Google Reader Mobile is pretty awesome, by my reckoning, I use it daily to weed through my feeds while in between activities. Makes use of Wap or something to allow using “hotkeys”. 0- next story, * – star something, # – leave unread, etc.
Remember the Milk’s iPhone interface is very well done, although it’s unfortunately only available for subscribers to their (non-free) Pro account. You can see screenshots to get a feel for it here.
http://mobile.yahoo.com/iphone disappoints because they are apparently sniffing for only the iPhone user agent instead of the iPod or Mobile Safari strings for the user agent. Oh well.
I would have to say Rugby Mate is probably the best mobile app/site I have used. They designed it from the ground up to work on mobile devices and everything you wanted was within a couple of clicks. If anyone is designing a similar sports stats interface they would be advised to check out Rugby Mate.
Vitalist is almost a competitor to Ta-Da List, but follows the “Getting Things Done” ideals. It is already a simple app, and the mobile version just compresses it a little to fit the screen.
http://hahlo.com – more Twitter for your iPhone. Not a huge fan of Twitter, but really like this interface, especially how the menu loads at top (when clicking on “menu!”)
Morley20 Dec 07
I have to gripe here—no fair on the iPhone interfaces. They look good partly because they’re wrapped in the iPhone :P. Show me a good Windows Mobile interface, and I’ll show you a real feat of ID.
http://m.facebook.com is pretty good by those standards.
I think this is certainly one of the best I’ve seen:
http://flickim.com (access via iPhone) Makes use of two-fingered scrolling, and the UI elements just seem to fit nicely.
Also, I’ll second the new Google iPhone UI. (http://google.com on iPhone) Very useful.
http://app.getleaflets.com is also nice.
(not a big fan of TaDa list on iPhone btw—feels clunky compared to some of these).
Lots of good sites listed here so far. I maintain a free list of about 250 mobile websites at Cantoni.mobi. I try to focus on sites that will work well for any mobile or smartphone (not just iPhone specific).
37signals wrote this on Dec 20 2007 There are 40 comments.
Tim 20 Dec 07
m.live.com for Blackberry
For screenshots, see the links below
http://livesearchmobile.com/?mid=1011
http://www.livesearchmobile.com/blackberry.htm
Nate 20 Dec 07
http://iphone.facebook.com
AW 20 Dec 07
http://mobile.yahoo.com/iphone
Josh 20 Dec 07
http://www.getinco.com/
Tim 20 Dec 07
http://www.iphocal.com
Andrew Warner 20 Dec 07
mobile.nytimes.com
Pete Forde 20 Dec 07
http://iphone.thescore.com/
John 20 Dec 07
http://mobile.seriouseats.com/
Chris Moyer 20 Dec 07
Google Reader Mobile is pretty awesome, by my reckoning, I use it daily to weed through my feeds while in between activities. Makes use of Wap or something to allow using “hotkeys”. 0- next story, * – star something, # – leave unread, etc.
http://www.google.com/reader/m Pictures: http://googlereader.blogspot.com/2006/05/you-can-now-use-google-reader-from.html
Ryan 20 Dec 07
I personally find that the most basic interfaces (using WML of course) are the best when it comes to browsing the web on my mobile.
Also, www.diggriver.com is pretty nice
Ryan J. Bonnell 20 Dec 07
PocketTweets—Twitter for your iPhone.
Daniel Burka 20 Dec 07
I’ll second the http://mobile.seriouseats.com/ recommendation.
Ian 20 Dec 07
HelpSpot iPhone UI
Sam Brown 20 Dec 07
http://www.mediatemple.net/iphone/ Is gorgeous, if a little limited in features.
Tim Van Damme 20 Dec 07
Looks like some not to be named company is looking for some inspiration :-)
Porting some apps to the mobile platform, eh?
