Whirlpool

I thought it'd be a good idea to maintain a list of websites that have a mobile version that can be viewed by a phone or PDA. I know that there are plenty of imode sites that can be classified as mobile compatible (and can be viewed from non-imode phones/PDAs), but I only know of a few:
www.google.com.au/imode
www.news.com.au/imode

Does anyone know the rest? Eg. ebay, whereis, smh/age, etc?

Any other mobile compatible sites that you can't do without? Please post here!

Great idea - might be better in the On the Net Forum ?

wap.e-messenger.net ;)

ShapeShifter writes...

Great idea - might be better in the On the Net Forum ?

If the mods think so please move it

google

oh its already been done for imode.. oh well. sorry.

www.smh.com.au/handheld
and
www.theage.com.au/handheld

I know a couple that work with my treo

wap.ebay.com - excellent much better than the full html and works with my ebay
www.news.com.au/wireless - quick & fast news site
www.smh.com.au/handheld - optimised for handhelds
wap.telstra.com - some sites accessed via telstra wap portal
mobile.msn.com - msn for mobiles

also use

gmail.google.com - which is standard address but renders in plain text which makes it much faster than main graphic version

Any more?

Cheers
VikingBrad

VikingBrad writes...

wap.ebay.com - excellent much better than the full html and works with my ebay

Thanks for this link its great! Is there a version that can search Aussie ebay listings? The my ebay section works great though. Excellent for checking how your auctions are going.

Don't forget PSP.

www.little-gamers.com/psp
www.applegeeks.com/psp
feki.homelinux.org/psp
www.connect.com/psp/content
www.ps-portable.net

... I dont know any more.

As far as mobile and pda sites go, you can search for mobile-only sites on Google at www.google.com/xhtml?cc=GLOBAL&lc=en (sorry I can't find a better address - www.google.com/pda doesnt have a mobile-only search option)

Try putting wap instead of www for some websites, see how you go. wap.bbc.co.uk

dealerkim writes...

.. wap.e-messenger.net ;)

mob.e-messenger.net is the snazzy version that I use ;)

Telstra's Wap portal
(A gateway to lots of Oz mobile website)
wap.telstra.com/wap

sport
- foxsports.news.com.au/wireless
- pda.sky.com/sports/default.asp
- wapafl.sportal.com.au (afl)

News
- wireless.cnn.com
- theaustralian.news.com.au/wireless­
- mobile.ninemsn.com.au/mobile

Tech
- mobile.theregister.com (you need to sign up)
- slashdot.org/palm
- inerd.nl (whois, ping, etc)

World Weather
- mobile.wunderground.com

Fun
- handheldcrime.com/avantgo/contents­ .html

Dictionary
- www.m-w.com/palm.htm

Transport
- www.qantas.com.au/pda

www.getjar.com www
wap.getjar.com wap

islandstate.com
google.com/imode
google.com/xhtml

hey
does anyone know sites for mobile phones, where you sign up and get like a free ringtone or wallapaper plz PM me if anyone has any

thanx :)

i-mode.realestate.com.au

for real estate for sale & rentals. Includes pictures

Cheers
VikingBrad

This was such a good idea, I pinched it and wiki'd it.

Good old wiki ey

wap sites are dead, if your phone does java the opera mini browser kicks ass and lets you view regular websites but formats them for display on your phone exceptionally well.

to see more about it - www.opera.com/products/m...eramini/campaign

or to get it point your phones browser at - mini.opera.com

apparently this mini browser is so good, it's the main reason google are considering buying opera :o

benneh writes...

wap sites are dead, if your phone does java the opera mini browser kicks ass and lets you view regular websites but formats them for display on your phone exceptionally well.

heck yes this program rocks.
Great find

does anyone know of a site where u can preview a website as you would see it on a cell phone?

Opera for mobile has been updated (and it still pops up a trial version warning, set to expire June 1 at the moment) : www.opera.com/products/m...cts/winmobileppc

Also,

mobile.live.com

is a portal into the hotmail live beta - I have this, not sure if you need it to access the above url. By the way, I have no idea why I got it - I hardly use hotmail but I got an invite to hotmail live beta, then the mobile live beta.

