LinkedIn Creates Version For Mobile Devices

LinkedIn, a network of 19 million professionals, is now providing a mobile version of its site available at m.linkedin.com from mobile Internet browsers. The service supports the iPhone, the iPod touch, Blackberries, and other phones. The beta release, announced by the company today, is available in English, French, German, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese. Members will be able to search profiles and bio information; research contacts they may have in common with other professionals; invite people to join networks; and receive updates about connections. A final version is expected later this spring.???Release.

The Mountain View company said the mobile version could be helpful while attending a conference, and wanted to remember something about a person's bio before meeting them, or wanted to make a connection through your network on the fly. TechCrunch noted today that LinkedIn's regular Web site has been on a roll recently, nearly tripling unique visitors over the past year in the U.S., to 3.6 million in January 2008, according to comScore.