Josh Babetski : Quixotic Bravado

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I do a lot of surfing from my iPhone. When I’ve got some time to kill waiting for a plane or something, reading the blogs I subscribe to is a quick hit of content to pass the time. Google Reader is my feed reader of choice.

Recently, Google introduce an iPhone-specific version of many of its mobile sites. Previously, I just used the default mobile ones. One thing I noticed however is that you can’t use a secure HTTP connection on the Google iPhone version, but you can with the regular Google Reader Mobile one.

Since I sometimes hop on the wireless networks of hotels, conference center, and other networks not under my control, I look for whatever practical ways I can to keep as secure as possible. So for now I just keep the regular mobile version bookmarked and use that. Truth be told, the UI isn’t much different; I’ll forgo the Ajaxy-goodness for now.

If you surf the mobile web, something to be aware of.

Recent links for http://del.icio.us/quixado:

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