Pimp My Mobile Bookmarks

As many of you know I come from a research (library) and content background. It was great to hear from several of you who appreciated our first "pimping" post with useful but hidden features of the Internet Movie Database. I think the only one unhappy was my mom when she heard I was now in the Internet pimping business. Oh well. Believe me, there is much more to come in this series about plenty online search and research tools for all.

Those of you who read the blog regularly know that two extra special interests of mine are mobile access to information and specialty/vertical databases. Since I regularly talk about both types of tools, I thought I would share a few info resources that I presently have in my bookmarks file of resources optimized for mobile web browsers. Btw, many of these will also work in your regular browser.

Here are fifteen of many favorites in no specific order:

• Bloglines Mobile


• Rovenet Flight Checker
  Unlike other mobile web flight checkers, this service gives all sorts of data like altitude, air speed, direction etc. Just like what you would find from many web-based services. Data direct from FAA computers


• Skweezer.net
  Compresses and reformats web content for a better looking result (most of the time).


• National Weather Service for Wireless Browsers


• ConvertIt.com
  Time, distance, calculators, etc.


• Wireless TV Guide


• FAA Wireless for Airport Delays


• Speaking of travelling, the mobile version of SeatGuru.com


• Dictionary.com


• Basic Business Info via Mobile Version of Hoover's

It can help many places including when you get to the gate and they've changed your seat.

• Wireless TVGuide


• Basic Business Info via Mobile Version of Hoover's


• Mobile Searchable Interface to PubMed*

* The National Library of Medicine makes a number of mobile info tools available.