Virgin have announced a 5GB of data for $100 a month plan for the iPhone in Australia. That's still very expensive compared to the data plans in the US though. Not quite 5GB of data for $50 a month, but at least it's a step in the right direction. Virgin is selling Apple's 8GB iPhone 3G for $0 upfront on a $70 monthly plan, which includes $520 worth ... Read full entry

The W3C has released a set of Mobile Web Best Practice guidelines, providing a consistent framework for developers of content for mobile devices to work with. In theory, at least. Today, many more people have access to mobile devices than access to a desktop computer. This is likely to be very significant in developing countries, where Web-capable mobile devices may play as similar a role in ... Read full entry

Vishal Sharma's run down of ten Australian Mobile Startups that are poised to take advantage of the market for mobile web applications, on the back of the iPhone's arrival. Mobile is the next platform for consuming services and its the next battle field for technology companies/entrepreneurs. Apple's iPhone has been embraced similar to standing ovation which Barack Obama is receiving wherever he goes. People are now looking for Google's ... Read full entry

Mobile experts offer their opinions. With data transfer rates of A$150, or more, for one Gigabyte per month in Australia, the mobile web won't be playing too big a part in the future of the internet in this part of the world. According to Barbara Ballard however, the "mobile web" is only a part of the internet's future direction. No. Ubiquity is the future, of which mobile is a ... Read full entry

With ten million applications downloaded already, it might be a good idea to learn something about developing apps for the iPhone. Accordingly Web Directions have invited Tim Lucas and Peter Ottery to speak on the topic at this year's conference. Plenty of people have been beavering away on all manner of things, and I'm certain this is only the beginning - expect a lot more over the next ... Read full entry

iPhone pricing and data plans in Australia will probably disappoint those who have been waiting to use what has very quickly become an iconic piece of technology that is far more than just a mobile phone, or a "piece of technology" for that matter. Many would-be iPhone buyers aren't too worried about the technological "bells and whistles", they simply want one, because like iPods and the MacBook Air, ... Read full entry

The Open Letter Initiative and the Mobile Web Lisa Herrod and the "we want more discussion about best practice and mobile accessibility issues" Open Letter Initiative. What I'd really like to see is a lot more information presented by web community groups and industry nights that focus on accessibility issues for the mobile web. I don't give a toss about what the latest Nokia is, or what cool data ... Read full entry

The Web Beyond the Desktop Despite all the talk about the mobile web, and surfing the net from BlackBerrys or mobile phones, designers are still predominantly catering for web users on desktop or laptop computers. For all the multiple environments, cross-platform concerns, and varied use-case scenarios we take for granted when building on the web today, the fact is we still make some fundamental assumptions about how the users of a ... Read full entry

Interview with Kelly Goto. Kelly Goto, a speaker at the upcoming Webstock 2008 conference, discusses her work, and future web trends, in another of the Webstock speaker interviews. We're seeing the desktop web migrate to the mobile web, with new devices that are 'sensing' and interacting with eachother. Apple's new MacBook Air is a new take on an old segment UMPC (Ultra Mobile Personal Computing) that hopefully will do ... Read full entry