Back in February, I came across a Kronus 55 piece Home Repair Tool Kit in a Radio Shack ad - all for just $29.99. This inspired me to assemble the first ever 55 Piece Mobile Search Tool Kit here on Read/WriteWeb; and my Tool Kit was absolutely free!
Well, it happened again. Walking through the local Sears store, there right in front of me was the Companion 85 piece Auto Repair Tool Kit! And the price? Also $29.99! What a country! Well, I knew what I had to do. I threw my new Tool Kit in the car and headed back to my home office.
I then dusted off the 55 Piece Mobile Search Tool Kit and neatly arranged 30 more of the latest Mobile Search-Related sites, which I have been collecting for the past six weeks. If Mobile is going to be "the Next Big Thing", you're going to need all the tools you can get in order to be prepared for every eventuality.
The result: the brand new 85 Piece Mobile Search Tool Kit! You will want to bookmark this Tool Kit, put it in your Favorites, print it out, or save the attached Excel spreadsheet to your computer. These 85 websites will come in very handy, if you have anything at all to do with the Mobile Web this year.
This Tool Kit replace the one that you may already have. The 85 pieces here include all of the original 55 pieces, plus 30 new ones - so all you need is right here.
| Name | URL` | Description |
| 180srch.com | http://180srch.com | Text a Query, get Google / Amazon in your Inbox. |
| 2ReCall | www.2recall.com | Record your outgoing calls on any phone. |
| 4INFO | http://mobile.4info.net | Mobile Local Search |
| 5o9 MobileMe | www.5o9.net | Mobile Local Search |
| 82ASK | www.82ask.com | Text a Question, get an Answer. Cost: One British Pound. |
| Answers.com | http://mobile.answers.com | Answers.com's Mobile Search |
| AOL mobile | http://mobile.aol.com/portal | AOL's mobile version |
| areacodefinder.mobi | areacodefinder.mobi | Phone related searches; not just area codes |
| Ask.com Mobile | http://m.ask.com | Ask.com's mobile version |
| AskMeNow | www.askmenow.com | Text a Question, get an Answer. Cost: a Quarter (25 cents) |
| Beyond411 | http://thebogles.com/projects /berry411 | Mobile Search for your Blackberry |
| bluepulse | www.bluepulse.com | Mobile community services; messaging, chat, text, etc. |
| Boing | www.boing.mobi | Searches for Mobile websites |
| boopsie | www.boopsie.com | Use shortcuts: Searching for 'Desperate Housewives" is 'des hou' |
| Century21 Mobile | http://mobile.c21.com | Good example of early Mobile Real Estate Search |
| CNN Mobile | http://edition.cnn.com/mobile | CNN news' Mobile version |
| Concierge Mobile | www.concierge.com/services /mobile | Conde Nast's Traveler magazine's Mobile version |
| Deepfish | http://labs.live.com/deepfish /whatis.aspx | Converts regular webpages into Mobile ready webpages |
| Digitizer | www.realeyes3d.com/pages /products/digitizer.php | Create and send wireless handwritten messages. |
| eTools.ch | www.etools.ch | Mobile Metasearch engine from Switzerland! |
| FOX News.mobi | http://wap.foxnews.proteus.com | FOX news' Mobile version |
| GetMobio | www.getmobio.com/products | A "lifestyle portal" featuring mobile collections. |
| Google Mobile | www.google.com/mobile/ | Google' Mobile version |
| GotZapp | www.gotzapp.com | Mobile social networking site. Send and receive Zapps! |
| Gumiyo | www.gumiyo.com | Connecting buyers and sellers on your mobile phone. |
| InfoSpace | www.infospace.com/mobile | Ringtones, graphics, games, voicemail, and more. |
| jajah | www.jajah.com | Like Skype. Web-activated telephony. |
| JuiceCaster | www.juicecaster.com | Share photos and videos with others with your mobile phone. |
| Local.com | http://mobile.local.com | Local information mobile version |
| loopt | www.loopt.com | Share your location; find your friends fast! |
| maporama | www.maporama.com | Get maps and map related services while on the go. |
| MasterCard | https://wap.mcnearby.com | Find cash and special merchant offers. |
| mdog | www.mdog.com | A Mobile portal that search for mobile-formatted content |
| Medio | www.medio.com/img/medio_vs_wap _01.gif | Made-for-Mobile, Click-Saving Experience. Try it! |
| minimo | www.mozilla.org/projects/minimo | The browser of choice for small devices from Mozilla |
| Mobi Ready | http://pc.dev.mobi | Resource page for the .mobi domain |
