Posted on April 13, 2007 - by Justin Hartman
Afrigator goes Mobile… and then some
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It’s been just over 10 days since Afrigator hit the waters and so much has happened it’s scaring the living crap out of me. The latest addition to the Gator family is Afrigator Mobile and you can check it out on your mobile at http://afrigator.mobi
I have to warn you this is my first Alpha release of Mobile and you can be assured there will be bugs, lots of them! At the moment the mobi site uses XHTML which is not ideal and will be converted to WML for beta but it’s certainly a start. Also, because a lot of sites aren’t WAP orientated we will be directing most of the content from the mobi site rather than linking to the blog site directly but for the moment if you click a link you’ll be taken to the bloggers site which may or may not render pretty 
I’m also trying to get some perspective here with what’s happened to Afrigator since its launch so I’ve decided to highlight a few key things and stats which have all taken place since our launch.
- We current have 273 sites signed up spanning 22 African countries.
- We’ve closed off 23 bug tickets.
- We’ve made 146 revisions to the source code, further improving the product.
- Only 5 more bugs to go before we move into Alpha-0.2 status.
- We’ve been blogged about 64 times.
- We’ve been mentioned on Steve Rubel’s blog.
- We’re apparently a Killer Startup.
- We’re a featured site on Go2Web20.net (see image of us).
A special thanks to everyone involved for making this happen. Mike and Mark have been awesome in this process but more importantly you guys have made this the success it is quickly becoming.
I am humbled.
I am the MD and co-founder of 
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April 13, 2007
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Congrats Justin. Nice move on the mobile side.
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Congrats Justin. Nice move on the mobile side.
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[...] Hivi sasa unaweza kusoma blogu zilizoandikishwa kwenye Afrigator kwa kutumia simu yako ya mkono. Bonyeza hapa usome habari hiyo toka kwa Justin Hartman, mmoja wa waanzilishi [...]
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[...] new blog aggregator from Africa, Afrigator, has gone mobile: “hit the waters and so much has happened it’s scaring the living crap out of me. The [...]
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April 13, 2007
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Cool. Just a pity that clicking through to the articles doesn’t always return mobile friendly pages, but that’s not your fault.
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April 13, 2007
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Cool. Just a pity that clicking through to the articles doesn't always return mobile friendly pages, but that's not your fault.
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April 13, 2007
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Hey Tyler, thanks a lot man!!!
Steve: The next version (released hopefully by next weekend) will have all the content on our mobi site. This will eliminate the problem!!!
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Hey Tyler, thanks a lot man!!!
Steve: The next version (released hopefully by next weekend) will have all the content on our mobi site. This will eliminate the problem!!!
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More good work!
I am fascinated by the amazing logos on that Go2Web20 site! Never mind the sites themselves, it’s the logos I like. I have no creative ability and they blow my mind!
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More good work!
I am fascinated by the amazing logos on that Go2Web20 site! Never mind the sites themselves, it's the logos I like. I have no creative ability and they blow my mind!
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Wow, coming out fast and furious! That’s a great release.
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Wow, coming out fast and furious! That's a great release.
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[...] does it again. Sharing is Caring:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and [...]
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More grease to your elbow brothers. Keep the African flag flying high.
Too bad I can’t browse on my phone at this time. I’d check it out when I can.
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More grease to your elbow brothers. Keep the African flag flying high.
Too bad I can't browse on my phone at this time. I'd check it out when I can.
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Kevin: Thanks for the comments man. The whole go2web20 site is just a great web2.0 application and they’ve made it very sexy indeed.
Hash: your comments are always a welcome feature on my site as it shows things are going in the right direction.
David: Thanks to you also man!!! is your phone not loading the site or is there some other issue here?
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Kevin: Thanks for the comments man. The whole go2web20 site is just a great web2.0 application and they've made it very sexy indeed.
Hash: your comments are always a welcome feature on my site as it shows things are going in the right direction.
David: Thanks to you also man!!! is your phone not loading the site or is there some other issue here?
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[...] Afrigator goes mobile. [...]
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[...] Below is the first interview for African Signals. I had problems with the video files, so ended up having to make it an audio file. It’s an interview of Mike Stopforth of Afrigator.com (among many other things) and we talk about their business model, where they’re going, and their new launch of Afrigator Mobile. [...]
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[...] Justin Hartman » Afrigator goes Mobile… and then some Talk about speedy! You can now view Afrigator on your mobile device. (tags: afrigator mobile xhtml) [...]
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April 16, 2007
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Wow! I must say Afrigator is blazing. Great work, I’m soo jealous.
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April 16, 2007
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Wow! I must say Afrigator is blazing. Great work, I'm soo jealous.
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April 23, 2007
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very awesome! well done again! remember me hey rockstar when u up there in all the lights. also just wanted to say hi
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April 23, 2007
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very awesome! well done again! remember me hey rockstar when u up there in all the lights. also just wanted to say hi
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April 24, 2007
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wow- you did afrigator! i love it! i’ve found a bundle of new reads there- you’re a genius!
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April 24, 2007
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wow- you did afrigator! i love it! i've found a bundle of new reads there- you're a genius!