That mobile version we talked about a few weeks ago—it’s live.

We originally released it as a beta feature because we wanted to get some feedback on how people used it at the conference. People mostly used it as expected, to get quick information about the conference schedule or people they were trying to meet.

Because the calendar was such an integral part of the mobile experience we’re only releasing the mobile version for people with that feature (the conference plus, premium, and max packages).

The biggest change we made after getting feedback was to add an option to switch back to our normal web version. When reception or wifi is strong, there’s a group of users with great mobile phones (like the iphone) who would prefer the normal web experience. However, when reception goes south or when an attendee has an older mobile phone, the new mobile version is a life saver.

You don’t have to do anything special to access the mobile version. Just go to your regular CrowdVine URL and we’ll recognize whether you’re coming from a mobile device or not.

We have a beta of our new mobile version for conferences up. This release is only for conferences with calendars as the calendar is one of the major mobile requests. If you’re using a CrowdVine with a calendar you can go directly to the normal CrowdVine site with your mobile phone, no special URLs necessary.

We’re looking for feedback on this release. What did you use the mobile version for? What do you wish you could use the mobile version for? Did it work well on your phone?

Going into this version, we had a couple of goals:

1. Very fast. I have an iphone, which often makes the idea of a mobile version obsolete, but we tested on a Blackberry from 2005. The last time I surfed the web on that Blackberry I wanted to chuck it across the room. This time, however, the pages loaded quickly and I could make out what I wanted to see. Mission accomplished.

2. Make it very easy to decide where to walk to next. The mobile home page lists the conference schedule on the home page starting with what’s up next.

3. Make it easy to find out more about someone. Did someone just give you their card? Who is that panelist? Search is the only other feature on the mobile home page.

4. Access Your Want-To-Meet List. The reason I make lists is to help me remember. Especially with my want-to-meet lists, I need help remembering names and faces. This is a logged in feature.

5. Access Your Schedule. If you take the time to login, we make it easy to review the schedule you created for yourself.

6. Simple messaging. We took most of the discussion features off the mobile version but left the private messaging in. This way, if you’re stuck for a way to reach someone, you can send them a quick message.