Mobile Gadgets, etc.

AOL Mobile Web Search coming

AOL is trailing (timewise) Yahoo and Google with their mobile based web search, but the technology is a doozie in comparison. Yahoo lauched it's browser based search in July (available to WAP enabled phones only) which uses transcoding to translate web pages for smaller screens, while Google delivers it's search results via SMS, viewable in text only messages.

AOL's Mobile Search Services will also use transcoding to "shrink" web pages to fit mobile device screens. The technology that AOL plans to use was developed by Infogin.[cnet] The expected results are impressive. I'm very interested to see this application in action.

Mobile web browsing may still be in it's infancy here in the states, but I think it's an up and coming commodity. Technology knows no limits it seems.

posted by LOLdogs @ 6:51 PM