Comments on: Open Thread: Have You Started Mobile Browsing?

By: frank

frank — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:23:17 +0000

@jeff vc – some of the major players are coming along fairly well, but five sites does not an internet make… the restrictive (and time consuming) nature of phone browsing make it uncomfortable and inconvenient. i personally only ever use it in near emergencies

@pandacure – checking email on your phone is fine, but writing an email? at least text messages are, of necessity brief and abbreviated…

personally i have a that provides the same diversity as i expect from my laptop with the mobility i get from my phone – perfect….

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By: pandacube

pandacube — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:24:06 +0000

I usually check my gmail from mobile while Im away from my PC. And a few RSS feed as well.

By: Yomi Adegboye

Yomi Adegboye — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 04:00:15 +0000

I have been browsing on my phones for upwards of 3 years now. What I do – visit my favourite blogs and forums, register domain names, setup and manage web hosting accounts, make purchases online, run online banking transactions, manage email, run my blog – almost everything I am able to do on a PC browser.

The plus is that with a mobile device, I am able to do them all almost anuwhere, anytime. I am posting this in bed on my Nokia E61, for example.

I agree: mobile browsing is the future, especially as more powerful, user-friendly devices and browsers show up.

By: Warren

Warren — Thu, 31 May 2007 19:39:34 +0000

WIth a Pocket PC mobile device (touch screen, Windows Mobile OS), it’s much easier to browse the web. And I do so quite often. I can imagine it will only get better and easier.

By: John Flinchbaugh

John Flinchbaugh — Thu, 31 May 2007 14:03:40 +0000

I’ve used my phone for a while to hit my bank’s mobile site, Sometimes RSS (but not as much anymore). Most the time I use Opera Mini or some other connected app (JaikuMidlet). Jaiku usually gives me the ability to catch up on people in those spare moments. I’ll ofter review some of my recent del.icio.us links as well. I’m starting to use Opera Mini’s RSS support more.

By: Rob Witham

Rob Witham — Thu, 31 May 2007 13:22:04 +0000

I browse the Web quite often from my mobile phone. I use the Opera Mini browser as opposed to the less-than-wonderful OpenWave browser that ships with my Cingular mobile though. OpenWave’s browser is far too limited whereas Opera Mini functions much like any PC browser you are accustomed to.

I read RSS feeds, news, and google for anything that strikes my interest when I am bored. I also use Google’s mobile search quite a bit to locate area businesses when I need to find something.

I agree that mobile browsing will continue to increase in popularity in the future. I suspect handhelds and smart phones will represent an increasing market share in the next few years.

By: Pablo Apanasionek

Pablo Apanasionek — Thu, 31 May 2007 13:19:24 +0000

I guess the development of more capable mobile browsers as Opera Mobile has favored the mobile approach of the Web. Factory browsers about 2 or 3 years ago sucked at displaying a web page correctly. I currently use GMail, GCal and GReader, plus checking the availability of some sites I run. And the Wiki in those cases you can’t get any longer without getting answers.

By: Jeff VC

Jeff VC — Thu, 31 May 2007 09:30:30 +0000

Funny this thread should appear now. I just got a new phone last week. A few years ago I tried mobile browsing and pretty much gave up on it, except for checking BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/mobile/index.shtml) and slashdot (http://slashdot.org/palm/) on the train. It was too much of a chore and there was really nothing out there.

Now, in addition to Google Mail, Calendar and Reader, I’ve discovered that flickr (http://m.flickr.com/) and facebook (http://m.facebook.com/) have excellent mobile sites, though I wish I could favorite photos from the flickr interface. Upcoming (http://m.upcoming.yahoo.com/) has also introduced a mobile site recently, but I haven’t used it yet. It’s pretty safe to say that I’m addicted!

By: Archaeogeek

Archaeogeek — Thu, 31 May 2007 08:48:24 +0000

Same as pretty much everyone else- Google, with my IGoogle (yuck) page set up as my mobile home page. The new google calendar is pretty cool, but I still think the mobile version of the reader needs more work. Mowser (mowser.com) is good for formatting any page into a mobile-friendly version, and http://wikipedia.7val.com/ provides a good mobile interface to wikipedia.

By: kenneth

kenneth — Thu, 31 May 2007 06:03:25 +0000

I only really use it to check Nextbus.com in SF and once in a blue moon to check cellartracker.com

By: Louis

Louis — Thu, 31 May 2007 05:05:41 +0000

I read the New York Times on my phone almost every morning. Their last redesign has made the site a lot easier to browse. And of course, gmail.

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 31 May 2007 05:00:29 +0000

I do e-mail (hotmail and gmail), gcalendar, and occasional Cingular provided news. This all started in class (college), when I was bored.

By: Deepak

Deepak — Thu, 31 May 2007 04:47:54 +0000

Quite a bit actually. Heavy use of my feed reader (Google reader). Also use Twitter, Facebook, Newsvine, and Google calendar.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 31 May 2007 01:51:19 +0000

I used to use Newsgator for my Treo, then bought a Nokia N*80 with the fancy web browser in it. I love the way it works, and it makes reading websites on the go much better. Still, my biggest qualm is connection speeds. Slow loading feeds etc. can make the experience a pain sometimes.