I think it's probably to do with the size of the PPRuNe home page. Many non-smartphone mobiles are designed primarily for viewing WAP pages (which tend to be kept extremely small in terms of data) and, as a result, have a very limited amount of memory available for the web browser's use. Throw in the particularly lengthy home page of this site and, when the demand for memory from such a page exceeds that available on the phone, loading of the page errors out with an 'insufficient memory' type message.
As far as it being a recent issue goes, it may simply be that the home page was always right on the limit, but has recently grown by just a few kBs and is now beyond the limits of some phones' browsers.
It seems ridiculous perhaps to suggest that a page of only 90-odd kB could cause such an error, but there are some strange issues with mobiles and their browsers. Most are WAP left-overs which simply aren't up to proper web-browsing.
As for a solution, I'm afraid the best I can suggest is trying to wrestle a free upgrade from your service provider. Either to see if something from a different manufacturer solves the issue or to get a bit more browsing power in the form of a smartphone.
Crikey, Dave! Don't niche people too hastily and categorically now will you? By the way, you weren't the guy sitting next to me on the 8 hour train journey I took from Leuchars to Kings Cross on Sunday last who simply couldn't grasp the notion that perhaps, just perhaps, for only 5 or so of the 480 minutes I was stuck there he might cease inflicting himself on me, find something to entertain himself with, and thus allow me just a tiny piece of my own little world, were you? If so, please, get an iPod, phone, anything...
Last edited by SyllogismCheck; 25th October 2006 at 16:48.
Reason: To ask Dave if he's that annoying bloke on the train. ;-) Also, to reposition an apostrophe.