Sacramento, CA (1888PressRelease) July 24, 2009 - In recognition of ongoing excellence in mobile web development, the Mobility.mobi forum community bestows top honors to the latest and most innovative .mobi websites in its .mobi-of-the-Month™ awards competition.
As the largest and most active .mobi community in the world, Mobility.mobi brings together thousands of mobile web innovators and thought leaders from around the globe. After the votes were counted, the clear winner of the July 2009 .mobi-of-the-Month™ award was Lodging.mobi.
Lodging.mobi is the first website in the world to provide hotel availability search and reservations that is compatible with a wide spectrum of mobile devices using industry standards for mobile web.
“We’re very honored that Lodging.mobi has received this recognition from the Mobility.mobi community,” says Michael Ferreira, co-founder and CTO. He continues, “Several months of intense development went into making Lodging.mobi the best hotel reservations website available on the mobile web and this award confirms we accomplished it.”
Andres Kello, founder of Mobility.mobi adds, “Lodging.mobi is stunning! Very thorough, with breadth and depth of results plus a clean and easy-to-use design. A great addition to the .mobi ecosystem and is best-in-class material.”
About Lodging.mobi
Lodging.mobi, a property of Off Deck LLC, is the hotel availability search and reservations website that is easy to use across a wide spectrum of mobile devices. With access to over 75,000 hotels worldwide, Lodging.mobi is dedicated to providing a rich, user friendly and secure experience to mobile web users. It is the new convenient way to find a place to stay from the palm of the hand, give Lodging.mobi a try today.
Contact:
Paul Gungner, co-founder and CEO
Off Deck LLC
P.O. Box 277317
Sacramento, CA 95827
Phone: 916-364-5658
www.lodging.mobi
About Mobility.mobi
Mobility.mobi is the largest and fastest growing .mobi and Mobile Web forum in the world, with an active community of thousands of mobile web developers, enthusiasts and .mobi domain investors doing business and sharing news and information about .mobi and mobile web in seven languages. Visit Mobility.mobi.
GasFoodLodging.mobi provides locations and directions for gas stations, restaurants, and hotels right to a traveler’s mobile phone, iPhone, or Smartphone, without any additional software to download or buy.
Seattle, Washington — Road warriors of all varieties have a new tool to help them find essential services on their next road trip: http://GasFoodLodging.mobi. GasFoodLodging.mobi allows motorists to quickly, easily, and safely locate upcoming gas stations, restaurants, and hotels right from their mobile phone or laptop computer without the need to get out of the car or rely on strangers or maps. This is especially helpful if the traveler needs these services at night, in isolated areas, or in bad weather.
“Most people hate to stop and ask for directions, and now they don’t have to. GasFoodLodging.mobi can help any motorist avoid unpleasant surprises. This service is tailor-made for frequent road warriors, regional sales representatives, RV enthusiasts, families on vacation, or students on a road trip,” says David Gershman, entrepreneur and creator of the mobile website.
Here’s how it works:
1. Open the mobile phone browser to access the Internet
2. In the mobile browser’s address line, type http://gasfoodlodging.mobi (the address ends in .mobi, not .com) and connect to the site
3. Select either “City/State” or “ZIP Code” to begin the search
4. Select the gas, food, or lodging icon to get the type of business needed
5. Type the city name and select the state from the drop-down menu, or enter the nearest ZIP code, if you know it
6. Get extended results for a specific distance outside the city by entering a number of miles in the “Radius” box
7. Click “Find”
Results for each gas station, restaurant, or place to stay will appear, along with three links: one for a map, another for directions, and another with a phone number that has a “click to call” feature enabled. This allows the traveler to call the business without looking up the phone number or writing it down, simply by clicking on the phone link.
There is no charge to use the service, and all that is required is a phone with Internet access, such as an iPhone, BlackBerry, Smartphone, or other Web-enabled mobile phone. Motorists can also use the service from their laptop or netbook computer from any Wi-Fi hotspot.
“We’re asked all the time if GasFoodLodging.mobi is available as a downloadable App for the iPhone. It isn’t, but it is featured in the Apple Web Apps showcase. The beauty of GasFoodLodging.mobi is that it doesn’t need to be downloaded and take up hard drive space. It’s as easy as bookmarking it on the phone’s browser,” says Gershman.
About GasFoodLodging.mobi:
GasFoodLodging.mobi is based in Seattle, Washington, USA. It is a free mobile website to help motorists and travelers throughout the United States. GasFoodLodging.mobi is specially designed as a .mobi website with fast load time, small graphics, and nothing to download.
Disclosure:
GasFoodLodging.mobi is a Public Relations client of Mobienthusiast.mobi. Mobienthusiast.mobi frequently publishes press releases for sites that are not clients at no additional charge if they fit the format of the blog.
