Browsing Web on your Mobile Phone
The mobile web is starting to really take off. More websites started to offer mobile versions, new mobile apps released on a daily basis, mobile browsers getting better, etc. To sum up, more and more people access internet from mobile phones. If you got a blackberry, iPhone or any kind of smartphone, here are a couple of tools and websites to get you started.
OperaMini - Mobile Browser
Free web browser that works on pretty much any phone that has web capability. So far mobile browsing was way behind what you would normally get on your PC. OperaMini 4 changes that by enabling you to view the pages as they appear on your PC. Whether it’s an image or a flash video, it can auto adjust the content to your phone’s screen size.
As you can see in the image below, even crowded pages appear quite good. There is an option allowing you to zoom-in on any part of the page. Apart from that, it’s really fast. Almost two times faster and efficient (cheaper) than most of the other mobile browsers. You can see it in action and get detailed feaure list in our earlier OperaMini review here. To download Opera mini go here.
Another good mobile browser is Skyfire. Unfortunately the product is still in beta and available for download only to selected users. If you’re interested you can sign-up for invite from their website. Check it out in action on this Youtube video.
How to Mobilize your Favorite Websites
There are plenty of free services where you can mobilize RSS-enabled websites in no time. You don’t have to be a geek to create a mobile version of your blog and these tools can help you out. Your blog content won’t just look readable on a mobile phone screen, but will also load faster. Almost all of these apps require only RSS feeds. Add RSS feeds you want to mobilize, get a link to mobile-friendly page, add this page to your mobile bookmarks and done.
The simplest mobilizer out there. Simply enter the address of the page and click go. If you are short on bandwidth there is a checkbox to disable the images as well. Read more …
Generate Mobile Page using Google Reader
Apparently Google Reader can generate a mobile view of any RSS feed without any effort. All you need to do is append the feed address to the following URL.
http://www.google.com/reader/m/view/feed/[feed_address]. (via Digital Inspiration)
We have already covered MoFuse here.
Read more at Mobilize any Website with Mowser.
Other web services that can help you with generating mobile websites are Andanza, Mippin and WireNode.
If all you’re looking for is a simple way to create mobile edition for your favorite websites then any of these should do.
I’m so curious about Skyfire, Have seen their impressive demo and applied for closed beta two month ago and still waiting.
i am waiting as well.
I love Opera Mini, it’s so much better than my phone’s native browser.