| Mobi Ready score | http://mr.dev.mobi | Test the mobile-readiness of your site |
| Mobile Agent | www.mobileagent.com | The Mobile search tool for real estate. Very Impressive. |
| Mobile Emulator | http://emulator.mtld.mobi /emulator.php | Test your website to see if it's ready for moble customers. |
| Mobile Web Developer's Guide | http://pc.dev.mobi/files /dotMobi%20Mobile%20Web %20Developers%20Guide.pdf | Creating Simple Mobile Sites for Common Handsets |
| mobilemtv | www.mtvmobile.com | Mobile version of MTV |
| Mobilikey | www.mobilikey.com | Mobile social networking and chat community |
| mobiSiteGalore | www.mobisitegalore.com | Build you own Mobile website in minutes! Free. |
| mobitopia | www.mobitopia.com | Store mobile favorites; tag and share your bookmarks |
| mobitv | www.mobitv.com | With MobiTV your phone becomes a portable TV. |
| mobleo | www.moble.com | Surf, Tag, and Organize the Mobile Web |
| mogmo | www.mogmo.com | Mobile content search engine |
| MojoPages | www.mojopages.com | Local businesses search, with reviews by members |
| MoVoxx | www.movoxx.com | Mobile coupons! |
| MSN Mobile | http://beta.mobile.msn.com | MSN's Mobile version |
| Naviblog X | www.naviblog.com | Create a Mobile site in 60 seconds! |
| Netvibes2Go | http://m.netvibes.com | Mobile version of Netvibes. |
| Nokia Mobile Search | http://mobilesearch.nokia.com | Nokia's Mobile search software |
| nownow | http://nownow.com | Email a Question; get an email Answer. |
| Opera Mini | www.opera.com | Opera Mini (tm) mobile browser |
| Plazes | http://beta.plazes.com | Share your location. Locate Friends. Explore the World. |
| plugoo | www.plugoo.com | Mobile chat |
| plusmo | http://plusmo.com | Slideshows, feed, gadgets and more delivered to your phone. |
| PocketCaster | comvu.com/ | Create Live broadcasts that fits in your pocket |
| qipit | www.qipit.com | Capture and share documents with your friends |
| ShoZu | www.shozu.com/portal/index.do | Send and rceive photos, videos, videos and music on the move! |
| Sitofon | www.sitofono.com/cosesitofono .html | Receive calls from your website to your phone. |
| Skweezer | www.skweezer.com | "Skweeze" your regular website into a mobile sized package. |
| Slifter | www.slifter.com | Mobile Shopping site. Excellent demo. |
| SoonR | www.soonr.com/web/front/home .jsp | Remote Desktop Searc, Outlook Mail, Calendar, Contacts & Skype |
| TalkPlus | www.talkplus.com | Get multiple lines - a second mobile nmber - for your mobile phone |
| Tappity | www.tappity.com | Personal Mobile Homepage Maker |
| TellMe | http://beta.tellme.com | See also Tellme by Mobile; Tellme by Text; Tellme by Voice |
| text2store | www.text2store.com | Tell it what you want - receive an elert when they find it |
| Tiltomo | www.tiltomo.com | Mobile Visual Search |
| TrueLocal | www.truelocal.com | Local Search serach engine |
| V-ENABLE | www.v-enable.com/411 | Mobile Search for Business listings |
| Vazu | www.vazu.com | Send text (SMS), contacts, or Outlook Reminders |
| VCast | http://getitnow.vzshop.com /inex.aspx?id=mobileTV | Verizon Wireless' Mobile TV service |
| Volantis Mobilizer | http://mobilizer.volantis.net | Make a Mobile Version of your website. |
| VSearch | www.voicesignal.com/shared /vmdemo/vsearch.html | Mobile Local Search |
| WAPReview | http://wapreview.mobi/wp -mobile.php? | Fun links on your mobile device |
| Widsets | www.widsets.com | Traffic, News, Blogs, Restaurants, Weather, etc. |
| Windows Live Mobile Browsing | http://mobile.search.live.com /about/browse/default.aspx | Search the web, local search, maps, breaking news |
| winksite | www.winksite.com | Make it easy to publish mobile Internet sites |
| Yahoo! Go | http://mobile.yahoo.com/go | Build you own collection of Yahoo! widgets |
| Yahoo! oneSearch | http://us.m.yahoo.com | Yahoo's oneSearch; default Yahoo! Mobile homepage |
| YELL.COMmobile | http://mobile.yell.com | Mobile version of the yellow pages |
| Zinadoo | www.zinadoo.com | Create your own .mobi website in 3 easy steps. |
| Zypsy | www.zypsy.com | Call in your Query to VM. Receive a text message. |
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Hey,
I've been using areacodefinder.mobi for almost a month now for shipping my packages and think it's a great tool. You should post it up here aswell.
