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iPhone Optimized Web Sites

Google Search improved: now bigger and more accessible [iPhone Optimized Websites]

February 12, 2010

Last night I spotted a small difference in the way that my Google searches were appearing within Safari. It’s not that the results were better, but I could have sworn that the search bar was a little bigger and easier to use.
The Official Google Mobile Blog later verified my theory with their post about how [...]

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Gmail web app for iPhone is now 2-3x faster!

December 19, 2009

It’s happened again: I’m trying to use Gmail full time. This time I’m just using the newly optimized Gmail web app (three cheers for HTML5!), and, as usual, I’m pathetically excited about it. The Google Mobile blog recently announced that they’ve made the Gmail web app 2-3x faster, and it’s true: Gmail consistently loads up [...]

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Gmail Web App: now with swipe to archive

June 24, 2009

I had almost completely forgotten about the archive feature in gmail, but the addition of an easier way to quickly clear my inbox in mobile Safari might just make me a born-again archivist. Ever since Patrick notified me of the feature (via jkontherun) I’ve been using it to clean up the mess that is my [...]

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Free Reign – Free iPhone Apps Roundup #3

June 21, 2009

One of the things about trying to be a writer is being consistent. This means that no matter how many fancy schmancy new iPhones come out, you’ve got to stick to covering free apps on the weekends. You’ve just got to. This weekend Patrick and I are covering:

Bump
MapQuest 4 Mobile
Wimbledon 2009
Flux (Liquid [...]

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So Long to iGoogle’s iPhone Optimized Site

January 21, 2009

Google has recently decided to get rid of its iPhone-optimized, single-column based site for iGoogle. iGoogle is their widget-based ‘your customized Google’ site which let you see the RSS feeds you want, your local weather, Gmail and pretty much whatever else you want as a personal home page option.
As Erica Sadun at Infinite Loop [...]

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Featured iPhone Site: Walmart

December 30, 2008

In addition to recently beginning to sell iPhones, the world’s biggest retailer – Walmart – has now got an iPhone optimized web site …
And a very good one at that. Well, I should qualify this right off by saying that it’s a very good one IF you like iPhone optimized pages. I like them very [...]

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Wal-Mart Rolls Out iPhone Site

November 1, 2008

Joining the ranks of other companies smitten with attracting the growing number of iPhone users, Wal-Mart has debuted an iPhone-ready web site. Users surfing to http://www.wal-mart.com will be automatically redirected to the iPhone version of the web site.

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DSL Reports Now Has iPhone Optimized Speed Test Page

July 21, 2008

A couple weeks back I posted on a few sites that you can use to measure your connection speeds on the iPhone. One of them was the well-know DSL Reports site, which at the time did not offer a very iPhone friendly page.
Well … now they do. They’ve got a nicely iPhone optimized page [...]

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iPhone Wallpapers Collection Worth Checking Out

July 15, 2008

The Listropolis site has a compilation of 50 ’stunning’ iPhone wallpapers up that mostly live up to that term. They’ve pulled together a very good mix of some great nature and Apple-related and miscellaneous images for use as wallpapers.
It’s also worth keeping in mind that with the new 2.0 software you can now tap [...]

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Recommended: Apple’s New iPhone Help & User Guide Site

July 13, 2008

Apple’s got a very good new iPhone help site up that provides:

iPhone Getting Started Guide and Help
Usage Tips and How-To’s
Troubleshooting tips

Although the site is geared mainly towards those who are new to the iPhone or at beginning level, there is a good overall mix of content – with some topic areas and individual [...]

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Speed Test Sites for Your iPhone 3G

July 6, 2008

If you’re planning to get yourself an iPhone 3G in just around five days, one of the first things you’ll probably be wanting to test out is just how fast your 3G speeds are. I know I’ll be keen to test this out early and often with the new iPhone.
There are bound to [...]

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