It’s gonna more convenient reading your favorite daily newspaper from your smart phone moving forward. First to join the fray is The Star, one of the popular local English daily . It has released the mobile version of its TheStar Online which can be accessed from your phone mobile browser at thestarmobile.com.
The mobile version, which contain only news with little graphic is loading much faster than the standard page which comes with ads, other media such as flash and sound as well as heavy graphic. It’s benefited you in term of saving your data plan as well, because each page loaded in your phone has smaller size.
Transforming traditional web page to mobile is pretty easy to be implemented, but they have to risk losing a little bit revenue from the ads, which no longer appear in mobile version. But still, mobile advertising from companies such as Admob or Quattro Wireless is booming right now, sooner or later, it is going to complement the ads from usual advertising company.
