Mobile Telegraph site launches: painless, redundant

By Julian Prokaza on Wed 06 August 2008

Mobile Daily TelegraphWith the launch of Mobile Telegraph on Monday, the Barclay brothers' broadsheet joins the ranks of free mobile news services. With competition decidedly lacking, this effort jumps almost to the top of the pile, from a technical point of view at least.

An uncluttered front-page provides truncated summaries with links to full stories that load in less than a second on a 3G connection. News, sport and travel sections are readily accessible, and the site is a pleasure to read even on the modest 2in display of a Sony Ericsson K800i running Opera Mini.

In comparision, the ill-fitting Times mobile site and the convoluted sign-up procedure of The Guardian fall way behind, though the BBC's suite of mobile services continue to lead the way. However, we'd be hard pushed to recommend any dedicated mobile news site over a mobile RSS reader and your own favourite brand of impartial reportage.

[Mobile Telegraph]

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