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Have you got to grips with mobile web technology? If not, now might be a good time to start finding out more about mobile web, mobile web phones and other new devices.

It isn’t so long ago that some of us were laughing at the brave people who walked around carrying painfully large phones that were produced in the early days of the mobile. Well it doesn’t seem so funny now does it? Those people were actually ahead of the game.


If you use the internet regularly you’ve probably noticed that mobile web is evolving at lightning speed. It is estimated that by 2015 a large percentage of web search will come from mobile devices and this has implications for us all.


Business owners who plan to promote their company online, people who enjoy the convenience of e-commerce, web designers, music lovers, children (and some adults) who love games and those of us that use the web for search.

Mobile Web Development

Last year alone around 1.2 billion phones were sold and it seems as though mobile web phone providers are offering apps for just about anything. This has led to a massive growth in mobile web development, mobile web use and mobile data.

Most big internet companies have strong initiatives to promote mobile web development and as accessing the web via mobile devices becomes increasingly popular mobile web promises to bring a wealth of new opportunities.

At my web design company nbd we’ve been trying to get to grips with HTML5 and CSS implementations for mobiles as this fits well with our web standards background. There is plenty of choice for designers, in fact mobile web is so fragmented at the moment it takes some figuring out.

This fragmentation is largely due to the variety of different devices and operating systems being offered by competing companies. The success of apps for Apple’s iPhone, Google’s Android and Nokia’s Ovi app store have made other operators realise that they need to compete and the rapid growth of mobile devices looks set to continue.

Mobile Web Trends

Current trends show that gender division among internet-enabled mobile devices has a clear tilt towards male usage with a high percentage of iPod touch users also under the age of 25. As the applications for business improve it seems likely that this tilt towards younger male users will spread to the older market.

If you are interested in the mobile application ecosystem you can find detailed reports at Distimo an innovative app store Analytics Company based in the Netherlands. They also offer a useful analytics tool for mobile developers that will allow you to compare the progress of app stores worldwide. Another good place to find analytics and data about current mobile web trends is at AdMob who are one of the world’s largest mobile advertising networks.

Whatever you think about accessing the web via mobile devices (and I’d like to hear), the growth of mobile web has certainly added another dimension to the web and looks like becoming a major part of our internet usage.

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