WWW2007: Mobile Web
Mobile Web
I attended several sessions at the International Worldwide Web 2007 Conference on the mobile Web and how cell phones and other handheld devices will become a greater means of accessing the Web over time, especially in developing countries. We saw demonstrations of increasing use of cell phones in developing countries to perform valuable tasks. Internet access points are increasing in rural areas. Internet kiosks (on bicycles with laptops powered by batteries, solar panels, and pedal power) circulate among some rural villages. Cell phone browsers and applications are improving greatly. I also had a good conversation with the head of the W3C Mobile Initiative about the future use of the .mobi domain to gather more information to decide which .mobi domains the Church ought to obtain.
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I have Opera Mini on my cell phone, and it works reasonably well for browsing a couple of my favorite web sites, but it doesn’t work with everything. One thing I frequently find myself wishing is that I could get at the text of the LDS hymns easier, so when I’m without a hymn book, I can still find the words to hymns on my phone.
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