Check out m.mandarinoriental.com on your iPhone, Blackberry or whathaveyou. According to the email I got, they also have Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and Youtube as described on their social media page...if that sort of thing interests you.

semi-related, the new FS rates window nonsense doesnt work on iphone/ipod/ipad.

Wirelessly posted (Nokia E71-2: Opera/9.80 (S60; SymbOS; Opera Mobi/448; U; en-US) Presto/2.4.18 Version/10.00)

Thanks for making us aware of the moblie site.

Unfortunately it does not seem to have been tested on non-Apple or Blackberry OS platforms. I tried the site on my Symbian S60 phone, using the native browser, Opera Mini and Opera Mobile, and all attempts reaulted in dead links, unaligned displays' exposed HTML code, etc.

Sorry, re-reading the email I found this...

We are delighted to announce the launch of our interactive mobile website. Our site is now available for touch screen devices such as iPhone and Droid and keypad handhelds such as Blackberry.

So I guess that doesn't count Symbian phones?

Tried it on my WindowsMobile PDA phone. Seems to work fine.

it work for my HTC

Sort of related ... does anyone know of a way to book FHR rates on an iPad? The need for flash means the Amex website is useless, and the Amex app doesn't do it. I can use one of those emulator sites, but I am looking for an app or site where I can check an FHR rate and book it, using my iPad. Is that possible?

Possible. Turn off Ipad and pick up an old fashioned phone and call Amex

Or use an old-fashioned windows PC.

Normally I book online and the last time I called Amex to make a booking, and after listening to a marketing spiel I could not skip and didn't want (a pet peeve of mine), they put me on hold for literally 15 minutes before hanging up on me without explanation or my ever having talked to anyone. I called back and made the reservation after only 5 minutes on hold, but really it was obnoxious having to invest nearly 25 minutes to do what should have taken less than 5. I wish PLT concierges could make simple hotel reservations directly, as that would save a lot of time and angst.

I threw my last PC out the window, which was very satisfying. Of course, I had Vista on it so it was really my own fault the wretched thing never worked.