Due to the advances in mobile technology, now a days almost all the mobile phones are equipped with Internet surfing capabilities. As a consequence, more and more people are accessing websites via their mobile phones every day, creating the need for webmasters to adapt their websites to these visitors.

Below we cover 10 mobile plugins for WordPress that can be used to make your website mobile friendly.

1. WordPress Mobile Edition

Developed by Crowd Favorite, this plugin has got a clean user interface that is designed for mobile devices. When a person visits your site from a mobile browser, it automatically detects the browser and loads the mobile version of your site. You can edit the list of mobile browsers in the settings page. This plugin enables particular theme to load on a specific mobile browser or device for example iPhone, Windows Mobile, Opera Mini web browser and other mobile web browsers.

2. WordPressMobile.mobi

One of the most popular mobile WordPress plugins, with thousands of downloads. This WordPress plugin makes your blog more mobile friendly, reducing the load time on mobile browsers and configuring your pages properly.

3. WordPress Mobile Pack

Another WordPress plugin for mobile browsers. It has got mobile recognition, device adaptation and it is widget ready. With the mobile recognition and device adaptation feature, it automatically re-sizes the images, split the articles or post into multiple pages such that your web page looks just fine on any of the mobile phones. It has a mobile admin panel so the admin of the site can easily manage it. Mobile ad widget allows mobile ads or mobile Adsense to be displayed on the mobile version of the web pages.

4. MobilePress

You can set this plugin to display a specific theme for a specific device model or mobile browsers like the iPhone, Opera Mini, etc., such that your blog displays according to the device capability. This plugin also allows the WordPress theme developers to develop their own mobile themes for WordPress blogs.

5. Mobile Admin

This WordPress plugin enables you to access admin user interface on mobile devices in a users friendly manner. This plugin is especially developed for the browsers on the iPhone and iPod Touch devices and it supports most of the other mobile browsers at basic level. Mobile Admin supports most of the basic WordPress admin features like editing posts with auto-save feature, tagging support, comment moderation, and more.

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Mobile Device Browser File

Project Description
The Mobile Browser Definition File contains definitions for individual mobile devices and browsers. At run time, ASP.NET uses the information in the request header to determine what type of device/browser has made the request.
This project provides a data file that when used with ASP.NET will detect the incoming mobile device and present you as the web developer with a set of 67 capabilities or properties describing the requesting device. These capabilities range from screen size to cookie support and provide all the information you need to adaptively render content for mobile phones and devices.
What is the Mobile Device Browser Definition File?
The Mobile Device Browser Definition File contains capability definitions for individual mobile devices and browsers. At run time, ASP.NET uses this .browser file, along with the information in the HTTP request header, to determine what type of device/browser has made the request and what the capabilities of that device are. This information is exposed to the developer through the Request.Browser property and allows them to tailor the presentation of their web page to suit the capabilities of the target device.
More Information
The format of the .browser file is XML and the schema is defined here: Browser Definition File Schema. The Browser Definition File was introduced in the .NET Framework version 2.0. In earlier versions of the .NET Framework, the browserCaps element was used to define browser definitions in configuration files. Please note that you must have Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 installed to use this .browser file. See requirements…

If you have a website or blog, you probably already heard about the importance of optimizing it for mobile phones, creating a specific version for the iPhone and so on.

I won’t challenge the fact that mobile devices are more popular than ever, and that as we go forward more and more people will be using them to get online.

What I am not sure is if webmasters really need to worry about that trend when creating and managing their websites.

One possible scenario: within five years or so, when the number of users accessing your website via a mobile device will be big enough to matter, those devices will no longer need a special version of your website anyway.

If you think about it, the iPhone and similar smart phones are closing the gap from mobile phones to computers. You can already visit most websites with those devices without needing to load a special version of the site. The software is definitely there, and the hardware is arriving.

Maybe within five years most mobile devices will be able to load websites just like your desktop computer does today. If that is the case, webmasters will be able to keep focusing on building usable and accessible websites, and that is it. There will be no need to create special mobile versions because mobile devices will behave just like any other computer.

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We know the importance of a locating device on your mobile for those who have gone astray in various parts of the globe. Thankfully Man gave us the inventive GPS which maybe the perfect device in such a situation, but the GPS is sure to drain your cell phone batteries in no time. This was enough thought for the team at Google to develop a cutting edge Google Maps for mobiles version. This amazing feature can tell your location without the need of a GPS device.

The best part is you do not have to tediously type in the location name for a result. Simply press the number “0” and you will get information on your current location. Your approximate location is triangulated based on nearby mobile-phone masts, meaning users won’t have to type in an address to set their location.

