Favorite Treo-ready web sites
I’m buried at work, but since Ginger did me the honor of calling me both cool and hip for using a Treo, I want to at least reply with a list of my favorite Treo-ready web sites. Ever helpful, that’s me.
I also wanted to do this anyway, since I had the opportunity the other evening to visit the Apple store (yes, I’m slow, but I avoid the mall like it’s toxic) and got my hands on an iPhone. Short recap: I went in inclined to fall in love with it. I’m an Apple fan in general, and I love a slick interface. But after working with it a bit, I was left feeling a bit, eh, it’s nice, but my Treo can do most of this stuff already and with a much easier-to-use keypad. Sure, that large iPhone screen is beautiful and when you don’t need a keypad, it’s a sweet interface. But that virtual keypad sucks. I’m curious to see what the next-generation iPhone looks like.
But anyway, while I stood there scrutinizing it, I overheard the couple across the table from me talking about how amazing it is. The man was telling the woman about how you can visit this site or that site, and she stood agog at the idea of visiting web sites from your phone.
And no, I didn’t tell them that was old news. I decided to let them revel in their fandom.
But I did decide right there and then that I should put together a list of my favorite PDA-ready web sites. (And I thought about doing a Treo vs. iPhone comparison, but I see a good one’s already been done.) So here’s the quick and dirty version of my links reference: all bookmarks borrowed from the Blazer browser on my Treo. I’ve tried to designate which use WAP or WML (which means they’re efficient on cell phones other than Treo-like PDAs) and which are simply designed for a smaller screen.
My Indispensable, Specifically-Designed-for-Small-Screens Links:
Remember the Milk http://m.rememberthemilk.com
Great web-based get-things-done manager, very handy to have in PDA form
I’m pretty much a Google desktop gal, so all these Google links are my best friend:
iGoogle http://www.google.com/ig/mobile?output=pda
Google - PDA Search http://www.google.com/pda
Results formatted for the PDA-sized screen
GoogRead must-read http://www.google.com/reader/m/
Google Calendar http://www.google.com/calendar/m
Gmail http://mail.google.com/mail/x/
I use Chatteremail for all my mail, but sometimes it’s nice to be able to do mailbox cleanup right in the Gmail interface.
Other Google products:
http://www.google.com/m/products
Twitter http://m.twitter.com/home
With the ability to schedule things in Google Calendar or add items to my Remember The Milk list right from the update field, Twitter isn’t just a time-waster anymore. (Although it’s still great for that.)
mobilicio.us http://mobilcio.us
Mobile del.icio.us, where I store all my bookmarks
LiveJournal Mobile friends page http://www.livejournal.com/mobile/friends.bml
Handy to have to check for friends-locked posts that don’t show up in Google Reader
Metblogs Mobile Nashville http://nashville.metblogs.com/mobile/
But of course!
Netflix Mobile http://www.netflix.com/mobile
Flickr Mobile http://m.flickr.com/
This is so handy. I hardly keep any photos on my Treo itself anymore knowing that I can hit Flickr and find what I’m looking for.
Technorati Mobile http://mobile.technorati.com/
Wapedia http://pda.en.wapedia.org/
Helps settle happy hour disputes.
Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/h.html
I shop Amazon for almost everything.
Yahoo! (WAP) http://wap.oa.yahoo.com/
Other: Small Screen Link Lists
Mobile Sites Good Sites For Small Screens http://mytreo.net/treofaq/GoodSitesForSmallScreens
wapSwap.com (WAP) wapswap.com
pdaPortal http://pdaPortal.com
WebOnYourCell.com http://www.webonyourcell.com/
Other: Movies
IMDb search http://206.130.125.89
Not official, and doesn’t work reliably
IMDb Pro for PDAs http://pda.imdb.com/
Rotten Tomatoes (WAP) http://www.rottentomatoes.com/wap/
Y! Movies (WAP) http://us.wap.yahoo.com/p/movies
Other: Shopping
eBay Auctions (WAP) http://wap.ebay.com/
Froogle Shopping search (WML) http://wml.froogle.com/
Craigslist http://nashville.craigslist.org/sss/
PriceGrabber http://www.atpgw.com/
Other: Treo Resources
MyTreo.net (Small design) http://mytreo.net/forum/index.php
TreoBits mobile (Small design) http://mobile.treobits.com
Treo News http://www.treo1.com
TreoCentral.com http://discussion.treocentral.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=&f=70
Other: Reference
LookWAYup (WAP) http://lookwayup.com/lwu.exe/wap/default#home
Dictionary.com (WML) http://dictionary.reference.com/wml/
Other: Local Resources
Mapquest Maps/Directions (Small design) http://www.mapquest.com/pda
Yelp (Small design) http://mobile.yelp.com/
Other: Fun
The Onion satire (Small design) http://mobile.theonion.com/