I'm suprised no one has mentioned Skweezer yet
skweezer.net

works quite well for most websites, defintely made my treo much more useful.

Ebay is not very friendly to my phone Nokia 6680, it actually freezes up.

Anyone else with the same problem.

Couple more search sites:

Sensis Mobile
Yahoo! Australia

I've just tried it with my 6680 and it loads up ok. I can sign in and browse around. I'm on Vodafone network.

Pretty bad experience - seems like a very slow server or servlet thingy.

What url did you use: wap.ebay.com?

Is there anyway I can get maps on my phone?

I had a look at google maps but I need to download that and my phone doesn't have enough memory I think.
www.google.com/gmm

I have wriiten a page that retieves the lowest petrol prices in Melbourne and the travel times for the Monash, Westgate and Eastern Freeways.

It only returns the text so it doesn't use unecessary download as most internet access plans are still horribly expensive. It might be useful for people who use the freeways extensively.

Lowest Petrol Price: 135.9
Westgate Inbound: 17.
Westgate Outbound: 18.
Monash Inbound: 20.
Monash Outbound: 32.
Eastern Inbound: 13.
Eastern Outbound: 12.

Powered by: Highton Computer Solutions 5244 2277

Try it

www.hightoncomputersolut....com/traffic.php

Where's the link to a mobile-friendly version of whirlpool news & whirlpool forums ???

chiN ! writes...

Is there anyway I can get maps on my phone?

Whereis has a mobile site available through the Telstra WAP portal - it's open though so you
can use it from any* carrier service.

You can nav there via browser too:
wap.telstra.com/wap -> Search & Info -> Whereis Mobile

Unless you have a telstra sim, the automatic location feature won't work, but you can still manually enter addresses and get maps and directions.

Optus also has a maps and directions service on it's wap portal: web info here, but i've never used it on a handset.

*Unless your carrier blocks access to external sites - which is rare these days

mobile.redbook.com.au for car & bike values on your phone

mobilised.net for other Oz mobile links

For those who catch Public Transport in Sydney, the 131500 folks have a wap site
mobile.131500.info great if you catch buses around the place.

Deutsch Bahn in Germany have a interesting site, where you buy "mobile" tickets,
the site is in german, so you need a little understanding of the language to
read mobile.bahn.de (I have bookmarked
mobile.bahn.de/bin/mobil/detect.exe if the other doesn't work)

wap.esato.com

if you download opera to your phone (go to this address from your handset) mini.opera.com it reconfigures a standard website so you can view it on your phone - very cool stuff.

www.cricinfo.com

Automatically redirects u to their mobile site. Mmmm, cricket.

GK

www.wapedia.org
amazon.com/gp/aw/h.html
wap.usatoday.com
mobile.forbes.com/sitehtm/back.php
slashdot.org/palm
www.bbc.co.uk/mobile/web/index.shtml
mobile.mycareer.com.au

Melbourne Weather Radar

www.darkside.com.au/map30.php 30km radius
www.darkside.com.au/map60.php 60km radius
www.darkside.com.au/map120.php 120km radius

Amateur Radio Callsign Lookup for Australia

wap.melbournefuel.com/callsign.php Courtesy Melbourne Fuel

Internet Radio Linking Project Node lists

wap.irlp.net

Brisbane transport information:

jp.translink.com.au/mobile

..thanks BillyB..... :)

Mainsequence writes...

Brisbane transport information:

jp.transinfo.com.au/mobile

Oops! Doesn't appear to be working!

