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No Symbian option? I know it's not cool right now, but you sure know how to make a guy feel marginalized.
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@futuresuperbowlMVPJayCutler: Woot :). Actually the site seems to work just fine on my S60 device (even the flash ads - take that iphone). Maybe just remove the background images to make it load quicker.
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@futuresuperbowlMVPJayCutler: Woo, there's a whole 23 of us now! We're sure to impact design decisions with those numbers :).
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Yeah, they definitely will, but I just wanted to express my opinion that they should go that route rather than an app. I don't need an app for that. ;)
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This is OT, and I apologize, but as long as we're talking about the Consumerist site...is it just me or are the comment boxes white now, instead of grey like they used to be? Gotta say, I prefer the grey. The white makes my eyes hurt. Too much white!
@pecan 3.14159265: I agree. My eyes hurt as well. I spend at least 40 mins on here pr/day and I could use some contrast so I could scan through as well without straining.
@pecan 3.14159265: Do you mean the boxes for reading or writing comments? I'm writing into a pure white box here, so I hope you're talking about that. My comment thread boxes are pale pink, and all this talk about grayish makes me want to take my laptop along to the ophthalmologist later today.
@kexline: I write into a pure white box too, but I'm talking about the ones in which you read comments. Mine look a little pale blue now that I adjusted my monitor, but I swear, swear, swear up and down with Moneycat as my witness, it used to be greyish.
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@pecan 3.14159265: They look like a pale gray which could be described as blueish and it hasn't changed for me...
@pecan 3.14159265: They're grey for me, but a very, very light grey. I wouldn't mind a bit more contrast myself.
Maybe I'm going crazy. I swear they weren't as white as they are now. I've even adjusted my monitor. Still white.
@pecan 3.14159265: For what it's worth, they are #FAFAFA in color... which is grey, but pretty darn close (>98%) to white. ;)
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@pecan 3.14159265: They look kind of a very, very pale blue to me, but I guess it could be described as sort of grayish.
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Just switched to an HTC Hero (Android) from an HTC Mogul (Windows Mobile). So far I'm very impressed and happy with Android
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A mobile app would be cool but this site works just fine from iPhone browser
@WeAre138: A mobile site would be nicer for those of us in second place, though. I've never even attempted to look at Consumerist in the Blackberry browser or Opera Mini. Too spread-out, too complicated.
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@pecan 3.14159265: I hold it sideways to read the articles and then vertical + zoom in a bit to read the comments.
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Blackberry ftw. Although I'd much rather have a Windows mobile.
I have an Ipod touch and use the regular consumerist website on it all the time.
I will try an app if you guys make one, but I hope it will include commenting or I will just continue to use safari.
A mobile site for my phone would be awesome though. I picked \"WAP\" because I don't know what my phone uses. It's a LG Xenon. It does have a full html browser, but it won't load the consumerist because the site is too large.
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@Kimaroo - Fortified with Kittydus Purrularis: I'm in the same boat, and did the same thing. Although, I'm unsure how much I'd use an app: a point of pride is the smug feeling I get when I can surf the web on my Touch with no extra tweaking or modifications. Why? Because it just works!
(although an Insta-Disemvowelabator button would be quite the awesome, and I'd swoon if Roz's voice blasted out a, \"Heavens to Betsy - SHAME on you!\" as it did so)
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Yes, an iPhone app would be perfect!
Funny, the very first time I ever check Consumerist on my phone and this is the top story.
umm...how would I know ?
I can read it on my phone. I have to see what the kitty cats are up to several times a day.
iPhone now...but AnDroid in about a week!
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I use Opera Mini on my Q9c, and rarely do I ever pull up the actual Consumerist site from my device. (I just glance at articles from Google Reader) It would be nice if there was a better mobile-centric site where I could join in discussions better, seeing as I have a competent hardware keyboard to churn out replies.
No \"None of the above\" option?
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I'm down with the WinMo, and have been for a long time. I show up my iPhone buddies by turning my phone into a wireless hotspot on long car trips, and having them leech off me when the AT&T signal disappears.
