After successfully testing the WordPress Mobile Pack over on Windows 7 News, I’ve now installed it on this site as well. Now a simpler version of the site will be displayed automatically to users browsing the site with mobile devices.
The new mobile site supports the following:
- Auto-browser detection
- Automatically removes interactivity and media elements (such as script, Flash, movies, and embedded frames) from the posts and pages depending on handset capability
- Breaks large pages into smaller ones to make easier to read and load
- Shrinks images to fit smaller screens
- Simplifies styling to ensure mobile compatibility
I decided to do this because more and more users are using their mobiles to browse the internet. Despite being a mobile internet evangelist for the last 10 years or so, I currently don’t use my phone for more than making calls and sending emails and SMSs. This is because my Sony Ericsson is just too clunky to do anything that doesn’t involve the keyboard as the touch screen is too hard to use. If I want to use the internet I have to get the stylus out which is a disaster as I’m left trying to browse using my fingers, the stylus and the keyboard which is just too fiddley. It’s also too slow. I hate wanting to do something simple like getting a number, and then having to wait because the phone has randomly decided to freeze for a few mins.
I’ve decided that I’m going to replace my Sony Ericsson X1 with an iPhone 3G S. The UI is just amazing and although I’m very anti-Apple because I hate getting on the bandwagon, I’ve (grudgingly) had to concede that the iPhone is the best phone on the market, just like the iPod is the best mp3 player. If I’m not careful I might end up paying through the nose in a few years and buying a mac!
I was tempted with getting an Android phone, but there’s just not enough apps out there to choose from, and also I haven’t seen a decent Android handset yet. The user experience on the iPhone is just amazing, and there’s great support for the apps I need – web, iGoogle, gmail, SMS and email.
I hate my Sony Ericsson X1 so much now that I’m going to buy myself out of my contract with T-Mobile in a few months, so that I can get an iPhone. I shouldn’t be too much out of pocket though as I will be selling my Sony Ericsson X1 on eBay.
When I do get my iPhone, what apps should I install first?
