Welcome to Found on the Mobile Web, a semi-regular feature at WapReview where we list, describe and link to sites recently added to the WapReview Mobile Directory and YesWap.mobi mobile portal. With these latest additions the directory and portal now contain 1209 mobile sites.
wap.geocaching.com - Geo-caching is a sort of geek treasure hunt where players search for hidden caches using Geographic Positioning Systems (GPS). The GPS coordinates of caches are published on the Internet. Each cache is a hidden container enclosing small prizes and a logbook. When a player finds a cache, he signs the logbook and takes a prize replacing it with an object of his own. Geoching.com is the oldest and largest web resource for geo-cachers. The mobile version lists caches with coordinates, hints and Google maps. There is also a virtual logbook function that lets you log success (or failure) in finding a particular cache.
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Oh! Mobile (oh.dirlink.mobi) - a fast growing mobile portal with over 1500 quality hand picked mobile links. Oh! does not accept adult or gambling sites. Listings are organized into hierarchical categories and each includes a brief description of the site. Oh! Mobile is quite similar in size and purpose to WapReview/YesWap but with a different mix of sites.
Toci Mobile (toci.mobi) Another new mobile portal that covers all the bases: free ring tone downloads, song lyrics, phone reviews, music top 40 and other charts, chat rooms, forums and a news section focusing on entertainment and technology with a smattering of hard news.
m4u (m4u.mobi/n) Another large mobile portal. m4u is an extensive list of mobile links grouped in broad categories like "Handy", "Tools" and "Popular". You can also search by name or browse a more specific set of categories (click "Links" to find the category list).
The site is available in English and Dutch and carries links in both languages. Changing the interface language doesn't seem to filter the link list to include only sites in the selected language, an advantage only if you are bilingual.
The site also has an iPhone version at http://m4u.mobi/iPhone. The iPhone version also worked well with S60WebKit and Opera Mini but other than a larger font it doesn't seem to offer any extra features.
You are supposed to be able to create your own list of favorite sites but this feature did not seem to work. After selecting "Edit #Favs" an "F" to add the link to your favorites is supposed to appear next to each listing. However I never saw the the "F" link.
Fonet (fonet.mobi
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posted by Dennis Bournique
October 3, 2008 @ 8:05 pm
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