Chris Woods 20 Dec 07
Some great sites/apps:
NewsGator m.newsgator.com
Movies.app moviesapp.com
Remote Buddy http://www.iospirit.com/remotebuddy/
Digg digg.com/iphone
Lyle Johnson 20 Dec 07
Remember the Milk’s iPhone interface is very well done, although it’s unfortunately only available for subscribers to their (non-free) Pro account. You can see screenshots to get a feel for it here.
Kevin 20 Dec 07
Lights Off iPhone game
Robby Russell 20 Dec 07
One of my favorites for my iPhone is the twitter interface by Thincloud.
twitter.thincloud.com
They give you a textarea to type your twitter in… unlike the textfield?! that they provide on m.twitter.com.
John S. 20 Dec 07
Lots of good links on my personal start page for my Sidekick3:
http://john-sheehan.com/sk
Paul E 20 Dec 07
http://mobile.yahoo.com/iphone disappoints because they are apparently sniffing for only the iPhone user agent instead of the iPod or Mobile Safari strings for the user agent. Oh well.
Josh Teague 20 Dec 07
Fox News has a pretty nifty iPhone-optimized version of their main news site: www.iphone.foxnews.com
Glen Barnes 20 Dec 07
I would have to say Rugby Mate is probably the best mobile app/site I have used. They designed it from the ground up to work on mobile devices and everything you wanted was within a couple of clicks. If anyone is designing a similar sports stats interface they would be advised to check out Rugby Mate.
Stuart R 20 Dec 07
Vitalist is almost a competitor to Ta-Da List, but follows the “Getting Things Done” ideals. It is already a simple app, and the mobile version just compresses it a little to fit the screen.
Brian Donahue 20 Dec 07
http://hahlo.com – more Twitter for your iPhone. Not a huge fan of Twitter, but really like this interface, especially how the menu loads at top (when clicking on “menu!”)
Morley 20 Dec 07
I have to gripe here—no fair on the iPhone interfaces. They look good partly because they’re wrapped in the iPhone :P. Show me a good Windows Mobile interface, and I’ll show you a real feat of ID.
http://m.facebook.com is pretty good by those standards.
Ben D. 20 Dec 07
I think this is certainly one of the best I’ve seen: http://flickim.com (access via iPhone) Makes use of two-fingered scrolling, and the UI elements just seem to fit nicely.
Also, I’ll second the new Google iPhone UI. (http://google.com on iPhone) Very useful.
http://app.getleaflets.com is also nice.
(not a big fan of TaDa list on iPhone btw—feels clunky compared to some of these).
Chris 20 Dec 07
Here is a good site to read books on mobile, has more than 1200 books.
Cmadras Mobile
Kev 21 Dec 07
Radar has a ~really slick iPhone interface: radar.net
Verrrry nice.
BradM 21 Dec 07
Blog article(s) about design process for an iPhone interface.
http://dizzytree.com/2007/12/04/designing-for-the-iphone/
Colin Devroe 21 Dec 07
http://hahlo.com/ (built for iPhone)
pete 21 Dec 07
www.mogoso.com
(sort of a one shot approach across all devices to deliver product and local reviews
Brian Cantoni 21 Dec 07
Lots of good sites listed here so far. I maintain a free list of about 250 mobile websites at Cantoni.mobi. I try to focus on sites that will work well for any mobile or smartphone (not just iPhone specific).
Kevin Milden 21 Dec 07
http://twitter.thincloud.com/
Daniel Øhrgaard 21 Dec 07
jailbreakme.com :-)
Eran Friedman 21 Dec 07
www.flixwagon.com (live video stream from your mobile to your blog, facebook etc.)
Kishore Balakrishnan 21 Dec 07
See Designing for Fun on the Run ( http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/12/designing_for_f.html )
Seth 23 Dec 07
I love the Bloglines mobile interface on my Treo 680.
http://bloglines.com/mobile
Liraz 24 Dec 07
check fring at www.fring.com
Justin 26 Dec 07
http://www.cars.com
Very clean and to the point.
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