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Ok is it bad that I have none of these? My phone is just a phone that happens to be able to take pictures and text as well...
And about four or five years old...
I feel like an upgrade might be needed soon
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@mazzic1083: I join this group and say I want the cheapest, crappiest, freest option in a phone. I don't text, don't care about a qwerty. I'm almost never away from my laptop, so really, don't need to be able to surf. I can go home and check my email.
@mazzic1083: you are not alone. Until they make it dirt cheap for me to surf, I can wait until I get home to browse and sent e-mails.
@BklynHotniss: Ditto! I don't totally mind the expense of Swiss Army phones, it's the expense every month that bothers me.
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@mazzic1083: oh, me too.
I think my plain old cell phone is about 4 years old. My last two phones I actually liked got left on airplanes, and there's nothing I'd resent more at this point than giving ATT or some evil equivilant a hundred bucks a month to be annoyed by them (the ire @ATT goes way back).
Hated the razor, that got sold on ebay.
Hated the I-Phone, that got sold on ebay.
I don't even have a 'plan' anymore, I prepay. Works for me.
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I have a Mortorola dumb phone. The Razr like ones. Useless when it comes to reading online content. Ergo I never use it. Just the way I like it.
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I'm still suck in 2005 with a Nokia :(
None.
You didn't list \"none\" as an option.
@StanTheManDean: why would you vote if you wouldn't be abl to look at a mobile site on your phone anyway?
@pecan 3.14159265: Maybe because mobile includes everything from the iPhone to the Motorola brick from the 80s, and the majority of mobile users aren't actually smartphone users. Perhaps not a \"none\" button, but a \"don't utilize mobile-web\" or similar button.
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Droid all the way.
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Oh I wish I knew what a platform was, I think my Samsung Memoir probably has one. When I unlocked it to AT&T it turns out no one has figured out how to debrand its tmobil settings. My state of the art celly turned into a Fred Flintstone hunk of junk after I put my sim card in.
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...am I just a curmudgeon for having no interest at all in any such mobile-specific apps?
I want to view the Consumerist, and other sites, in my web browser on a PC. I have not the slightest interest in doing so on my phone.
?
Don't think so. I am absolutely awash in technological nerdery. I just don't get the appeal of either web surfing, or web page reading, on a phone-size screen.
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I've been on Palm OS forever, with multiple unlocked GSM devices. Hey, it's cheap and it works. No contract for me.
If you make a version of the web site for mobile devices such as the iPhone it would work on several platforms. I happen to know that the Pre can use sites designed specifically for the iPhone. Of course the Pre can use the regular site too.
Any mobile specific site should have a link that allows you to go to the full site.
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Office-supplied and paid for Blackberry curve here. Can't really complain either. 95% of the time I'm either at the office or at home. Google Reader works great in the BB broswer and I have facebook and twitter apps for the rest of it.
Google maps makes for a good GPS too.
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Can't you guys just check the logs for mobile browser user-agent strings?
I'm on Obi-Wan's platform.
\"R-4, Scramble code 5 to Coruscant, care of the Old Folk's Home.\"
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Windows Mobile FTW! Of course I can browse the main site great using IE 6 for mobile or Skyfire, but a app would be cool too. :D
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I just use the RSS reader on my Sony Ericsson T707. Works beautifully... when I have a burning need to apply some verbal diarrhea, I open the regular site with Opera Mini since the embedded browser is, well, horrible.
Nokia E71x running Symbian S60 FTW.
Too bad that sentence is meaningless to almost everyone on this site.:(
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The Blackberry browser can't do Javascript well so I can't read comments on my BB. I will prob. be upgrading to an android phone soon though.
I can only pick one eh? Blackberry and WinMo in reality.
I need an option such as \"what's a mobile platform?\". How do I put one on my Net10 phone?
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@wvFrugan: My Tracfone is like your Net10 phone - it only sends and receives phone calls ... very inexpensively, I might add.
