware update…
Opera Mini 4.2 Ready to Roll with New Servers and Skins
The round of beta and bug-testing for the latest Opera Mini mobile browser has wrapped up, and now the official release of version 4.2 is available for download. There are lots of improvements to this version, including skins, video support, new servers for faster page processing, and note syncing with your desktop browser. Opera Link…
Another Webkit-based browser available for Symbian UIQ3 smartphones – Ozone
Digia’s @Web isn’t the only Webkit-based browser available for Symbian UIQ3 touchscreen-enabled smartphones any more. Ozone is joining the party and is apparently even faster than Digia’s app. According to Ozone folks, Engadget takes 40 seconds to load on Ozone, while @Web needs 117 seconds, and Opera Mobile 123 seconds. That’s something, right? Feature wise,…