Thanks for posting this topic…At least we could learn from it as usually it’s hard to set up design for mobile.
Elizabeth Castro, author of “Visual QuickStart Guide to HTML, XHTML & CSS” 6th edition has removed her WML chapter from the 5th edition and placed it in her “oldway” archives.
I’m going to read the chapter anyway…but is WML indeed becoming obsolete? or is it ALREADY obsolete?
WML is becoming obsolete due to modern mobile devices supporting HTML and CSS, this removes the need for WML which is a more restrictive language and requires a dedicated version of the website to use. Though its easy to learn and still worth having for the odd percent of people who want something fast and compact.
Great article! It covered a lot of the bases, especially the different types of mobile users and device detection. I think the debate of whether you need a special domain is quite a heated one (mainly coming from the people at .mobi). I personally believe device detection is the way forward, but i like to have the option as a user to full the ‘full’ website…
You mention renting time on mobile phones. Can you link to any of these services?
Edit: found a couple, haven’t tried them;
http://www.deviceanywhere.com/
http://mite.keynote.com/
http://www.mob4hire.com/