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This is just a quick note to announce that VMETC.com is now optimized for most mobile browsers. I’ve configured the WPTouch plugin for the site so a mobile theme should show up automatically. Various mobile browsers and devices are supported including the iPhone and iPod Touch.  Bookmark the site in your mobile browser!

For quick access from the iPhone or iPod Touch open VMETC.com in the Safari browser, click the  ”+” icon on the bottom bar, choose “Add to Home Screen”, and then marvel at the Virtually Insane icon that appears among your other apps!

Leaving comments should also be an option from the mobile theme, but I have not fully tested that feature.

UPDATED 02.18.10 – Since there are still several mobile devices, Blackberrys, and other PDAs that do not have a browser supported by the WPTouch plugin (hopefully popular devices will continued to be added during the plug in’s devlopment),

I’ve created m.vmetc.com as an alternative for all mobile devices.

This URL is actually a redirect to my RSS Feed converted into a mobile site via Google Reader. You don’t have to open the URL in Google Reader (or any other RSS reader) , however. Just bookmark and use the URL. I learned about this quick and easy trick from an old LifeHacker article.

The article Virtual BlackBerry for Windows Mobile Nearing Release? on Brighthand.com indicates that the technology for running multiple operating systems on mobile phones and handheld devices via virtualization is quickly approaching general availability for the public. Editor Ed Hardy reports that RIM announced this project over 2 years ago, and now recent reports indicate that the expected release will be soon.

Ed writes:

“It will be called the BlackBerry Application Suite, and it will run on some Windows Mobile 6.x Pro devices. In fact, users will have the option to have this suite basically take over their smartphone, with the BlackBerry shell launching when the device is turned on.

It’s a REAL BlackBerry

This virtual environment will have support for BlackBerry email, phone, calendar, address book, tasks, memos, browser, instant messaging, and other applications developed for the BlackBerry
platform, but not video playback.

It will be able to connect to the BlackBerry Enterprise Server for synchronization.”

Check out the rest of the Brighthand.com article for more information.

Regular readers of vmetc.com will recall I have in interest in the evolution of the handheld and have posted my thoughts on this topic before.