31 déc. 2013

Best of the Mobile Web

The following lists the best and most useful WAP sites available on the web. I noticed there seemed to be a lack of decent up-to-date WAP directories available, so I thought I'd share some of my favourite mobile bookmarks. Hopefully to encourage people to leave the awful ring fenced WAP portals the mobile operators provide.

When WAP was launched in the late 90s it was totally over-hyped and most people realised WAP was crap, but some sites are genuinely useful (like Pub Quiz Help!) when away from your PC and the full-fat web. Once you accept that you're not going to get the rich multimedia experience you've been used to on your PC, you'll learn to appreciate the simple text based layouts of most WAP sites which allows you to get to information quickly while out and about.

Note - Most of the links listed have a UK slant, you can click on the links directly if you have a wml enabled web browser such as Opera or Firefox (with an extension installed). But to get the links on your phone you'll have to type the urls in manually for the moment.































































































































































Pub Quiz Help
Pub Quiz Help - Lists of facts for your phonehttp://wap.pubquizhelp.com/
News
BBC Newshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/mobile/bbc_news/index.wml
BBC Weatherhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/mobile/weather/index.wml
Ananovahttp://wap.ananova.com/
Lottery Central - Check UK lottery numbershttp://wap.lotterycentral.co.uk/
FT - Financial Timeshttp://wap.ft.com/
Sports
BBC Sporthttp://news.bbc.co.uk/mobile/bbc_sport/index.wml
Sky Sportshttp://mobile.sky.com/
ESPNhttp://proxy.espn.go.com/wireless/espn/wml/
SportsPubs.co.uk - Find pubs showing sport on TVhttp://www.sportspubs.co.uk/wap/
Travel
BBC traffichttp://www.bbc.co.uk/mobile/traffic/index.wml
Kizoom Train Infohttp://mobile.nationalrail.co.uk/
MapQuest - Directions and travel Guidehttp://wl.mapquest.com/gb/
Transport for London - Live Tube and Bus informationhttp://wap.tfl.gov.uk/
Tube Planner - Plan underground journeyshttp://wap.tubeplanner.com/
Location based directories
Somewherenear.com - UK geographic search enginehttp://somewherenear.com/wap/
UK compass - Find nearby shops & serviceshttp://ukcompass.com/start.wml
Up My Street - Search by postcodehttp://wap.upmystreet.com/
World City Guidehttp://ohm.wcities.com/index.wml
Yell - yellow pageshttp://mobile.yell.com/search/mobile/
Search & Portals
Google - WAP searchhttp://www.google.com/wml?hl=en&wmlmode=wml
Click 4 WAPhttp://www.click4wap.net/wap_index.php
Wuitehttp://wap.wuite.com/m-portal.wml
Miscellaneous
Ents24 - Entertainment Guidehttp://www.ents24.co.uk/o2/
Pocket Doctorhttp://wap.pocketdoctor.co.uk/
Digiguide - TV Listingshttp://www.mydigiguide.com/dgx/wbl.dll?h=3&a=201
Email via WAPhttp://mail2web.com/wap/
Free Wallpapers & Ringtones
Esato - free wallpapers and Sony Ericsson Themeshttp://wap.esato.com/wap/
TagTag Pictures - Backgrounds for your phonehttp://tagtag.com/site/wapdir/picture_menu.php
Mobile Forums - Free polyphonic ringtones and wallpapershttp://www.mobileforums.org/index.wml
Nok-Tonez.com - Nokia and other mobile contenthttp://www.nok-tonez.com/wap/
The Mobile Galaxy - polyphonics and pictureshttp://wap.themobilegalaxy.com/index.wml
Fi24.com - ringtones, pictures, and javahttp://wap.fi24.com
The following lists the best and most useful WAP sites available on the web. I noticed there seemed to be a lack of decent up-to-date WAP directories available, so I thought I'd share some of my favourite mobile bookmarks. Hopefully to encourage people to leave the awful ring fenced WAP portals the mobile operators provide.

