Take the Loom with you. Discover has now set up a mobile version of the entire site, including this blog. It looks good on my Itouch, I have to say, but judge for yourself. And let us know if you find any bugs in need of fixing.
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October 21st, 2009 at 3:33 pm
It’d be nice if they would create icons so we can add the page to our Home screen on Iphones with a pretty icon…
October 21st, 2009 at 5:47 pm
Very nice. It renders quite well on my Android phone.
October 21st, 2009 at 8:27 pm
[...] site has been mobile-optimized meaning it looks pretty snazzy on whatever device you’ve got. Carl [...]
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:23 am
I agree, Chris—an icon would be ideal. But it does look good!
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:50 am
I can’t find the mobile site. Where is it?
October 22nd, 2009 at 2:02 pm
sorry about the above. I was automatically redirected on my iphone. looks good.
mblogs/discovermagazine.com/loom/
December 7th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
@Chris and @Krystal: We installed a new icon so the mobile site looks all nice on the iPhone/iTouch home screen. Hope you like.