How about a lightweight mobile site? m.consumerist.com, user-agent recognition and CSS with minimal graphics (no avatars, no ads & so on).
I've got Safari on one device and native S60 browser on another. Both can handle the full site but can be slow sometimes.
I use android... No need for a dedicated app to just access the site, just make a mobile friendly version of the site. However, an app that would tie business/products/websites/etc using either keywords/gps/BarCode(scanned from camera)/etc and search for articles on consumerist and reviews would pretty cool. Sort of like the many price checker apps, but with the Consumerist magic... maybe even a paid version that would tie into Consumer Reports? It would be pretty awesome if I could walk into a business and my phone would alert me to related articles (gps) or scan a product and get articles and consumer report data...
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Android here, but please don't make a Marketplace app... I'd much rather have a mobile-friendly website than another %^$# app to find room for.
iPhone now...Android on Friday!
No option for a BREW based phone. Whick the site works well on. As does youtube and other script heavy sites.
So no vote from me.
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I'm still using a PalmOS device, a less-than-one-year-old Palm Centro! Why isn't PalmOS on your list? Admittedly, I'm likely to switch to either a WebOS or Android device in the next few months...
I agree..They need PalmOS on the list.
Using a Palm Centro myself..Happy with the phone....No plans to switch anytime soon.
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Please don't exclude the Pre and/or WebOS
Pocket PC = Windows Mobile
You really need to revisit this in a month. Motorola's new Android phones (CLIQ and DRIOD) are being released this week so today's answers may not reflect tomorrow's!
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mine texts and dials numbers. it's a samsung on sprint. i'm not cool enough to have a smartypants phone.
My phone is a Palm Centro which was not an option on the poll. So I voted for Pre since that's the closest one.
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None of the above? I have a tracfone pos without internet because I'm a stay at home mom who has the internet up continually. So I guess I don't need any apps for that.
Go to mobile.nytimes.com for an excellent example of mobile-friendliness.
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I currently use windows mobile but as this is my 6th phone this year I'm looking to try another phone os.
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iPhone, but if the CSS is styled like what A List Apart describes, it'll work on any Android phone.
PalmOS you insensitive clods.
You didn't list J2ME which most people might not recognize but it basically most everyone's oldschool phone platform.
Like my Motorola Z9 (aka Slidey-RAZR 2.0)
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Why am I not surprised we/you nerds all use iPhones?
Where's the choice for a samsung flip phone w/ no data plan that came free with enrollment?
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Won't vote since there is no option for multiple devices. I have an iPhone and a 3G MID running Windows XP (not even one of the choices).
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Oh wow, cool looks like by the stats another iphone app will be born and windows mobile will get the finger again. Neat.
Android and blackberry. I do most of my browsing on the android though. Also have windows mobile TIlt 2 my work gave me. I barely use it at all though.
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blackberry, but I wish it had more storage space built-in.
I have an Android phone, but am pretty disappointed with it. :| So I just waste time on my desktop PC instead.
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I have used PDAs in the past (Palm 105, Acer n300) but never again. I'm sick of mobile devices and all the crap of incompatible software. It's bad enough when you're forced to use proprietary programs on a handheld device, but it's idiotic for them to use different and sometimes incompatible file formats.
If it can't run PC software, I don't want it. The only mobile device I want anymore is my mobile phone.
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I have a generic Vodafone 533 £30 phone.
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Just do it like gizmodo or kotaku does it and you will be golden.
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I have an iPhone, but I don't think it seems like you need any sort of device-specific app - just make a mobile-friendly version of your website.
Really the existing site isn't unusable on my phone, either, but it could be nicer.
@Kamidari:
This x 1000. Otherwise, you'll just become another willing cog in Apple's marketing machine, helping them increment towards 100k apps. ;)
@Kamidari: I use an Touch and avoid \"mobile friendly\" like the plague. The website works fine as-is in Safari.
Now, if the mobile app had extra features???
@Kamidari: I think if they're doing a mobile friendly site, they still have to test how it looks on various browsers.