PC of the future: your phone
PC of the future: your phone. Why? Trends toward free wifi service encourage mobile services previously only available as laptop web services. Witness: Portland will have free WiFi in a few months. [Daily Wireless] Moreover, T-Mobile opens Hotspots to Sony mylo [Digital Trends] How can you benefit from this emerging market and what does it mean for personal computing? Read more [Daily Wireless]
You may win a free WiFi Finder from iNetWord, just for testing and finding a qualifying bug in their free web2 application.
Ask.com’s mobile map service serves up instant maps, suitable to download to your cell phone. [All Points Blog]
Google’s mobile maps work with many phones. Google adds mobile mapping programs for Palm Treo. [Directions Mag]
Need to read your rss feed on your cell phone? MobiFeeds [Emily Chang - eHub]
Web 2.0 gem of the day: API Finder. Not all APIs are free, some are quite expensive. Add your API service to the database.
DevX Announces APIFinder! The Essential Directory of Application Programming Interfaces DevX announces “APIFinder is a growing index of various APIs, including free, Web service-based APIs. Use this fabulous resource to find the exact piece of functionality you need for your new Web application …”
Use Google to find web APIs. Google offers new free web services and widgets too. Gicker.com creates gif animations from your photos.
Know of other cool free web 2.0 APIs?Share them here, especially if they enhance your cellphone as PC experience. Thank you.
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I have Google Maps on my Blackberry and it has saved my tush more than once already. Like when I got kinda lost walking in Toronto. Just entered where I was … figured out where i needed to go and just followed the map.
I use it when I travel to Seattle. Of course doing this in the car is not recommended. ;)