Open Web Awards: Mobile

Filed under: Windows Mobile, Symbian, Palm, Social Software, BlackBerry, iPhone, web 2.0

Open Web Awards: Mobile

by Brad Linder Dec 12th 2007

For the last few days we've been asking you to vote on your favorite social networking sites. We've looked at the some of the coolest sites in social news, shopping, search, video, and photo sharing. Each provides a new way to interact with the world through your web browser. That's great if you're on a full sized computer, but when it comes to the mobile web, some sites are better than others.

Some mainstream social services like Facebook and Twitter have mobile interfaces, while other sites on our list are made specifically for mobile users.

So cast your vote for your favorite mobile social sites after the jump.

You are voting for your favorite Application or Widget in the Open Web Awards, a distributed contest to find the best sites on the web. The top three sites in this category will proceed to the final round starting December 17th, and there will be an awards ceremony at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco on January 10th, 2008.

Category: Mobile

Sponsors:
Cohn & Wolfe PR & Mashable
Web Poll by Vizu

Tags: Open Web Awards, OpenWebAwards

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Nik Fletcher said 5:40PM on 12-12-2007

Wha? Never mind Facebook for Blackberry - Where's the Facebook for iPhone option? :-)

michael said 8:47AM on 12-14-2007

Google Maps is good, but I think Live Maps is better on the mobile phone.

I notice a lack of anything Microsoft in these "Open Web" awards. Some of the Windows Live things are pretty nifty. But with no option for that, what's the point of putting these other small potatoes as choices?

Weblogs, Inc. may be owned by AOL, but that doesn't mean it's ok to exclude MS stuff.

Firtch said 9:20AM on 12-15-2007

Well, technically, google maps mobile is an application, not a web site, so while the Windows Live app (which I think has exceeded Google Maps Mobile, too) isn't a web site, neither is Google Maps Mobile! Not right.

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