[Web4lib] article of interest

[Larry Schwartz]

(extracted from Benton's Headlines.  ls.)

WILL IPAD CHILL MOBILE WEB PAGES?
[SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle, AUTHOR: Tom Kaneshige]
[Commentary] The iPhone is the face that launched a thousand mobile 
websites-actually, more like 326,600, according to a recent study by 
Taptu, a mobile search engine. That number is growing by leaps and 
bounds in various areas of the web, such as shopping and services, the 
survey concludes. There seems to be no stopping the trend, or is there? 
With its 10-inch screen, the iPad has the potential of slowing the 
development of mobile websites and bring back traditional desktop ones. 
The reason: Traditional websites look great on the iPad. Website 
browsing is the reason the iPad was developed in the first place. "iPad 
offers the best Web browsing experience there is-way better than 
laptops," said Apple CEO Steve Jobs.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/02/02/urnidgns002570F3005978D8002576BE00628461.DTL

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