14 DAY TRIAL // dotMobi, the company behind the only Internet address designed specifically for mobile phones, announced a partnership with Akmin Technologies to publish the .mobi Site Builder. After the initial release in English, the tool will soon be available in most European languages and Chinese.
A part of dotMobi's "Go Mobile!" global program, the .mobi Site Builder will allow consumers to develop simple, yet effective, mobile websites. The tool, based on Akmin's mobiSiteGalore application, will include high-end features that will allow advanced users to build customized sites. Websites created with the tool will be compliant with dotMobi's open standards - based on the work of the W3C's Mobile Web Initiative, enabling the sites to work on all Internet-capable phones.
"Our vision is to jump-start the mobile content revolution by empowering even ordinary users with a powerful, do-it-yourself mobile web site builder that will allow them to quickly build complete mobile web sites that are compliant with dotMobi's open standards," said Prashanth, CEO of Akmin. "We are extremely happy that dotMobi has chosen Akmin's mobiSiteGalore to power their .mobi Site Builder. Without dotMobi's pioneering mobile web initiatives, we could not have developed this tool."
"Expanding the availability of Akmin's .mobi-compliant mobile Web site design tool to all of our registrars ensures that everyone who buys a .mobi domain will be able to build a compliant site in minutes. That means an explosion in mobile Internet sites is coming very quickly," said Neil Edwards, dotMobi'a CEO.
The dotMobi "Go Mobile!" program is exclusively available to dotMobi's registrars and resellers, and includes a range of tools for developing mobile content, like the upcoming .mobi Site Builder, as well as marketing guides to improve companies' mobile capabilities and business volumes.