Web Pages Designed for Mobile Phones
As you browse the Web, you may come across sites that differ significantly when viewed on the Droid X (or other smartphones) compared with the exact same sites viewed on a computer. That’s because web designers have created pages specifically designed to be viewed with mobile phones, taking into account that mobile phones have smaller screens than computer screens.
CNN, for example, has sites designed especially for mobile viewing. Head to the same site at the exact same time of day with a smartphone and a computer, and you see very different pages, even though the content of the pages is the same.
These pages are formatted to be read on the phone, so very often they don’t include complex layouts, and instead present articles and other information in scrollable lists. They generally don’t allow you to zoom in and zoom out. You’ll navigate primarily by scrolling and clicking links.
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