Try this one:

jp.translink.com.au/mobile

three.mobi
ericsson.mobi
google.mobi
gsmworld.mobi
nokia.mobi
tmobile.mobi
sonyericsson.mobi
tim.mobi
vodafone.mobi
giggle.mobi
hdmovies.mobi
itsmy.mobi
kaiserstauhl.mobi
kilburnie.mobi
kochi.mobi
londonengland.mobi
manhattan.mobi
tampa.mobi
thalys.mobi
tomten.mobi
travelosa.mobi
youthsports.mobi
vayu.mobi
banking.mobi
bigfishtackle.mobi
businessweek.mobi
cabbies.mobi
cinematimes.mobi
cnnmoney.mobi
developing.mobi
eindia.mobi
hungry.mobi
iji.mobi
inzo.mobi
kicker.mobi
locationlocation.mobi
mercadillo.mobi
mobipages.mobi
mywx.mobi
pliba.mobi
southland.mobi
szotar.mobi
tomten.mobi
utexas.mobi
wapedia.mobi
adimo.mobi
amf.mobi
bmw.mobi
cv-writing.mobi
dex.mobi
diba.mobi
thalys.mobi
domainpeople.mobi
indom.mobi
mobisitegalore.mobi
neckermann.mobi
nvbank.mobi
redbullet.mobi
spira.mobi
indom.mobi
websyourway.mobi
feedmesports.mobi

:P

ebuddy mobile: www.ebuddy.com/mobile/index.php

whereis: wap.whereis.com.au/dsb/wm-telstra-­ wap/home/welcome.do
maps are kinda useless, but gives you a rough idea

BOM weather report: ftp://ftp2.bom.gov.au/an...fwo/IDQ10095.txt
this is for Brisbane area, have a look on BOM for the file for your area.

Breaking news: www.news.com.au/breakingnews

Courier mail (for a bit of fiction reading): www.news.com.au/couriermail/wireless

mobilegames.yahoo.com/raw?dp=cgames

I just put up a mobile version of blocklayer.com

It's a collection of construction based calculators, so is full of forms and input controls and things that are probably not very suitable for mobile browsers, and I'd appreciate any feedback on how its set up and what it does and doesn't work on.

It lives here
www.blocklayer.mobi

Thanks
Blocklayer

wap.prodigits.co.uk

I cant seem to find a sports site to use to get AFL updates, wapafl.sportal is not working either thru opera mini or just direct

and i went to ninemsn too, but cant get the scores at all..

any one able to offer me a wap site that will give me footy scores? going thru opera mini...

Does anybody know of an alternative eBay site as the one I have been using no longer supports ebay.com.au ?

The site I was using was wap.bonfiremedia.com but now it just prompts for country specific ebay sites and ebay.com.au is no longer included.

I have emailed their support and hope for an answer.

Cheers
VikingBrad

VikingBrad writes...

Does anybody know of an alternative eBay site as the one I have been using no longer supports ebay.com.au ?

Have you checked with your carrier, some of them provide access to ebay.com.au now.

dlook.mobi Australian Business Directory

Clem writes...

I cant seem to find a sports site to use to get AFL updates, wapafl.sportal is not working either thru opera mini or just direct

Sorry for long delay but I use wap.yahoo.com.au then go down to sports
mobile.google.com.au also works similarly but yahoo usually a bit faster updating AFL

Digg for mobiles -- diggriver.com

Movie, TV, Restaurant, Bar and Gig guide.

mobile.yourtime.com.au

Also built for Wii at:

wii.yourtime.com.au

geo writes...

mobile.yourtime.com.au

I use these as part of the 3 Bumper back and find them extremely useful. The restaurant (yourRestaurants) saved my ass big time on valentines day.

chiN ! writes...

Is there anyway I can get maps on my phone?

I had a look at google maps but I need to download that and my phone doesn't have enough memory I think.

have you tried to download it? it's like 90kb, so I'd be really suprised if your phone memory was too full. if it doesn't work, what phone do u have?

very usefull program btw, the address searching and directions are heaps better than the VDO Dayton + UBD v.11 in the car (without the voice and GPS of course).

GMail: gmail.com/app

m.facebook.com
m.youtube.com

I use the following on my phone (they are bookmarked):

m.flickr.com
theage.com.au/text
bloglines.com (Pocket IE is detected as a mobile browser, so it'll serve a mobile compatible page)

Other than that, I think most of the other ones I surf have already been mentioned previously.

Livejournal is another site that will automaticly dectect a mobile browswer and compensate accordingly.

www.livejournal.com

p.s. To the person who posted the mobile translink juorney planner website, thank you it has been a life saver.

