The history of Mobile web
The mobile web refers to browser-based World Wide Web services accessed from handheld mobile devices, such as smartphones or feature phones, through a mobile or other wireless network.
Traditionally, the World Wide Web has been accessed via fixed-line services on laptops and desktop computers.
However, the web is now more accessible by portable and wireless devices.
Early 2010 ITU report said that with current growth rates, web access by people on the go – via laptops and smart mobile devices – is likely to exceed web access from desktop computers within the next five years.
In January 2014, mobile internet use exceeded desktop use in the United States.
The shift to mobile Web access has accelerated since 2007 with the rise of larger multitouch smartphones, and since 2010 with the rise of multitouch tablet computers.
Both platforms provide better Internet access, screens, and mobile browsers, or application-based user Web experiences than previous generations of mobile devices.