Mobile friendly Web sites - Free List

Here’s a tip. Maximize your downtime while in a waiting room or during your commute. I’ve compiled a list of useful URLs for mobile friendly Web sites. These are Web sites that provide content and functionality without clutter, and should be easily viewable in a mobile device (i.e. wireless pda, smartphone, cell phone, etc.). All you need is a mobile device capable of viewing Web sites.

This is not meant to be a list of a thousand mobile Web sites. It is in simple format so…

• You can use it as a quick reference.
• It has logical categories (i.e. News, Travel, Weather). Plus, some items (i.e. movie times, wine selector) you don’t know you’d need until you are out and about.
• It is a meant to be a fast download, so you wont waste time or wireless bandwidth.
• You’ll have a single list without having to click and drill down endlessly.

As of this writing, these are all functioning (not abandoned) Web sites.

Simply bookmark this URL in your phone/pda (it will be updated with new sites or corrections).
http://www.chaos365.com/mobile/

Or, copy the URLs below…

News and Interests:
AdAge
Bloglines
Business Week
C|Net News.com (Or this)
CNN
Digg
Geek (Mac) (PDA)
MacNN
Motorsport News
The Onion
Reuters
SciFi Channel
Slashdot
Time
The New York Times
TechCrunch
USAToday (Or this)
Yahoo

Weather:
AccuWeather
Ask
Weather.com
Yahoo! Weather

Travel:
American Airlines
British Airways
Cathay Pacific
Continental Airlines
Delta
Dollar Rental Car
Expedia
KLM
Northwest Airlines
Quantas Airlines
United Airlines

Directions:
Ask (Directions)
Ask (Maps)
MapQuest
Google Maps (Download application)

Portal:
Palm’s Portal
Yahoo’s Portal

Wines (Impress the ladies):
Mobile Drink Boy
WinePros

Movies Times:
InfoSpace
MovieFone

Search:
Ask
Google

Email (caution: not all https secure):
Gmail (Or this)
MSN Hotmail
Yahoo! Mail

Package Tracking:
Fedex Tracking
UPS

Misc:
Amazon
Edmunds
Handy Facts (Flu or Cold?)
IMDB
Ask Currency Conversion
Ask Area Code Lookup

I hope you find this list useful. Simply bookmark this URL in your phone today.
http://www.chaos365.com/mobile/

I’ll update the list periodically with new sites and/or corrections. So you’ll always have reliable info.

Enjoy!
-Roland

Roland Reinhart is an interactive marketing professional and Palm Treo fan. His observations can be found at Chaos365.com and AdMadMan.com.

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