For all of you iPhoners out there, I thought I'd share a few of my favorite iPhone formatted web sites to enhance your holiday browsing and bring joy into your hearts.
To begin with, although NetNewsWire is a great RSS feed reader for your Mac and has an online equivalent for your phone, the mobile version doesn't even compare to the new mobile Google Reader. Google Reader has a stunningly well designed (and beautiful) iPhone interface which automatically keeps your reading list in sync wherever you read. Read some news on your home computer, some more on your phone, and then even more at work (gasp) and Google Reader will seamlessly keep track of what you've read and what you haven't. To view Reader on your iPhone, just go to the Google home page and click the reader button at the top; going to the normal reader link on your phone won't give you the mobile interface, so make sure to navigate there from www.google.com on your phone.
Another favorite when out and about is Amazon's iPhone interface. Fairly well designed and handy for price or rating checking when browsing books at your local bookstore. Great for making sure those bargain books are really worth it! Just go to the normal Amazon site on your iPhone and it should auto-redirect you to the iPhone optimized page.
For mobile weather, Apple's built in weather widgets are great, but I often find myself wanting to see a real forecast with details rather than just a little sun or rain cloud with a temperature, don't you? One of my favorite weather sites, the Weather Underground, has finally made my dreams come true with their iPhone optimized weather site. If you forget the URL, they have a little tiny link on the top of their normal website. It's cool. Seriously.
Well, there you have it - three of my favorite little iPhone sites for getting your internet fix on the go. Enjoy.
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