The iPhone’s version of the Safari browser was designed to let you surf web sites as if you were in a normal browser on a normal computer.  It brings the “real Internet” to a handheld device.  That being the case, I don’t understand all these sites springing up with “made for iPhone” designs where you get a slimmed down version of the real site and in all the cases I’ve seen, far less features.

I wanted the iPhone so I could do everything I can do in my laptop’s web browser (and for various other reasons).  For the most part, I don’t want to see a pocket version of a site.  There are exceptions such as sites that focus on news content where I can see headlines in a quick fashion and without all the other clutter.  I must admit that is handy.  However, my advice to those sites is this:  If you’re going to iPhone-ize your site, provide a link to view the original web site as well.  You might be surprised how many iPhone users click on that link.