{"id":118,"date":"2008-02-25T23:31:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-25T23:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vhirsch.wordpress.com\/2008\/02\/25\/linkedin-only-a-little-bit-mobile\/"},"modified":"2012-04-25T14:29:53","modified_gmt":"2012-04-25T13:29:53","slug":"linkedin-only-a-little-bit-mobile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vhirsch.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/25\/linkedin-only-a-little-bit-mobile\/","title":{"rendered":"LinkedIn only a little bit mobile&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_krrmJx627x4\/R8NUUIDzpJI\/AAAAAAAABkU\/SAO069gKnvU\/s1600-h\/linkedin_logo.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left;cursor:pointer;margin:0 10px 10px 0;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_krrmJx627x4\/R8NUUIDzpJI\/AAAAAAAABkU\/SAO069gKnvU\/s320\/linkedin_logo.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>And here&#8217;s a somewhat disappointing mobile debut: business network superstars <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/\">LinkedIn <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moconews.net\/entry\/419-linkedin-creates-version-for-mobile-devices\/\">announced<\/a> the launch of their (beta) mobile &#8220;application&#8221;. However, the app is a mere <a href=\"http:\/\/m.linkedin.com\/\">WAP site<\/a> with, alas, all the downsides of that: latency, onerous navigation and the whole info from the website only toned down in graphical appeal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_krrmJx627x4\/R8NUdYDzpKI\/AAAAAAAABkc\/zb003YBXFuU\/s1600-h\/Facebook+logo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;cursor:pointer;width:163px;height:61px;margin:0 0 10px 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_krrmJx627x4\/R8NUdYDzpKI\/AAAAAAAABkc\/zb003YBXFuU\/s320\/Facebook+logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Now, whilst I am big fan of LinkedIn, this is sub-par. Have a look at what <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\">Facebook<\/a> did for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackberry.com\/\">Blackberry<\/a>: a small <a href=\"http:\/\/volkersthoughts.blogspot.com\/2007\/10\/facebook-for-blackberry.html\">downloadable app<\/a> (yes, I know, it&#8217;s painful but probably for the time being the only way to enhance the user experience on mobile), information reduced to the key things one might want when accessing this from a mobile device and then the option (sic!) to access the full monty via WAP. The one piece of information I couldn&#8217;t access on the LinkedIn WAP site was the contact info. Hmm. Wouldn&#8217;t that arguably one of the key pieces of information I would want to have when I&#8217;m on the road (&#8220;well, I&#8217;m in London. Why don&#8217;t I drop John Doe a line. Don&#8217;t have him in my address book as we haven&#8217;t spoken in a while but we&#8217;re still &#8216;linkedIn&#8217;. Doesn&#8217;t work. Doh!&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>With all due respect, dear LinkedIn friends, you&#8217;ve got work to do!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And here&#8217;s a somewhat disappointing mobile debut: business network superstars LinkedIn announced the launch of their (beta) mobile &#8220;application&#8221;. However, the app is a mere WAP site with, alas, all the downsides of that: latency, onerous navigation and the whole info from the website only toned down in graphical appeal. 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