Today, technology is taking the user away from their desktop computer and laptop and putting them in front of their iPhone, PDA, and Blackberry. Just a year ago, a website that was interactive and easy to navigate was all that one needed for an online presence in the world. Not anymore! Cell phones are the new lifeline that are quickly beginning to replace laptops for busy people “on line and on the go”. Websites developed with mobile phones in mind are becoming more and more popular as an accessory to the classic website.

A FIRST CLASS CASE STUDY

Canada 1 Property Pages™ – www.c1pp.com – has a classic site built for traditional web browsers that was also designed and developed to be read by various PDA’s. However, the owner of Canada 1 Property Pages, an i-phone user herself, determined that many more viewers could take advantage of the listing information “on line and on the go” through their Blackberries, i-phones and other pda’s more readily through a specific .mobi site. Therefore, she commissioned a specific mobile version – www.c1pp.mobi.

A “What” Website?

A .mobi website is just like any other website that you may see on the web. However, using the .mobi extension is a way of notifying the public that a site has been built specifically for PDA’s and cell phones. The sites feature a smaller interface resolution – perfect for the small screens – and small file sizes so that images, text, and information may be downloaded quickly and easily.

Who are c1pp.mobi and c1pp.com?

Canada 1 Property Pages™ is a National Central Real Estate Listing Service bringing together developers, builders, owners & agents’ listings. Online & On the Go™ with www.c1pp.com and www.c1pp.mobi, the sites offer prospective buyers easy keyword searches to find properties by project name, street address, agent & builder names and numerous other special features. So many home buyers and agents use the Web to “search and find” what they’re looking for in properties. Most of these people also use i-phones and PDA’s of all sorts. Therefore, Canada 1 Property Pages™ wanted to provide their listings on both a classic site and a .mobi site. Not only will the prospective buyer find what they’re looking for in terms of property information, but, they will find maps, directions, Open Houses, Presentation Centres through their mobile phone by going to either the .mobi site or classic site, c1pp.com.

What’s In It For Me?

A .mobi website offers the same great benefits of your classic website – BUT with the added value of being known and communicated as “PDA Friendly”. This makes your site convenient and available to anyone with a cell phone. Artistech has worked with Canada 1 Property Pages Inc. to create a new online real estate database that offers convenience to buyers and sellers to list and view properties online. You may not always have a laptop available but everyone has a cell phone! Designing a site to cater to your clients’ cell phones is the ultimate way to provide your services and information anywhere your audience is!

WORK PROVIDED

• Professional Website Design
• Logo Design
• Print Design
• Real Estate Listing System
• Custom Content Management System
• Internet Branding

PROJECT DETAILS

Project Name: www.C1PP.com & www.C1PP.mobi
Client: Canada 1 Property Pages™
Date Launched: September 2008

This post was written by Sean K

Tags: .mobi, c1pp, cell phones, mobile, mobile browsers, pda