The mobile Web refers to the use of browser-based Inter
net services from handheld mobile devices, such as smar
tphones or feature phones, through a mobile or other wi
reless network. Traditionally, access to the World Wide
Web has been via fixed-line services on laptops and des
ktop computers. However, the Web is becoming more acces
sible by portable and wireless devices. An early 2010 I
TU (International Telecommunica		      port said 
that with the current growth ra		       by peopl
e on the go — via laptops and s		      ices – is
 likely to exceed web access fr		      uters wit
hin the next five years. In Jan		      ime of mo
bile access to the internet exc		      se in the
USA. The shift to mobile Web access has been accelerati
ng with the rise since 2007 of larger multitouch smartp
hones, and of multitouch tablet computers since 2010. B
oth pla		      	etter Internet access, screens, 
and mob		      	application-based user Web expe
riences		      	nerations of mobile devices hav
e done.		      	y work separately on such pages
, or pa		      	tically converted as in Mobile 
Wikiped		      	on between mobile Web applicati
ons and		      	ons is anticipated to become in
creasingly blurred, as mobile browsers gain direct acce
ss to the hardware of mobile devices (including acceler
ometers and GPS chips), and the speed and abilities of 
browser-based applications improve. Persistent storage 
and access to sophisticated user interface graphics fun
ctions may further reduce the need for the development 
of platform-specific native applications. The Mobile We
b has also been called Web 3.0, drawing parallels to th
e changes users were experiencing as Web 2.0 websites p
roliferated. Mobile We		   y still suffers from
interoperability and u		   lems. Interoperabili
ty issues stem from th		   agmentation of mobil
e devices, mobile oper		   , and browsers. Usab
ility problems are cen		   small physical size 
of the mobile phone fo		   imits on display res
olution and user input/operating). Despite these shortc
omings, many mobile developers choose to create apps us
ing mobile Web. A June 2011 research on mobile developm
ent found mobile Web the third most used platform, trai
ling Android and iOS. In an article in Communications o
f the ACM in April 2013, Web technologist Nicholas C. Z
akas, n			     s in use in 2013 were more
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in spit			     013, mobile devices still 
suffer 			     ith slow connections simil
ar to t			     evelopment. Mobile devices
with sl			     response times, the latenc
y of ov			     ission, with "high-latency
connect			      less memory" force develo
pers to rethink Web applications created for desktops w
ith "wired connections, fast CPUs, and almost endless m
emory.”