Remember how frustating it was to read e-mails on your mobile phone or surf your favourite website ? The small screen really
proved to be a pain in the neck and even the most romantic mail couldnot cheer us up.
We could have avoided all the trouble if we had known that there are
websites on the internet which can detect whether we are surfing through a PC or a mobile device. These websites then optimise the content accordingly saving a lot of scrolling. It also helps these websites loadfaster by lowering the resolution of images or by removing heavy files and links. These websites can be classified into categories according to use or content:
Search engines:
Looking for somevital info? Go to ask.com mobile search, Picapage.com and 4info.com. In addition to these our collective favourites Google.com, Yahoo.com and Aol .com also have their PDA-
optimised search engines.
Business:
Business.com, money.CNN.com and Forbes.com have already made their mark in the field of business news and are household names. Now they have moveda step aheadand streamlined their websites for mobile devices.
News and news- related:
BBC.com, CNN.com, News.google.comhave ben deliveringbreaking news for years. Now you can almost hear, see and read the news as it happens on your mobile devicethrough their mobile optimised websites.
Shopping:
Want to buy a gift for Valentine''''s day? or the nifty gadget you read about? Buy it online on your mobile device from ebay.com or Amazon.com using their PDA optimised websites.
Entertainment:
waiting for the train to arrive? Bored on the long bus drive? go to windowsmedia.com, pocketmovies.net, pocketmedialive.com, radio4pda.com orstreams4pda.com. There is a lot of entertaining stuff waiting to be discovered on these sites and all of it is optimised for your mobile device.
So lets bid adieu to our laptops and get going.