Mobile Awesomeness Blog

Designing and Developing Web Technologies on the Mobile Web.

SproutCore Now Supports Multi-Touch

Wednesday April 21, 2010

SproutCore (the javascript library running Apple applications like Mobile Me and iWork.com) now has a "touch" version meant for use on the iPad and iPhone. That's rad. Read all about it here.

Posted in Frameworks, iPhone & iPad

Preparing your website for the iPad

Monday April 12, 2010

If you have an iPhone-optimized version of your website or web app, check out Apple's brief guide to preparing your web content for the iPad. In most cases it's a better idea to show the full website to iPad browsers instead of the mobile version.

Ironically, Apple doesn't seem to follow their own advice. The guide doesn't work properly when viewing it on the iPad. Oh well, the iPad is still awesome!

Posted in iPhone & iPad, Mobile Resources

Introduction to Mobile Web Design

Saturday April 10, 2010

This article over at InstantShift.com is a great summary for web designers getting into mobile. The article also makes mention of Mobile Awesomeness!

Posted in Mobile Resources

Mobi10 Mobile Website Builder

Monday April 5, 2010

Mobi10 is a hosted service that simplifies the process of creating a mobile-optimized website by providing some nice testing and WYSIWYG tools for customers. Pricing ranges from $10-20/month and it looks like their focus is on Apple, Blackberry, Android and Palm devices.

Related services:

Posted in Hosted Services, Mobile Resources

Mobile Analytics by Percent Mobile

Friday April 2, 2010

Have you ever wondered what percentage of your website traffic is visiting from a mobile device? Wonder no more with Percent Mobile

Posted in Analytics, Mobile Resources