mdog.com, a service that formats web content for small screens on mobile devices, is the first to offer mobile versions of Wikipedia and other popular web destinations eBay, craigslist, Citysearch, and MySpace. If you access mdog.com in your BlackBerrys browser, you will find a “Web” tab where you can choose categories such as Auctions, Information, Entertainment, or Social.
Being first to comprehensively mobilize these popular sites is a testament to the unique strength of our technology,” said founder and President Keith Gerard. “Our technology optimizes the dynamic real-time content and robust functionality of these sites, and displays it all in the most technically-effective and aesthetic manner possible. In addition, accessing craigslist or eBay at mdog.com gives mobile users an important, time-sensitive advantage of viewing classifieds and auctions without being
chained to a PC.
Read the full press release…
My use of Wikipedia on my Blackberry for the last few months via http://wikipedia.7val.com must have just been a vivid dream, since mdog is the “first” to offer this service.
Kidding aside, the 7val service is better, since it parses the wikipedia entry intelligently and presents links to the important sections. The mdog presentation is not nearly as good.
Good point Verizon User. As I reread the press release I noticed that mdog qualified being first by saying that they were the first to “comprehensively mobilize these popular sites”.
You know what they say, the best way to make a false statement true is to make it subjective.