iPhone Websites
When I originally got the idea to write this blog post, facebook had just released their iPhone version of the site. By the time I got around to it meebo joined the group of iPhone versions as well. This about that time where other cell manufacturers should have already or start taking notice. Despite the iPhone’s significantly lower marketshare (at the moment) it’s mindshare is a clear winner. Why is this even happening in the first place? Look no further than the modern Web 2.0 community. I remember not too long ago there was a ruby conference of some sort where the people who weren’t using macs were the ones who were noted for “programming different.” It was quite a site to behold. In terms of who runs web 2.0 right now, it’s an overwhelmingly large portion of mac fans. I think this is just the beginning of a larger trend of the “iPhoneification” of the web. Give it another year, and I predict people won’t have “mobile” versions of their site, they’ll have iPhone versions. Where does that leave all the other handset makers? Out in the cold I say.
August 17th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
amazing. Now amazon joins the list. I’d count that as the first big company to release an iPhone site.
November 27th, 2007 at 7:13 am
hey, I have just created an iphone compatible website on global warming.
check it out on your iphone http://globalwarming.gyanin.com/
thanks…
December 20th, 2007 at 4:22 pm
iPhone websites keep on coming day by day. This one I have seen in the movies & news section. Pretty cool and versatile:
April 8th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
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October 8th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
I think it’s fine and handy (as an iPhone user) to have an iPhone VERSION of a site, providing it’s in addition to a full version for normal access. This is key. When a site is developed properly with a separate presentation layer (typically CSS) then it’s not a massive outlay to build an iPhone-specific UI, still pulling particular info from the same database(s) as the main site. There may even be a better way I’m not aware of.