Chapter 24. Ten Web Site Categories for BlackBerry Browsing

In This Chapter

  • Weather

  • News

  • Google

  • Portals

  • Business

  • Travel

  • Sports

  • Shipping information

  • Shopping

  • Other browsing categories

Web surfing with a BlackBerry has improved dramatically with the newer models. With the introduction of the trackball, RIM added the ability for you to view Web pages in a desktop format. The caveat is that you have to scroll left to right to see the width of a page. For convenience, you could always go back to using the mobile format where everything fits top to bottom and no scrolling to the right is needed.

However, not all Web sites are designed for mobile devices, so even with all the improvements RIM made to Browser, some pages still do not display properly. We're sure that you've been to Web sites that take a long time to display, and when the page does finish loading, the images and text are all bunched together. For BlackBerry users, this lack of readability on some Web pages is a disappointment and might have led you to believe that your BlackBerry Browser is the problem.

Guaranteeing a good surfing experience on your BlackBerry is simple: Where you surf is what matters. So what does that mean? Psst: Many popular Web sites have two versions — one for a PC Web browser and another for mobile device browsers, such as BlackBerry Browser.

In this chapter, we show you some Web sites that are specifically made to be viewed on mobile devices. So the next time you need information from the Web, you don't need to ...

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