ResourceShelf Guide: Mobile News Services (Mainstream News Organizations) #1

We’ve started a new compilation on ResourceShelf today.

So far, we’ve started building compilations of:

+ Real or Near Real-Time Databases
+ Art Museum Databases

Today, we begin our third special compilation. Mainstream news and electronic media sites built specifically for wireless users. Our focus will be English language material. Some of these mobile sites might not work from some providers (that’s how the mobile industry works). However, most should work fine.

As with our other compilations:
+ This compilation will grow over time
+ We would welcome your suggestions (no promises).

Again, these sites/URLS are designed for mobile web browsers:

+ AdAge

+ Ananova (UK)

+ ABC (Australia)
Certain wireless providers only

+ ABC News (U.S.)

+ Arizona Republic

+ BBC

+ Bloomberg (U.K) ||| (U.S.)

+ Boston Globe/Boston.com
SMS Text alerts also available.

+ BusinessWeek

+ CBC

+ CNN
NOTE: CNN is not available for all wireless providers.

+ Canada.com

+ Canada: The Globe and Mail

+ Chicago Sun-Times

+ Chicago Tribune

+ Crain’s Chicago Business

+ Crain’s New York Business

+ Forbes

+ ITN (UK)

+ London Daily Mail (Text Version)

+ Los Angeles Times

+ NY Times (New, in the past month)

+ News.com

+ Newsday

+ Newsweek

+ Reuters (U.K.) ||| Reuters (U.S.)

+ San Francisco Chronicle (Fee-Based)
or http://206.130.125.95/mobile.php?UMPG=index (free)

+ San Jose Mercury News

+ Seattle Post Intelligencer

+ Slate (New, in the past month)

+ Times of London (Fee-Based)

+ USA Today

+ Voice of America
Mobile versions in other languages available here.

+ Wall Street Journal (selected content)

+ Washington Post (New, in the past month)

See Also: Personalized News via Mobile Findory

See Also: Have the Mobile Bandwidth? This Site Provides Direct Links to News (and More) Streaming Sites
(Radio4PDA). Stations in Australia, Canada, Ireland, UK, US.

See Also: Just for Fun: Mobile Version of the IMDB

Part II of this Collection is Now Online!!!

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