When WAP was launched in the late 90s it was totally over-hyped and most people realised WAP was crap, but some sites are genuinely useful (like Pub Quiz Help!) when away from your PC and the full-fat web. Once you accept that you're not going to get the rich multimedia experience you've been used to on your PC, you'll learn to appreciate the simple text based layouts of most WAP sites which allows you to get to information quickly while out and about.

Note - Most of the links listed have a UK slant, you can click on the links directly if you have a wml enabled web browser such as Opera or Firefox (with an extension installed). But to get the links on your phone you'll have to type the urls in manually for the moment.































































































































































Pub Quiz Help
Pub Quiz Help - Lists of facts for your phonehttp://wap.pubquizhelp.com/
News
BBC Newshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/mobile/bbc_news/index.wml
BBC Weatherhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/mobile/weather/index.wml
Ananovahttp://wap.ananova.com/
Lottery Central - Check UK lottery numbershttp://wap.lotterycentral.co.uk/
FT - Financial Timeshttp://wap.ft.com/
Sports
BBC Sporthttp://news.bbc.co.uk/mobile/bbc_sport/index.wml
Sky Sportshttp://mobile.sky.com/
ESPNhttp://proxy.espn.go.com/wireless/espn/wml/
SportsPubs.co.uk - Find pubs showing sport on TVhttp://www.sportspubs.co.uk/wap/
Travel
BBC traffichttp://www.bbc.co.uk/mobile/traffic/index.wml
Kizoom Train Infohttp://mobile.nationalrail.co.uk/
MapQuest - Directions and travel Guidehttp://wl.mapquest.com/gb/
Transport for London - Live Tube and Bus informationhttp://wap.tfl.gov.uk/
Tube Planner - Plan underground journeyshttp://wap.tubeplanner.com/
Location based directories
Somewherenear.com - UK geographic search enginehttp://somewherenear.com/wap/
UK compass - Find nearby shops & serviceshttp://ukcompass.com/start.wml
Up My Street - Search by postcodehttp://wap.upmystreet.com/
World City Guidehttp://ohm.wcities.com/index.wml
Yell - yellow pageshttp://mobile.yell.com/search/mobile/
Search & Portals
Google - WAP searchhttp://www.google.com/wml?hl=en&wmlmode=wml
Click 4 WAPhttp://www.click4wap.net/wap_index.php
Wuitehttp://wap.wuite.com/m-portal.wml
Miscellaneous
Ents24 - Entertainment Guidehttp://www.ents24.co.uk/o2/
Pocket Doctorhttp://wap.pocketdoctor.co.uk/
Digiguide - TV Listingshttp://www.mydigiguide.com/dgx/wbl.dll?h=3&a=201
Email via WAPhttp://mail2web.com/wap/
Free Wallpapers & Ringtones
Esato - free wallpapers and Sony Ericsson Themeshttp://wap.esato.com/wap/
TagTag Pictures - Backgrounds for your phonehttp://tagtag.com/site/wapdir/picture_menu.php
Mobile Forums - Free polyphonic ringtones and wallpapershttp://www.mobileforums.org/index.wml
Nok-Tonez.com - Nokia and other mobile contenthttp://www.nok-tonez.com/wap/
The Mobile Galaxy - polyphonics and pictureshttp://wap.themobilegalaxy.com/index.wml
Fi24.com - ringtones, pictures, and javahttp://wap.fi24.com
Libellés : , , , , , ,

Aucun commentaire:

Inscription à : Publier les commentaires (Atom)

Featured Posts

  • Top 10 SEO Related WordPress Plugins26/03/2012 - 0 Comments
  • How to post your blog posts to your Facebook wall automatically31/12/2013 - 1 Comments
  • Backtrack - Prepare the distribution13/09/2013 - 0 Comments
  • How to enjoy Internet Explorer using shortcuts keys?13/09/2013 - 0 Comments
  • Cover Lettre for being a Official on oDesk02/03/2012 - 0 Comments
    • blogger