US customers get lucky once again as they get FREE access to this matchless service. Most web-enabled mobile phones like Java, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile and Nokia/Symbian devices will support Google Maps for Mobiles (it’s not yet available on the iPhone or Palm Treo devices).

With better coverage, interactive maps and of course low battery usage Google Maps for Mobiles sounds like a delightful proposition. So the next time you get out on your African Safari or spiritual trip to Goa, Google Maps for Mobiles may just come in handy.(Justsearching)

By Alex Zaharov-Reutt

In a bid for dominance in the mobile search space, Yahoo! Go 2.0 is now available for million of Windows Mobile devices including a deal to pre-load it onto HTC smartphones.

With Microsoft’s ‘Windows Mobile’ Smartphones an undoubted success in a world of Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola and Samsung cell phones, Yahoo! has decided that it’s a market they can’t afford to ignore, and as a result have made their Yahoo! Go 2.0 available for the Windows Mobile platform.

While the original version of Yahoo! Go was derided by some as hard to use, Yahoo! Go 2.0 is a much better version that delivers a truly useful mobile search – and more – experience.

Although already available for other brands of cell phone, there are over 175 Windows Mobile smartphones capable of running the new Yahoo! Go 2.0 software, with over 100 models on sale in stores today.

Marco Boerries, the senior vice president of ‘connected life, Yahoo!’, said that “Consumers have been clamoring for us to bring Yahoo! Go 2.0 to Windows Mobile devices since we launched the service less than two months ago. There are millions of mobile phones on the Windows Mobile platform in the market today and consumers with these devices want to use the most advanced, exciting services available. Our innovative Yahoo! Go 2.0 service finally brings the open Internet to the mobile phone and gives consumers the compelling experience they have been looking for.”

Microsoft are also naturally excited, with John O’Rourke, a general manager at Microsoft Corp. saying that “Yahoo! Go 2.0 includes an exciting set of features that helps people access their favorite Internet content while mobile. The combination of this application with a Windows Mobile powered device will allow our joint customers to get quick access to the Yahoo! experiences they want — from news to e-mail to photo sharing — all from a single, powerful device.”

Of course this begs the question to Microsoft – where is your similar service? After all, Microsoft offer the Windows Live search engine, and should be somewhat ashamed that Yahoo is setting the pace in the mobile search space. Still, Microsoft wouldn’t be where it is today without plenty of hardware and software partners, and with the whole ‘embrace and extend’ policy, we can be sure that a ‘Microsoft Mobile Search + More 1.0’ is on the way.

Yahoo! have also done a deal with major Taiwanese Windows Mobile device manufacturer HTC, who supply smartphones to major cell phone companies worldwide, and who also partly own the Dopod brand which sell HTC devices exclusively. HTC make millions of Windows Mobile devices and this will be very helpful to Yahoo! in getting their search software used by millions of people worldwide. HTC are also racing to be the first company to release a smartphone powered by Windows Mobile 6.0, as most devices are still loaded with the now-older Windows Mobile 5.0 OS.

Peter Chou, CEO of HTC said that “HTC is always seeking new ways to keep people connected to their community of friends and personalized content while mobile. With high resolution displays and breakthrough designs, HTC’s products are the ideal platform for Yahoo! Go 2.0. We are pleased to offer users the ultimate Yahoo! Go 2.0 experience on our innovative devices.”

So, what are the key features of Yahoo! Go 2.0 for Windows Mobile? Please read onto page 2 to find out!

– Search reinvented for mobile consumers — oneSearch(TM) is designed to recognize the intent of a search term and presents relevant content — not just a list of web links to PC sites — on the results page. Results are grouped by subject making it easy to read through and drill down to get more details.

– Be local, no matter where you are — The Local & Maps widget gives quick access to comprehensive local directory information for businesses across the US, enhanced with ratings and reviews from the millions-strong Yahoo! community. Interactive maps feature the ability to search directly for businesses, get driving directions and real time traffic updates.

– Rich, highly personalizable content from millions of sources — Current headlines and a breaking news ticker in the News, Sports, Entertainment, Weather and Finance widgets keep consumers connected to the information that matters to them. Consumers can customize to receive content from the millions of sources on the Web that publish in RSS.

– Photo sharing keeps consumers connected to their community — The Flickr(TM) widget integrates one of the Web’s most innovative and prolific photo-sharing communities, making it easy to upload(1) and manage images from their camera phone. Consumers can also easily share photos, view their friends’ pictures and browse or search the millions of images.

– Streamlined e-mail keeps consumers in sync — The E-mail widget allows consumers to quickly respond to, delete or compose new messages or view attachments with a single click — all automatically synchronized with their Yahoo! Mail account in real time.