Mobile friendly Web sites – Free List
October 18, 2006
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
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.
©2006 Roland Reinhart. All Rights Reserved.
Great work man. i am totally impressed. especially the WAP version of this page was a very good idea. Keep updating please…
That’s great, but where are the updates? It’s been 3 years! It is almost impossible to find clothing stores where you can actually navigate, order items, & especially check out & pay. I am ill & only have mobile access at home, as I am holding out for Xmas releases in notebooks. I am going insane. Forget even the biggies-Nordstrom, Bloomingdales, etc. They are losing a lot of sales. Please advise! Thank you. Elizabeth
Thanks for the comment, Elizabeth. Sounds like a good business opportunity for you or someone to compile and share/market niche lists of mobile websites.
I periodically update http://m.chaos365.com — If you have a list of link suggestions, please post them here in the comments and I may add them for the community to use.
Thank you.
-Roland
I like to use http://www.bookstoreprices.com they have a real nice mobile site that allows you to search book prices based on keyword or isbn. I like to use this site when I'm at my colleges bookstore and I want to check that I am getting a somewhat reasonable price.
i want to add a site,
Ultraskulls.co.cc its a simple mobile mp3 search & download site
Tested on my symbian and android device and it even works on my old nokia 9210 phone ! LOL