Shorten URLs On Windows Mobile

Twitter’s 140 character per-post limitation created a whole new segment of web services called URL shortening. If you are not familiar with these services, they basically create a 12 character URL for any long URL that you provide it. An example of a short URL is http://www.bit.ly/abMsaC. Ironically the URL is provided could actually be shorter because most web browsers today do not require the http:// or the www portions at the beginning of the URL.

Using a service like bit.ly

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