Drop-in PHP script to serve appropriately-sized images to mobile clients etc.

In short: TCP backs off too much, giving variable and occasionally very long round trip times.

Looks promising. Another way to get web development right and avoid separate ‘mobile-friendly’ sites.

Start with CSS that works on a mobile handset, then build up for more capable devices. An excellent idea.

Simulates touch events to allow a desktop browser to simulate a mobile device. It also ‘replaces your mouse cursor with a creepy disembodied hand’.

‘Given two handsets of roughly the same generation, by far the most important consideration is access to forthcoming system updates, whether it be through an OTA update from the carrier or through rooting and installing custom ROMs on your own.’ Actually, I think this is true of buying any phone anywhere.

Entertaining and provocative: ‘being seen in public with an iPhone as your primary handset? No. That puts you in the Vicky Pollard demographic.’

‘Google gives away Gmail, Maps, Docs, navigation, translation, et cetera, so no one can compete in those areas—to make free the norm for these services.’

‘the aerogel-weight mobile javascript framework’

‘[A] bandwagon-busting experiment … [to] rewrite [native client apps], warts and all, with web technologies.’

Developing mobile sites for the iPhone is like developing for IE6 back in its heyday—except that the iPhone has nothing like the market share that IE6 had.

‘Create mobile applications using Android, Scala, and Eclipse’.

Make international calls via 0844/0871 numbers at sensible prices.

‘[T]he WURFL file contains information regarding wireless devices’ configurations,capabilities and features.’

Hilarious PR gaffe.

January sales: 0.

Linux-based open-source mobile phone/PDA device.

Prepaid cards for various countries

Use GSM/GPRS phones on the Mac