{"id":15062,"date":"2011-09-07T15:02:44","date_gmt":"2011-09-07T23:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wapreview.com\/?p=15062"},"modified":"2011-09-10T20:38:46","modified_gmt":"2011-09-11T04:38:46","slug":"found-on-the-mobile-web-246","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/15062\/","title":{"rendered":"Found on the Mobile Web #246"},"content":{"rendered":"

Found on the Mobile Web<\/em> is a weekly WAP Review<\/em> feature listing newly added and updated sites on the YesWAP.com<\/a> mobile portal and WapReview<\/a> mobile site directory. With these latest additions the directory and portal now list 2349 mobile sites.<\/p>\n

Tech\/Mobile\/News – Reviews<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"PocketNow\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Pocketnow<\/em><\/strong> m.pocketnow.com<\/a>\u00a0Online since 2000, Pocketnow is one of the oldest sites covering mobile tech. Originally focused on Windows Mobile, today’s Pocketnow covers all the smartphone platforms with an emphasis on\u00a0Windows Phone, Android, and iPhone. Frequently updtaed with the latest\u00a0reviews, news and videos.
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Social Media<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"SMS4buddy\"<\/a><\/p>\n

SMS4buddy<\/em><\/strong> m.sms4buddy.com<\/a>\u00a0Canned SMS messages for every occasion including famous quotes, expressions of love and friendship, jokes, inspirational sayings and advice.<\/p>\n

The site has buttons for sharing a message on Twitter and Facebook\u00a0but there’s no button to send the message as a text. The site does provide the message in a textarea for easy copying but it would be nice to also have \u00a0a “Text this:”<\/em> link using the sms: URI scheme, though not all phones support sms:. Some that don’t use smsto:<\/a> instead.
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\"SocialTimes\"<\/a><\/p>\n

SocialTimes<\/em><\/strong> socialtimes.com<\/a>\u00a0News website covering the people, business and culture of social media. Covers Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites and services and the people creating and using them.<\/span>
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RSS – Blogging<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"GlobalVoices\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Global Voices<\/em><\/strong> globalvoicesonline.org<\/a>\u00a0An independent non-profit that aggregates the best posts by over 300 bloggers and citizen reporters from around the world with an emphasis on non-Western and underrepresented writers. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The site advocates for freedom of expression and provides a place where censored voices can be heard. Global Voices is translated into 30 languages.<\/span>
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Meme Trackers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"iHackerNews\"<\/a><\/p>\n

iHackerNews.com<\/em><\/strong> ihackernews.com<\/a>\u00a0Hacker News is a socially\u00a0curated\u00a0tech news site somewhat like Reddit, but more closely focused on (ethical) hacking and startups.\u00a0 iHackerNews.com is @ronnieroller<\/a>‘s mobile front end to Hacker News. via<\/em>: Paul Roget’s Blog<\/a>
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Entertainment and Leisure\/Life Style<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Scoper\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Scoper – Horoscopes<\/em><\/strong> scoper.info<\/a>\u00a0A simple, single purpose site, Scooper serves up your free daily\u00a0horoscope\u00a0in a mobile friendly format.
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Mail-IM-Talk-PIM\/Productivity and PIM<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Jotminder\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Jotminder<\/em><\/strong> www.jotminder.mobi<\/a>\u00a0Jotminder is a free cloud-based personal online wiki notepad. Store your notes, pictures, files and links in the cloud. Access Jotminder\u00a0using desktop or mobile – smartphone, tablet, iphone, ipad, etc. Notes are secure and can be private or public. Via: Mobile Mammoth<\/a>
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Business\/Banking and Payments\/Non-US Banks<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Santander<\/a><\/p>\n

Santander UK<\/em><\/strong> m.santander.co.uk<\/a> Mobile online banking for Sandander UK Bank customers. Features include: Viewing account and credit card balances and account details, view recent transactions, transfer funds between accounts, make a payment to an existing payee and view cancel and amend pending transactions.
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Tech\/Internet\/Web Design & Development<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Paul<\/a><\/p>\n

Paul Rouget’s Blog<\/em><\/strong> paulrouget.com<\/a>\u00a0Paul Rouget is a developer at Mozilla who also presents at tech events.\u00a0 He blogs about Web and browser development and design and occasionally mobile. His post “Mobile Web: Taiwan, Opera and WebOS<\/a>” is a must read for mobile designers and developers. Paul’s blog,\u00a0 which I’m guessing runs on his code rather than an off the shelf CMS, works equally well in both desktop and reasonably capable mobile browsers.
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Entertainment and Leisure\/Mobile Video-Audio\/Video<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Abctv.mobi\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Abctv.mobi <\/em><\/strong> abctv.mobi<\/a>\u00a0Portal and search engine for streaming TV stations from arond the world in all languages.\u00a0Live online Television in Windows Media Player, Winamp, Real Player and 3gp formats. Watch and listen to live movies, news and reports on your phone. This site is not, as far as I can tell, affilaiated with the ABC TV broadcast network. in the US.
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Tech\/Mobile\/Operators<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Virgin<\/a><\/p>\n

Virgin Mobile (USA)<\/em><\/strong> m.virginmobileusa.com<\/a>\u00a0Account management portal for customers of Virgin Mobile, one of several\u00a0PayGo\u00a0brands operated by Sprint PCS in the US. Features include viewing your call and message logs and current cash balance, adding funds, changing plans and changing your account PIN.
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