I noticed you have areacodefinder.com up which isn't mobile compliant and it's just a parked page.
Thanks,
Mike
Give Wampad a try it's a mobile search portal. Also if you have time try out the beta version.
Try PLIBA.mobi, it lets you make anything available for booking on the mobile web. I used it for bookings hostels on a backpacking trip, it's pretty cool.
This is a really great list, but it's hard to read! It's really tough to line up the service description with the service name. You might want to consider moving the link to the last column or just link the product name to the website to unsquish the site description.
There are a couple of sites here that I need to be sure to check out, Thanks!
#1 Mike, I will ask Richard to change areacodefinder Thanks!
#2 Shawn, I'm checking out Wampad right now. Thank you.
#3 Nathan, ditto with PLIBA.mobi - thanks for the tip.
#4 Matt, I will pass your comment on to Richard, (although
I'm sure he's already read it.)
**Readers, please add your thoughts and new sites here!
You have the yell.com WAP/xHTML link in your list, but missed saying that there is also a very cool, free mobile Java application that yell.com is offering, and that can be found at www.yellmobile.com.
charlie, you are a good person :-) I have yellmobile now!
It's worth following mowser.com too - early days, but it's looking very interesting.
Mowser is great! Thanks, Jim. This one goes right into the Tool Kit.
Mobiles sites are exploding..The need for directory services in the mobile arena is increasing. There are a number of companies that are coming up with these services.
Here is a list of few...
http://mobinomy.com
http://mowser.com/links
http://livemobile.mobi/
http://onesearch.mobi/
http://love-my.mobi/
http://worldsiteindex.mobi/
http://boing.mobi
http://dir.mobi
http://homedirectory.mobi/
http://indexof.mobi/main_directory_4.html
http://wapdir.mobi/
http://greatsites.mobi/
http://Top-10.mobi
To get this list easily on your mobile...
go to wam.tw from your mobile browser and
enter dir in the text box(347) and there you will have all the stuff to explore.
Hi Charles, it's great that you've got Zinadoo in there - thanks! We are an Irish start up based in beautiful Waterford. Zinadoo V3 is coming soon - new features but still easy to use and free. We're also launching a mobile search tool called MobiSeer - again based on usability and freedom. keep an eye open for it. Cheers, fiona.
Hello Mr. Knight,
Thanks for listing mobleo in your in your mobile search toolkit, I really appreciate it. But the url you have listed for mobleo is not correct. It should read http://mobile.mobleo.net
Thanks
Tom Boilard
Can you see how impoverished I would be if not for Readers' comments?
Thanks, Avinash. I will check out all of those sites; now we
can go to 100 Mobile "Tools."
Fiona, I have had Mobiseer on my radar; can't wait to see it!
Mobleo, my apologies. Readers, please check out Mobleo and change the URL in your files.
you forgot AdMob!
Hi, you can't miss the Mobile Web TOOLKIT we just released for free!
It's a free and Open Source Toolkit to make your web site mobile-ready in a minute!
The Mobile Web Toolkit will take care of automatically adapting your content on different handsets, handling the different capabilities and limitations for all supported mobile phones (600+).
Anyway delivering a compelling mobile site is not just about adapting content for different handsets and screen sizes, there is more than this.
The Mobile Web Toolkit gives you the freedom to manage your mobile site, choosing what to publish and how to organize content for your specific mobile audience.
It’s not a new Content Management System it integrates with your CMS or Blog platform so that you don’t need to import content again and again.
The first beta version is released as a WordPress (the popular blogging platform) plug-in.
Just install wordpress, the Mobile Web Toolkit and immediatly start developing your mobile sites.
project homepage: http://www.beeweeb.com/mwt/index.php/products/mobile-web-toolkit/
screenshots: http://www.flickr.com/photos/8068851@N06/
Ciao,
Giampiero
(beeweeb)