Do you want to help test our mobile site?

by David Alpert • August 27, 2010 3:10 pm

I'm working on a mobile version of Greater Greater Washington for those using Blackberries, Android phones, iPhones and iPads, "feature phone" browsers, or other internet-enabled mobile devices.

Photo by janale1 on Flickr.

DCist has a good mobile site which is an example of what this could look like. Once it's done, I can test it on my Android phone and Greater Greater Wife's Blackberry, but I need additional testers on a variety of devices.

If you would be interested in trying out the site on your mobile device, post that in the comments along with what device it is. Make sure you use your real email address in the email address field where it won't show up publicly (but don't paste your address into the comment itself), so I can contact you.

Also, if you currently access the site on a mobile device, are there any problems you encounter? For example, some Blackberry users have said that the CAPTCHAs don't work on Blackberries. Is that still happening? I will try to address that with the mobile site. Are there other issues?

Update: One more request. It'd be helpful to know about mobile sites you currently read on your mobile device and you think are good in terms of their layout, organization, or other factors, so I can emulate their best features on ours.

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David Alpert is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Greater Greater Washington and Greater Greater Education. He worked as a Product Manager for Google for six years and has lived in the Boston, San Francisco, and New York metro areas in addition to Washington, DC. He loves the area which is, in many ways, greater than those others, and wants to see it become even greater.

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Blackberry

by Andrew on Aug 27, 2010 3:21 pm • link • report

I currently read with a BlackBerry (Curve 8310) and Captcha does not work.

by Alex B. on Aug 27, 2010 3:27 pm • link • report

I'm interested. I have a Blackberry Curve.

by Chris L. on Aug 27, 2010 3:27 pm • link • report

iPhone 4

by Ryan on Aug 27, 2010 3:30 pm • link • report

Samsung Saga / Windows Mobile

by Scott on Aug 27, 2010 3:37 pm • link • report

Android (2.1?)

by rdhd on Aug 27, 2010 3:48 pm • link • report

iPhone 4

by Joey on Aug 27, 2010 3:53 pm • link • report

iPhone 3GS

by Frank on Aug 27, 2010 4:01 pm • link • report

iPhone 4 and Android (the Mrs.)

by Rich on Aug 27, 2010 4:11 pm • link • report

Android 2.2 (Droid 1)

by Matt Hardy on Aug 27, 2010 4:13 pm • link • report

iphone 4

by AJ on Aug 27, 2010 4:13 pm • link • report

Android 2.2

by Mike on Aug 27, 2010 4:13 pm • link • report

iPhone 3GS.

by ah on Aug 27, 2010 4:18 pm • link • report

Android 2.2 on Nexus One.

by mark on Aug 27, 2010 4:23 pm • link • report

iPhone 3GS. Currently no problems viewing GGW on mobile Safari, though.

by Max D. on Aug 27, 2010 4:31 pm • link • report

HTC Incredible - droid 2.1

by Bill on Aug 27, 2010 4:56 pm • link • report

Android 2.1 Used to have to 'preview' before posting. But lately its working correctly. Only other issue is having to scroll to right of screen after a post to read poster's name.

by Lance on Aug 27, 2010 5:11 pm • link • report

also HTC Incredible

by Lance on Aug 27, 2010 5:13 pm • link • report

iPhone 4

by Trevor on Aug 27, 2010 5:21 pm • link • report

iPhone 2G, running iOS 3.1.3. Am I the only person still using something that old?

by cminus on Aug 27, 2010 5:34 pm • link • report

Nokia E71 running Symbian OS

Samsung Wave running Bada OS

by kk on Aug 27, 2010 7:03 pm • link • report

Android 1.5

by JackRussell on Aug 27, 2010 8:17 pm • link • report

iPad and iPod Touch, happy to help

by Keith Shovlin on Aug 27, 2010 8:39 pm • link • report

LG Rumor Touch

by Dustin on Aug 27, 2010 9:50 pm • link • report

Nokia N97 mini, both the built-in WebKit-based browser and Opera Mobile.

by Kurt Raschke on Aug 28, 2010 12:20 am • link • report

Motorola Droid on Froyo

by Andrew S on Aug 28, 2010 3:12 am • link • report

Blackberry Bold 9650

by Wes Joyce on Aug 28, 2010 6:49 am • link • report

Iphone. Glad to test the site.

by Marty Scherr on Aug 28, 2010 7:44 am • link • report

Blackberry Curve 8330. It would be GREAT to have a GGW for mobile!

by Ellen McCarthy on Aug 28, 2010 9:35 am • link • report

Motorola i365, not all that advanced, works great at viewing mobile.wtop.com and www.wmata.com/mobile

by Sand Box John on Aug 28, 2010 10:26 am • link • report

iPhone4

by MattF on Aug 28, 2010 10:38 am • link • report

Droid Incredible (2.2), and a pile of Blackberry Simulators on my PC. (The Blackberry Browser makes IE6 look standards-compliant by comparison. Writing sites for it sucks)

by andrew on Aug 28, 2010 11:11 am • link • report

Android 2.2 (Nexus One)

by imperator3733 on Aug 28, 2010 11:59 am • link • report

iPod Touch (I think 3rd gen, 64Gb)

by Jasper on Aug 28, 2010 12:10 pm • link • report

iPod Touch 3rd Gen

by Oliver on Aug 28, 2010 12:33 pm • link • report

I'm reading it on the iPad, but I'd prefer that you didn't redirect iPads to a "mobile" site - the site already looks good and reads well on an iPad.

by Charles on Aug 28, 2010 2:13 pm • link • report

I'm in. Android 2.2 on a Droid (1st gen).

by Bayard Brewin on Aug 28, 2010 2:20 pm • link • report

Android 2.2 on Nexus One