We don't post about every website that comes up with an iPhone/iPod touch-optimized version -- if we did, we wouldn't have time for eating or sleeping -- but every now and then a couple of sites newly built for Mobile Safari rise above the pack. Today's launches for everyone's favorite "internet in your pants" browser include pro-social business networking site LinkedIn and collaborative calling tool TalkShoe.LinkedIn's new iPhone beta version (at m.linkedin.com) allows you to view a list of your recent network updates, see your own profile (lest you forget your vital details) and search through your contact list. No editing options and no click-to-call or click-to-send buttons in this early version, but having the streamlined view is quite nice.
Meanwhile, over at TalkShoe (host site for the weekly TUAW live podcast) the team has released an iPhone version of the Talkshoe site at iphone.talkshoe.com. It does a nice job integrating the telephony component of the service with call selection and management. Using the new iPhone UI, you can quickly search for ongoing or upcoming calls, then single-click to call in and chat about your topic of choice. Naturally we have some suggestions.
There'll be a TalkShoe call tonight at 8 pm ET featuring our friends Victor Cajiao of the Typical Mac User podcast and Adam Christianson of the Maccast to discuss the new iPhone-optimized site. Should be fun.
via Macworld & iPhone Matters
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2-25-2008 @ 5:06PM
Aaron Brauser said...
Thanks for the post and the nice words. We do see this as just the start, so I would love to hear the suggestions. Feel free to call in tonight at 8:00 or email me at aaronb at talkshoe dot com
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2-25-2008 @ 6:51PM
Mario Sundar said...
Hi Michael,
I'm the community evangelist at LinkedIn and would love to hear feedback from users of our iPhone app. We've a brief app demo on our blog from our lead engineer of the project - Jerry Luk. Link here | http://tinyurl.com/26ehs4
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