Just for a laugh I put up a mobile version of my Save Water! Piss in the Garden! website.

mobile.savewaterpissinthegarden.com

A new site at mobile.any1.ws is being put together to list Australian mobile websites.

Here are some that I found:

Finance :
afr.com/handheld
wireless.harrisdirect.com

Multimedia:
www.coastalwatch.com/asx/melbourne.asx
www.tesseractseattle.com/I405traffic.htm
pda.malaysia.tv
pda.mobiletopsoft.com/tv-radio.php
pda.tvfly.com
www.radiofeeds.co.uk/wmp.asp
www.webworldcam.com/pdahtml/indexpda.htm
m.youtube.com/?warned=yes

News:
www.ameinfo.com/handheld
www.australianit.news.com.au/wireless
www.bbc.co.uk/mobile/pda/index.shtml
www.news.com.au/heraldsun/wireless
www.google.com/m/products
www.muslimnews.co.uk/pda
www.news.com.au/wireless
pda.physorg.com
www2.swissinfo.org/sen/s...l?siteSect=85000
www.smh.com.au/handheld
www.theage.com.au/handheld
www.theaustralian.news.com.au/wireless
www.theinquirer.net/pocket.aspx?page=8
www.muslimnews.co.uk/pda
mobile.theonion.com/content/index
www.voanews.com/english/mobile

Portals:
www.azure.com.au
www.shorecom.com/palmsites.html

Radio Stations:
www.radiofeeds.co.uk/pda/aro
www.streamingpda.nl

Reference:
m.ask.com
pubmedhh.nlm.nih.gov/nlm
www.june29.com/IDP/IDPsearchframe1.html
pda.en.wapedia.org

ASX and NZX share prices

m.stocknessmonster.com

Anyone know if the whitepages.com.au has a mobile site?

Yes there is it is through the yellow pages site

Fairfax has dropped the old mobile verision, and now have
mobile.smh.com.au , which looks like a WAP site, OK if you don't have a touchscreen, as it uses keypad numbers.
Those with a bigger or touchscreen may prefer the text-only version of the website, www.smh.com.au/text

Many others like Whitpages also have a text-only version that is good for mobile devices:
whitepages.com.au/wp/ini...do?textOnly=true

Mike writes...

Those with a bigger or touchscreen may prefer the text-only version of the website, www.smh.com.au/text

Thank you for that link. I was most disappointed that the new mobile site was missing the editorial section.

www.themobilist.com

my favorites
www.movly.com - Movie Trailers in 3gp & mp4 format with some wallpapers, posters and news
www.mobilelyric.com Lyrics on your mobile phone
www.wapmat.com wap search and directory
www.minibooks.mobi books on your mobile
www.slowenie.com/pickup pickup lines, live chat, forum

Energex customers:
Power supply outages, wap.energex.com.au

As I work in the area of mobile learning I thought I should walk the talk a bit more so have now established my own mobile website completely separately from my regular site as I had too much space hungry stuff to make one work on both formats. So I now have
caryloliver.mobi
Not sure what to do with it next...
Any bright ideas?

Sofix – Brisbane Social Directory

Currently has over 2000 Brisbane restaurants and bars with more being added

• Full Site: http://sofix.com.au

Mobile Version: http://mobile.sofix.com.au

XE Personal Currency Assistant, the very light version of the famous XE free online currency converter tool works well and loads quickly on my 3G mobile phone browser: http://www.xe.com/pca/input.php

Here are some of the mobile sites I use which haven't yet been mentioned in this thread:

Twitter – http://m.twitter.com
Lifehacker blog – http://m.lifehacker.com.au
Google – http://mobile.google.com.au ← This is a list of their mobile apps, not the search engine page.
Google Reader – http://www.google.com/reader/m
BBC Click – http://bbc.co.uk/mobile/bbc_news/technology/click/
WeatherZone – http://wap.wz.com.au ← this is an actual WAP site, hence the low rent appearance

Opera Mini – http://www.operamini.com ← visit this site in your mobile browser to download Opera Mini.