Mobile

The love affair that we share with our mobile devices can be summed up with a goofy Jerry McGuire line: "You complete me." Marketing professionals understand the intimate connection that exists, and work every day to capitalize on the marketing potential of mobile.

Speak Easy Drupal this week is all about going mobile with your Drupal website. With the rise in popularity of smart phone like the iPhone and Blackberry, it's more important then ever to make sure your website plays nice with the mobile crowd. But how do you do this? From modules to stylesheets, there are many ways to make sure your website looks right on the small screen. We'll go over all of these tactics, and more, in this week's Speak Easy Drupal.

Speak Easy Drupal this week is all about going mobile with your Drupal website. With the rise in popularity of smart phone like the iPhone and Blackberry, it's more important then ever to make sure your website plays nice with the mobile crowd. But how do you do this? From modules to stylesheets, there are many ways to make sure your website looks right on the small screen. We'll go over all of these tactics, and more, in this week's Speak Easy Drupal.

As web browsing on mobile devices is increasing in frequency and ease of use, the need for mobile optimized websites is pressing. The Drupal community has picked up on this need and have developed modules specific to the display of mobile websites.

About a month ago, I officially joined the ranks of iPhone users. Since then, I've been introduced to an entire new world of mobile phone apps, and on-the-go social networking. One of my favorite discoveries - and one of the major reasons why I purchased my iPhone in the first place is the abundance of location based iPhone apps. These applications help me find new restaurants, bars and other nightlife spots wherever I go, and they help me say in touch or meet up with friends in the area.

Mobile browsing has been an interest of mine ever since Blue Flavor released the dotMobi "Mobile Web Developer's Guide Part I," a best-practices guide for developing websites specifically for mobile devices.

It is impossible to escape advertising in today's world where an average city dweller is exposed to 5,000 advertisements a day. With this barrage of marketing we experience, a small percentage of this exposure is delivered via your mobile telecommunication device. Described simply by experts in mobile marketing the practice is at its essence personal marketing, and between Blackberries, Q's, iPhones, as well as other devices, mobile advertisers have plenty of opportunities to get reach the consumer on a personal level.