President Obama notes that “Many government services are not optimized for smartphones or tablets, and other services aren’t available at all on those devices”, and has instructed Federal Agencies to provide reports on their websites mobile plans. (via ComputerWorld – apologies for their preroll popup advertising)
If government departments are setting up mobile websites or mobile optimised websites, that’s surely just going to increase the number of people expecting a functional mobile website experience from every website.
(And, of course, if you’re looking for mobile web development in Sydney, get in touch with me at work at Mighty Media.)