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istandard: Our new mobile site

10 May 2009


istandard is a mobile-friendly version of standard.co.uk with extra features designed to make life easy for commuters.

It has been built so that each page renders perfectly for any given mobile device.

As new devices come to market, such as the latest Blackberry, the site will look and function correctly.

All the great content from our newspaper and website is presented on this convenient format.

Regular sections include news, business, sport plus theatre, restaurants, theatre, music, comedy and arts.

In addition to this istandard offers the added benefit of "utilities" that are not available elsewhere. These are designed to be useful to commuters on the way home and include:

Weather - London weather, updated every hour plus six-day forecast www.istandard.co.uk/weather or text ES WEATHER to 65400

Travel - Find out about Tube delays, train delays and road hold ups - www.istandard.co.uk/travel or text ES TRAVEL to 65400

Market report - After 6pm a round up of activity on the stock market - www.istandard.co.uk/market or text ES MARKET to 65400

News updates - 24/7 breaking news - www.istandard.co.uk/news or text ES NEWS to 65400

Sports update - 24/7 sports news - www.istandard.co.uk/sport or text ES SPORT to 65400

Text ES MOBILE to 65400 to receive a link to the new site or use your phone's web browser to go to www.istandard.co.uk, don't forget to bookmark the page.

 

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